Pros
Free slice of pizza on my first day.
Cons
Let me start off with the interview process. I applied online. The same day I received a call to come interview. I set up an interview date and followed up. During the interview they beat around the bush bout the job description. After my first interview I was told they would get in touch with me if I was a good candidate. Sure enough, not two hours after I got home from the first interview, I received a phone call wanting a second interview. When I showed up for second interview, I was immediately thrown off by the loud music BLASTING out of the office. This should have been my first red flag but I was a little over eager. I was taken out for coffee by a "hiring manager". This is where I learned that the job was soliciting DOOR TO DOOR (it is 2015) Verizon Fios. I was lied to that making $1000 a week is very common. So after (stupidly) taking this job, I realized that it was a mistake on the first day. Loud music was still playing in the office while I was training. I could not focus nor hear what anyone was telling me. The loud music was part of the "team building" exercise but it gave me the impression that the BOZO who ran this placed missed his college partying days a bit too much. After training, the second day comes and it is time to get out in the field, i.e. solicit door to door. After walking around in a snowstorm for 8 hours, the hours are also absurd at this place( 9am to 9pm Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm on Saturday), my "training manager" which also happened to be the same person as the hiring manager that interviewed me the second round, made one sale. One $90 sale in a 12 hour day. That is less than minimum wage. Then after returning to the office after a long day of walking through the freezing cold, snowstorm, and slipping on ice, they wanted me to stay longer to show me how to see how many sales were made in one day. Anyone who went through first grade can count how many sales were made... I gave it two more days, as I am an optimistic person, however, I had already started applying for multiple opportunities elsewhere. The second day went the same as the first. Cold, wet, miserable. NO SALES. I witnessed my "manager" make $90 (from the previous day) in 24 hours worth of hard work. I was then told it was because Verizon Fios was already popular in the area we were in and someone in the Summit Innovations office was making $2000 a week and another person in another office was driving a Maserati (REALLY, I WISH I WAS MAKING THIS UP). Lies after lies after lies I was told at this place. Day 3. I had an obligation elsewhere that I let my "managers" know about during the hiring process 2 weeks earlier on this date. They said it was okay to take off and deal with what I had to deal with. Well on Day 2 of the job, I was told I need to come in for at least half of the day. I oblige, as I am trying to set a good example. During training (again music WAY TOO LOUD), I had to step out because I was not feeling well. I spent 30 minutes in the bathroom before the "training" manager came looking for me, still visibly not feeling well. He then told me to start practicing my sales pitch... I was completely and utterly dumbfounded and appalled. I asked if I could have a minute but I may have well just asked the wall the same question. After an hour and a half in the bathroom, feeling sick to my stomach, I begged to go home to see if I could get some rest. A day later, I phoned the manager and quit on the spot, as I didn't see wasting my time for another two weeks was a viable option. He asked me why and I gave my reasons. He begged me to stay, and then I knew I was not the first person to quit after a short period of time and definitely not the last. The last thing he asked is what they could do better, so here is the answer I gave him; "Pay your reps a base salary, be honest with everyone up front about the job, and act more professional." None of which I noticed in my short time there, and from reading other reviews, it seems I'm not the only one to have fallen victim to this MLM Scheme. Avoid these people/company at all costs. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.
