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Aurjay:
Another thing you need to think about is when you work somewhere even part time it makes trying to find another job even harder. You will have obligations to your current job and might not be able to go on interviews to find something else.

blanktom:
Well, I went for the interview and it went really well, I asked about my concerns and got some pretty honest answers. There is the promise of a basic wage as well as comission, and its still more than I was earning at my last job. Also, its not technically door to door sales, but going to the homes of people already using x product (Sky, Talk Talk phones etc) and offering them the upgrade packages. Now THAT, I can do. I just hate the idea of cold calling, and the chap promised me they don't do that.

So yeah. I DO have to go and do 8 hours tomorrow, but I'm not actually doing any of the leg work, I'm there to observe and see what the job involves, ask any questions etc, so I'm going for it! I will let you know if its actually as shitty as my friends told, or if it turns out to be a decent job.

Zingoleb:
Oh my god, I almost got involved in a company like that. Be so careful, I don't know about your company, but Vector Marketing was scum.

calenlass:
Oh man, Vector recruits at my uni, but all they do is post fliers that say "NEED MONEY? STUDENT AND PART TIME JOBS AVAILABLE!". I went to see what they were offering once a long time ago (it was selling those crazy knives and those shears that can cut a penny in half) and left after twenty minutes because it was such bullshit.

jhocking:
I did a job like this once in grad school (door to door, commission) doing political fundraising. Since I was working for a cause I believed in I enjoyed it, and now I'm certainly much better at just walking up to random people and talking to them, but almost as soon as the summer was over I realized "y'know, that was actually a pretty crappy job, I see why so many other people burned out fast." I mean, I only did it for one summer, I'm not sure I would have lasted longer.

Also, I had to pay parking tickets for parking exactly where my boss told me to (ie. they were usually in the passenger seat pointing out the spot.) That's not directly relevant to the other issues, but is symptomatic of the general need to be careful taking them at their word with these sort of jobs.

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