Pros
If you are a social person that loves the thrill of making sales, then this job is for you. You will be in the office for two hours shouting and messing around, then you will go "out in the field" to knock on resident's doors to try to sell them charity. One donor equals one sale, and you will get a commission. Say, for example, I had 3 sales, that will equate to 3 lots of £25, meaning I get paid £75. However, this, of course, depends on what charity you are working for. Some charities you sell more than others, depending on the product. Most regular people working got anywhere between £0-80 in a day. I loved the people there. They are friendly and always try to help. I had a great laugh with them and many jokes and sometimes pints after. Because this business attracts fun people, there is fun to be had here. It's not all serious, and if you could never hack the seriousness that life throws at you, this company definitely will help you have some fun and earn money doing it. There is some leeway to when you want to work and when not to. So if something comes up, you can get a day off here and there.
Cons
There were few days I earned over £80 and many days where I earned £0. Obviously, you could be better than me at selling, but I'm just giving a heads up. To put it simply, this company operates like a cult. if you google "BITE model of influence of cults," you may recognise that this sales company has a very cultlike culture. Firstly, behaviour control. They will promote good behaviour with rewards and applauses if you do well to make you feel really good about yourself, and they will be distasteful if you perform poorly. As this is commission, they will say how hard you have to work just to earn a living. And you do have to work really hard, even if you are a silver-tongued psychopath able of getting sales from a negative resident. You will have little to no time for leisure activities, as you will be working 11am until 10pm at night (this varies between 9pm and 11pm depending how far away the area you traveled to was). However, even after this, you will be asked to go bowling with them, as well as working saturday 9am - 5pm. Next is information control They will constantly tell you how to get the best results and if you disagree you are "just being negative". It becomes propaganda at some points, and at any time you are not getting any sales - you must be doing something wrong. It can never be the area you are in. You are just "negged out." They weirdly do not speak about anyone who has left the company, and the reason why is because most people leave broken. Most people leave because they cannot financially support themselves anymore or want to have a life outside work. I left because I could get better money elsewhere and have a life. Next is thought control. ultimately, they only allow positive thoughts. You have to be positive, and you can show no signs of debate or negativity. They use excessive chanting and shouting to get you worked up in the mornings, and this is supposed to make you excited to go out and knock on doors, but it's kinda weird. Lastly is the emotional control. They guilted and shamed you if you wanted to take a day or two off, but if you did, they used it as an example to show how kind the CEO is. Then just shame you anyway for being a "part timer," even though you just want to work 5 days instead of 6. They require you to report thoughts, feelings and activities back to your crew leader, who will, depending on your sales either praise or scorn you. It makes you feel like you are not good enough sometimes. They then use the information you told them, say for example, about how you are distracted by family issues against you. They may say that you need to worry about that stuff outside of work, but inside work there is nothing you can do, so forget about it. Although the cultiness turns some people off, to others, it's what makes Titanium Marketing their family.