After my first day I realized I had to approach working this job much like Jane Goodall with the gorilla's she worked with. Observe, mimic, blend.
My personality does not fit that of a sales person, but desperate times call for desperate measures I suppose. In the mornings you are subjected to 2-3 hours of "training" which is not much more than ridiculous games you would play in a high school drama class, pretending to sell and practicing your pitch. It's basically excruciating.
In the field, you are taught to "overcome objections" (which means ignore when you're bothering people and keep pestering them until you get your way). They want you to be able to surpass the "gate keepers" and talk to the "decision makers". So you're taught manipulation techniques disguised as sales etiquette. Which feels unethical.
Many of the other reviews have mentioned the "base salary" they offered, which only lasts for 3 weeks that you're training, and you don't get paid until those 3 weeks are over. So basically, good luck with that.
They talk openly about what everyone is making (which of course is hyped up non sense) so that you can compare yourself to them and hopefully it motivates you to work harder, even if effort is not directly rewarded. They have a specific meeting in which they tell you about how much "owners" make, which was an immediate red flag for me because everything he said in the meeting was the basis of a pyramid scheme. They make well into the 6 figure range off the sweat of their little drones in the office. Every sale you make, the person who hired you and your team leader make a percentage off of, as well as the owner. A tower of sales... Also known as a pyramid scheme.
I realized after my second day that I didn't want to return, but I was in a desperate bind for money and knew I had to fake it for 3 weeks to get paid. So I worked my tail off for a few days and built their trust in me, once they sent me out into the field on my own, I went home and slept. I would then wake up, faked some numbers and details about my day and head back to the office.
Trying to walk into businesses on a cold call and convince them to waste money on something they don't need is such an awful feeling. Unless you're a sociopath. It got to the point where I couldn't even walk into a place and try to pitch them. They knew I wasn't welcome, I knew I wasn't welcome, why try to circumnavigate that and continue on? They want you to be so blissfully unaware that everyone you talk to hates you.
Once my first check cleared on my last day of week 3 I was gone. Not a moment too soon.
I don't feel good or bad that I somewhat scammed the scammers. I felt like the time they wasted from me and the effort I put into faking the awful things they do on the Reg was worth the small amount of money I pulled away from them.
