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“I was 19, in college. I responded to an ad that said, ‘Make $1800+ per week. Fun and exciting. No experience required. We will train.’ Went to three separate interviews in a fancy office. For the third interview, they told me to wear a suit. They told me how much they liked me and that not many people make it to the third interview.”
“Nailed the interview and got the job. Must wear a suit. I thought this was an important job.
Day 1. We meet in a warehouse. Everyone is dressed in business attire. Suddenly they start shouting and chanting. It’s their morning hype routine. They’re now practicing their sales pitches. I still don’t know what my job is at this point.
We break into groups of five with one team leader. We’re going to meet at a different location but we’re told to leave our cars here. We can ride with our team leader.
They drove us 40 miles away to a shopping center. I still don’t know wtf is going on. We start walking and go right into a barber shop. The team leader busts out some Mountain Mike’s pizza coupons and starts making his pitch. ‘Do you like pizza?’ Blah Blah Blah. $20 to buy this coupon book. It contains 20 free pizzas. Buy one pizza get one free.
It still doesn’t click. Why is our team leader trying to sell a Mountain Mike’s coupon book to this barber shop owner? We continue to the next shop. Again, he repeats his pitch. The four of us new guys follow along until he finishes the entire strip. He sold one coupon.
We go back to his car where he pops the trunk and hands us five coupons each. He brings out a map of the city and tells us which blocks we are going to go through and to knock on doors and try to sell these coupons.
It finally hit me. We’re door to door salesmen and these coupons are our product. Zero pay. Commission only. We get to keep $7 per coupon sold. We’re 40 miles away from my car so I can’t leave. I might as well try my luck and knocked on doors for 10 hrs. I’m exhausted and managed to sell one coupon, earning $7 for the day.
No call, no show for me. I was gone the next day and didn’t answer their calls.”
—u/neophanweb
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/job-quit-fastest-reddit
