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vector marketing

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Vector Marketing

Starting out I was very suspicious of this job. My interviewer was very nice and soothed my worries. I then did the two day back to back training and boy it was dreadful. It's like 5 hours long the first day and another 4 the next and it was agonizingly boring at times, especially cause it's on zoom. On top of that it's completely unpaid. 

I'll just state the good first. Once I'm actually doing the demo presentations, it's actually pretty nice and it can be a bit fun, especially with people you know. Also working from home is very nice as well as the fact that you have a base pay of $22.50 for each appointment Although much later I learned that you can only get base pay if they check two or more of the requirements being, married, 30, homeowner. The script they provide is awkward and a bit robotic at times, but I learned it's much better and funner if you rephrase stuff and cut out unnecessary lines. Like I'd recommend making it your own once you get comfortable. Also they say when starting out you get 10% of commission for each sale but in reality it's much less because it's not 10% of the whole sale, it's 10% of CPO, which can be hundreds of dollars lower. Like I only got paid $75 for a $1000+ sale.

Now onto the bad which there is a lot. I don't know how they expect college age kids to know people who are 30, married, and homeowners. Starting out I had only like 3 numbers and I did a few more extended family members. Then after that I couldn't do anything because I barely got recommendations and couldn't get any leads because turns out most people don't like giving away other people's numbers (Obviously). This leads me to the core issue of this job which is luck. Almost everything is luck based. They act like it's not luck based to give you the illusion that you can succeed with "hard work" but it's a bunch of baloney. This illusion of success is another red flag of their pyramid scheme nature. You need to know people to even get a chance to succeed. They need to say yes in order to book a demo. Then they need to say yes to buying knives, which are stupidly expensive, making them even harder to sell. I did like 10 appointments and made 2 sales, one was a 300 dollar order and another a 1000 dollar set. Both appointments I didn't do anything much different from other appointments and I just happened to sell, which confirms that it's mostly about luck. For the 1k order I got lucky cause I knew they had quite a bit of money and they just so happened to be interested in buying knives. Again it's very hard to sustain this job, so I'd recommend if you do get this job, just do the people you know and as soon as you run out just quit.

Now the other part of the job is the weekly meetings, which is a drag to through. They basically just repeat the same 5 pieces of advice, but rephrased differently. Sure they sometimes give decent advice but it doesn't even matter much when everything is very luck based. Also this one moment where the big boss happily pointed out how most of the company's money is given to the top 10 sales people, which disgusted me. In general a lot of the management and higher ups can be very annoying and fake. Most of them act like pyramid scheme type people. Like it's clear they're only acting nice and helping you because they're getting paid to do so. This is especially true with my boss.

My boss. The worst part of the whole job. She's the fakest person I ever met. During meetings and every time I called her, she always spoke with a very annoying passive aggressive tone. She might just naturally sound like that, but it's still agonizing. Then once I decided to quit, I saw her true nature. She used every manipulative, business psychology, tricks in the book and somehow managed to convince me to accept a deal to stay for one more week. Just the fact that she's desperately trying to pull me back in further shows the pyramid scheme nature as well. She also slipped in "why don't you go to the upcoming summer conference so you can get to know everyone in person?". Keep in mind that in my mind and what I said was ok to the 1 last week. Then shortly after the call I see a email that I was registered for the conference. I was very confused as I never explicitly said "yes sign me up for the summer conference". She completely twisted my words to be in her favor. This was an issue because a ticket was overpriced at 100$. I argued with her trying to ask her to cancel it, but she kept ignoring what I was saying and kept pushing the fact that if I sold two small knives I could go for free as the fee will be waived. She also pushed how I would get a pair of super sheers for free for attending, which I could sell and make some profit. I didn't care about these offers at all but she kept pushing saying "You're overthinking it" when I kept questioning her on why she can't cancel it. She also mentioned that the money I got from commissions from my 1k sale I sold earlier that week was going toward the stupid conference, which WAS A HUGE RED FLAG. Not only did she betray me and signed me up for a conference I never wanted to attend, she basically stole my rightfully deserved money. I tried calling her the next day where I was at my absolute limit and voiced my frustration, but it was like talking to a brick wall. She just wouldn't let me cancel or quit the job, saying "oh but you made a promise" and kept questioning why I didn't want to go, when really I just didn't want to go and because she betrayed me. I gave her one last chance a few days later and she finally budged. She was clearly very salty though and still acted like she was in the right. She said that "oh I never said you had to go" LIKE BRUH. That may be true, BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME THE OPTION TO NOT GO. A true disgrace of a human being.

In the end I did get my money and managed to quit, but man the fact that it took two phone calls and two text arguments to get what I wanted is ridiculous. On the bright side I did get some job experience as well as some money so it wasn't a total waste of time.

I would say Vector Marketing Corporation at first presents a very nice deal. The location I worked at would pay you $17.50. As a sales rep, your job would be to walk into potential customers homes and present a short demo of their Cutco product with the intention to try to sell your product to them. You get paid JUST to present, so the customer doesn't have to buy anything. As a sales rep, I frequently met with staff and was offered everything from free movie tickets with staff to free pizza every so occasion and strong opportunities to grow as I hit large milestones. Sounds great right? Unfortunately, that is where the good news ends. Vector Marketing advertised to pay me $17:50 an hour. What they neglected to include was that it's not actually technically per hour. No, it is PER demo and since each demo is usually an hour long that is how the advertising is justified. Additionally the demos are not set up automatically. You have to find a time of day to ring up several family members, friends, parents of friends, exes(seriously), acquaintances, people you haven't seen in a lifetime and that vector wants you to contact. You see, Vector relies on (You) their sales rep, to find potential customers from your personal phone book. You need to painstakingly convince them to agree to a demo, where you show up to their house and present a demo with the aforementioned intention. The training process is a disorganized mess. I got around 3-4 days of training and directly after that you're thrown into the world. Have no prior sales experience? Are you nervous about looking like a bumbling idiot around close friends and relatives when you first present? Did you not get enough appointments to satisfy their criteria for the week? Not their problem because Vector will be shoving you out that door to sell, sell ,sell. It's advertised that you don't need a car but If you don't have a car you're going to HAVE to take a bus or find someway to reach the customer location (as a student this absolutely crippled me.) Personally, I have a lot of friends that don't live nearby and having to take 2 buses just to see them is not ideal(to be perfectly transparent though, my manager offered to pay a *portion* of any cab taken). Vector is not coy about what they want. When you meet up at their headquarters to begin phone calling people(which you're not payed for) your manager will grill you to sell, will convince you to bother EVERYONE who's eligible in your contact list to agree to a demo. Out of my experience, I come from a low middle class family. The majority of my friends and acquaintances could NOT afford or had any interest in purchasing Cutco's $300 knives which makes having to sell Cutco somewhat difficult. What's more, after the presentation is over you'll be forced into asking your client for a list of numbers(even if they're people you've never met) so you could go bother them for a demo. In my experience, no one really could or wanted to hand out their friends and families personal phone numbers. While you're training, Vector will teach you a variety of ways to guilt family members, mutter certain phrases, and overall manipulate the customer into buying your product. You may not HAVE to sell to get payed but failing to sell will result in increased pressure, scrutiny and potentially getting fired so no, you have to sell well. Managers very from location to location so it's subjective but my personal manager was unpleasant, two faced, and smug. He disregarded all concerns I had, openly announced he would not tolerate the questioning of Vector's methods and overall was largely unsupportive and very passive aggressive. Personally, I'm not okay with that and that is what I disliked the most about Vector. You truly have to have no conscious about what you're doing or saying to get someones phone call, interrupt someones day, sell your product, be successful there. The majority of people I demoed didn't do it out of interest but rather the kindness of their heart. That is what made me quit. I understand Vector is a large company that has a first-most obligation to itself but I personally wasn't comfortable with what they wanted me to do and how their work culture is. If you're mid-upper class, have a personal car, have a bunch of pseudo-successful friends/relatives and have no conscious whatsoever, this job is probably for you.

So i applied at Cutco/vector in temecula. They do not hire people who have kids. ill explain why in a second.

When you get interviewed you get interviewed like its a professional place. When you do get hired,(because its not about "IF" trust me you will get hired!) the manager will ask you to buy  notebook and pen , then he will ask you to write down all the numbers on your  contacts that are on your phone ( including friends and family) , by the second day he will be asking you to call them and try to get an appointment to sell them the products they offer, so your basically a telemarketer. The person in charge will also lie to you and try to sweet talk you. He will mention grate pay and benefits and what not, and how he pays with his own money and blah blah (ALL BS!). Now the website mentions $17 the hour which is great, what the site does not tell you is that its pays 17 by the hour  , BUT!  during the appointments and NOT while you are on the road or at the office. You  get 10% of all sales and he will tell you you can make $100 a day! which is true IF the customer buys the most expensive Item on their list. so if the costumer buys a knife that is 10.00 you get 10c ... now once you made a sale you get to choose your payment, and by that i mean  that you dont get your 17.00 for 1 hour and the 10% you have to choose between the 10% which is 10c you made of that knife OR! 17.00 for the hour you where with the customer (Its HAS to be 1 complete hour or you WILL Not get that money!) . now lets say you  had 30 minutes with a customer and he bought knife for 10.00 , you will need to complete another 30 minutes with another customer to complete that hour. Also they will be very RACIST AND BIAS . They will tell you to that out of that list that you made of your contacts, to cross out anyone that is not Filipino,black, white, that has a lot of money, or has expensive cars or kitchens, ex military, in military, and they also have to be 30+, own a home and married (HM+30 is what they call it) and that anyone that RENTS and APARTMENT IS POOR and will not have they money to pay, so they tell you not to bother with people who RENTS OR IS NOT THE RACE mentioned above. So if you are 24 and all your friends rent or are in college, then they are by their standards poor and cant buy the product UNLESS you know they have tons and tons of money. People who mention kids during the interview will not come back ( you wont see them on the first group meeting because they hire you as a group not as individuals). They do not pay for your gas. They have a 2 week period to make 2,800 on profits to get to 50% of sales profit and they give you a list of prizes you can win for selling a lot (Think of it like an elementary school fund raiser thing). Also if you get hired they tell you will be paid for the training but if you leave after the training THEY DO NOT PAY YOU because , they say  "you did not commit to us".In this job most i saw was high school kids with their first job and all the people over 20 just left the job because between gas, food , bills, you loose more money then you earn (Unless you live with mom and dad like most kids right out of highschool). I would not call it a Scam because at the end of the day they tell you to sing your papers and im sure that's stated in there in the fine print. Also they DO NO BACKGROUND CHECK , so you could be working with a  child abuser and or sex offender and you will never know. This company just takes advantage of people and kids who are out on their own. I ended up wasting 80.00 (with is 3 days which is the full completion of the training) and got not even 1 cent back from this company(Literally). DO NOT APPLY. you get more money in a mc Donald then there.

Look, I'm not saying the job is bad. Because you CAN make it, you can make it up really fast if you hustle consistently, everyday, all day. But in order to make a livable wage, you have to work extremely hard to break out of the low commission rate stage.

-- PAY and ACHIEVEMENTS:

We sold cutlery. Not just any cutlery, but Cutco. An extremely expensive, luxury cutlery line that featured a pair of shears that could cut pennies in half, literally. I had to cut pennies in half when I did presentations. They pushed me to get everyone to buy their flagship set, the Homemaker. Which was a little over $1,100. Do you know how hard it is trying to get middle class people to buy a thousand dollar knife set? Extremely hard. 

But you can make money without a sale, though, if you don't make any sales, after so long they'll fire you. You get $17.50 or so per appointment you make, but if your commission is more than your appointment amount, you only get the commission. Am I explaining this right?

Which ever one is more, you take home. Say I make 10 appointments, that would be $175. But if I sell $2,000 worth of knives, my commission would be $200, meaning I only take home the $200, not the $175. And vise versa. When you first start, you get a 10% commission on each sale you make. The more you sell, the more commission you make, there are ranks of commissions and sales amounts that I forgot, but you may be able to find online.


-- WHAT DID I DO?:

Well. We were urged to set up around 10 appointments with people we knew personally; moms, dads, sisters, friends, etc. Then we would do presentations for them, mostly for practice, but if you're a good salesperson, maybe you can get a sale. Then, we were supposed to get at least 10 referrals from those appointments, and suddenly, you have 100 people you don't know and you have to attempt to sell them extremely expensive knives. Not an easy task, or one for the weak minded I must say. Because it is very nerve racking. At the appointments, or presentations, we would bring our sample kit of cutco cutlery, which consisted of a large 6" knife, a trimmer, a table knife, a 3" knife, the super shears, some leather, some cloth, and a rope. We were supposed to give a small infomercial on our products, then compare our knives to the buyer's knives they have at home, and attempt to cut through leather and rope with each. I'm telling you, even the table knife could cut through leather like butter, even when their best knives from home couldn't, it still shocks me. Then we would use our sales tactics, trying to get them the "best deal", and if we close, we write it up, get referrals and go about our way. If no deal, we just get the referrals and go. 

--WHAT IS THE WORST PART ABOUT THE JOB?:

To me, the worst part about the job was going to people's homes whom you don't even know. After the 3rd of 4th round of referrals, you branch off into people you've never known and never seen. 

-- THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THE JOB?:

Selling. Closing. Not everyone wants or even needs these knives, considering they already have a bunch of knives already. 

-- BEST PART ABOUT THE JOB?:

The schedule. Or should I say, the lack of schedule. You literally made your own hours, and the competitive environment was great.

-- WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THIS JOB?:

I must say, you really can learn a lot from this job, it can teach you very valuable sales tactics that you would normally have to either pay for, or work for a car lot or something.

-- WHO WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS JOB TO?

Anyone who loves competition, has nerves of steel, loves talking face to face with people and wants to make their own hours.

Have you heard the saying “It’s too good to be true”? Well, that’s exactly what you’re walking into here. The whole “Make $17 an hour while doing little to nothing!” Is a scam. Vector is a  company—or pyramid scheme, in this case—built on false promises. Working for this pathetic excuse of a company is the equivalent of drinking toilet water with a shot of vomit. They take you under their wing, make false promises of taking the fast track to riches, and then swipe the rug out from underneath you. 

They are terrible, and do nothing but use you. 

I have several logic based reasons to say this; the first one being that they required you to provide the phone numbers of people you know so they could invite others to work for them. This small gesture shows that the people they hire DONT STAY LONG. If people didn’t consistently quit soon after being hired, they wouldn’t be trying so desperately to hire as many people as possible. I think they specifically target people who are just graduating high school. People who are new to the workforce, easy to hire, and easy to replace after they inevitably quit. In a roundabout way, they’re telling you you’re expendable. Trust me when I say, NO ONE IS AS UNIMPORTANT AS THEY MAKE YOU TO BE. 

Secondly, they set unrealistic expectations. They purposely set you up to work hard for a potential financial reward, but make sure that it’s EXTREMELY unlikely that you’ll actually receive the reward. They over work you, underpay you, and make promises they don’t intend to keep. Ask yourself, do you really want to work in such a toxic place such as this? 

Thirdly, they tried to build a false sense of community as soon as possible. They claimed that the people working there would be great coworkers and that it would be a fun and tight knit group. This is a red flag, because while it is good to be friends with coworkers, the company (especially big companies) shouldn’t have to rely on social circles primarily. Often, companies who advertise themselves as having great communities are actually trying to make new people feel a sense of obligation and loyalty to the company through emotional manipulation. If you feel an obligation like that, you’re more likely to work far harder than can be justified rationally, accept that you won’t be rewarded financially for your hard work, and stay with the company in horrible working conditions that would normally result in quitting as soon as possible. It’s great to have a good community at work, but a job is a job, and most people don’t have jobs for fun, especially not right out of high school. 

A job is supposed to provide a paycheck. A job is not supposed to consistently consume all of your time, energy, and health. You should still be able to have time for yourself, love your life as you want—especially if you’re new out of high school. Of course in any job there are times when work will be stressful, difficult, and take up recourses that you’d rather spend somewhere else. But if a job is constantly taking up inordinate amounts of time and energy—which is exactly what Vector is asking you to do for little to no pay—and asking you to sacrifice your personal life and health, it’s probably not worth it. And trust me when I say: this job is not worth it. So take my advice, save yourself the trouble, and avoid Vector and all the companies associated with it. It’s not worth you working for them.

Very unstable job. Management doesn't tell you that it's only for the summer. Business is hectic over the summer so you can get a lot of hours; you'll be asked to come in early and stay late a lot. But be prepared to be dropped as soon as summer is over. It's probably a good job for students who are just interested in making a little cash, but definitely not a reliable position.

The job itself can be uncomfortable. Vector is very shady in its advertising tactics. The receptionist job is basically telemarketing. You receive a lot of calls from desperate people who see the ads for the sales rep positions and are looking for full-time work. They think the $13.50 base pay is per hour (it's not). You basically have to give them the run-around and not answer their questions up front but say "you really want to come in and talk to the manager about that". You're graded on how many people you set up for interviews and how many people show up every week, so if you're up front and tell them that the $13.50 is not hourly, and that they have to sell to their friends and family, many people will not bother showing up for the interviews and your statistics will suffer.

Sales reps are told to upload ALL of their personal phone contacts into the system (they receive an incentive for "recommending" people for the sales job). So on Sundays it's your job to call as many of those people as you can. Many of the people you call aren't looking for a job and don't want to be bothered, or may not even remember/know the sales rep who recommended them.

Receptionists are paid with either a personal check or money order. There were a few times I was paid with a bad check and he had to write me a new one. There are no pay stubs; you also have to fill out your own tax withholding sheets so make sure you keep copies of those for your records.

Management is extremely pushy. Vector managers are paid only on commission and most of their expenses are paid out of pocket, like office rent, the Internet/phone bills, and receptionist pay. They will push to bring in many people (mainly students) for interviews since their livelihood depends on it. The manager went to a local high school without permission from the principal to talk to the kids while they were eating lunch, and was escorted out by a security officer. A few weeks later, men from the Cumberland County Schools safety & security administration came to the office to speak to him.

Vector also has a reputation for being a scam, and worse, for being a front for a human trafficking operation. We received a few phone calls from the Fayetteville police department because panicked parents called them when we scheduled their kids for interviews. They thought that we were luring their kids to the office and drugging them and taking them away. There's no basis to those rumors and the police didn't take them very seriously, but be prepared to do a lot of persuading to convince scared students and parents that Vector's a "legit" company.

The only parts I liked about the job were my coworkers and the flexible hours. I only recommend taking this job if you're really desperate; even then, don't stop looking for a better one.

Every office established by Vector Marketing is going to be extremely different because each manager has a huge amount of control over their office's culture, so my poor experiences with the company may not reflect experiences in other offices.  

However, my experience was unimaginably awful.  The work/ home life balance was nonexistent.  You were expected to call into the office every morning and evening with an update about what you planned for the day or had accomplished- even if you'd informed the manager in advanced that you wouldn't be working.  Even if you were on vacation.  The idea that you could 'make your own schedule' was more of a deception considering how the manager pressured you at least twice a day to do more.  The pressure to sell was constant: even if you were doing a fabulous job at it you were always asked why you hadn't done more.  I was frequently the top sales rep for the week and was still spoken to as if I hadn't done enough.  Pay was based on either commission or a 'base pay' per demo.  Sales reps who didn't make a sale were ridiculed for accepting base pay if they didn't get a sale: even those known to be working their way out of poverty. 

The culture was very fun on the surface with lots of fun meetings, opportunities for travel and parties.  Those who were successful with sales were given a lot of great recognition at meetings.  However, there was a lot of tension around these meetings.  On one hand you were expected to be there and it was implied that all meetings were mandatory.  As the position is a private contractor position,  the manager really couldn't require you to be at meetings so the manager was careful to heavily imply you wouldn't have a job if you didn't come while never actually crossing that line.  Again, like with sales, there was ridicule and animosity if you couldn't make it to the meetings:  even with extremely good reasons like genuine family emergencies. 

If you were willing to go along with the culture, ignore how poorly people were treated,  jump in without complaint, attend every meeting and refuse the base pay you'd earned in favor of whatever your commission was (even if it was zero) you'd be welcomed and would  enjoy your time.   I do suspect that lots of current employees are pressured to give reviews with an extremely positive twist on what goes on in these offices. I can only assume that they have a uniquely wonderful manager or that they're part of the 'In Crowd.'  As someone who was also part of the 'In Crowd' I can tell you the toxicity becomes draining very quickly.

On the positive side: The product is amazing, the sales experience was extremely valuable, the traveling was fun and I did meet a lot of great people.  If you apply and the manager isn't sketchy, you might really enjoy a position with Vector.  I would highly recommend being extremely critical of your manager's character to avoid being sucked into a bad situation. 


A typical day, working with Cutco, is usually at home. You wake, you phone(, or make calls) for a couple hours; setting up appointments, and sometimes even following up with former customers on the product(s) which they have bought, or continuing earlier conversations from before. You sit, and write out your planner; ahead of time, scheduling what you can add in, while keeping in mind, what you already have in, and have to do, or the places you have to be. In between all that you have to do in your day, however, especially while scheduling, you should always remember to take breaks, whether it's snack breaks, meals, or whatever have you; but don't forget about you, or your needs, because if you're not fueled up properly for the day, with sleep, rest, water and food, what use are you going to be, not being able to function on a steady and ready mind. If you don't take care of yourself, it is simple, you cannot take care of anyone else! 
 
 After phoning, and scheduling, if you've gotten lucky, and received appointments for the week, or the following week, or even better, for that day, you'd attend those appointments, give your presentation, based on what the company trains & provides you with the tools & knowledge to do so, and you negotiate, you tend to your customer's needs, and hope that they'll help you out in some kind of way, in either giving you recommendations, or buying. You must check in with your manager, before and after every appointment-personal daily interaction-and then it's on to the next, if there is one. Working in sales, working in Customer Service, and working for Cutco is not like working at any other typical job; there's your guaranteed pay/appt. + Commission/CPO, it is not hourly, number 2: there are chances to participate in multiple contests and win scholarships, and lastly, you'd basically be work from home. There is a lot of freedom, and flexibility, working for Cutco, although, having that freedom, along comes more responsibility; and what I mean by all of that is, it sort of ties back with the pay: literally what you put in, is exactly what you're going to get out. So it all depends on you, and what you make out it this whole experience.

Being a District manager at Vector Marketing, I have been able to experience many parts of the business. I enjoy it because every day I get to impact the lives of young people. We work with a lot of college aged students because the main position, sales representative, is a great entry level position for young people to gain experience for life. We are a big recruiting company and I have been a part of building a team throughout the last several years and creating the culture in our office. 

Some regular office activities I conduct are managing recruiting assistants to get applicants in for interviews, conducting interviews, conducting training seminars, running coaching calls and personal consultations with representatives, leading in team meetings and other group functions. 

In this business, I've learned how to start a business from scratch, focus on the importance of finances in business success, recruit and manage a team, and so many other life skills to use in my future. 

I loved the people in this organization because everyone had a common goal and were always willing to help and grow every single day. The culture created in the office was something I would like to create that in any business I work with in the future. 

The hardest part of the job was the constant recruiting involved with the business. The turnover is something we had to deal with in this business because of a few factors, mainly due to the fact of dealing with students, the difficulty in creating their success if not motivated, and the transition from presenting the product to people they know to those they don't know. Because of this aspect, I was constantly running interviews and training seminars throughout the year. Although I was constantly learning to improve, it still felt repetitive at times. The great benefit is that I have gained a ton of recruiting skills and I am very grateful for it. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was getting to see representatives grow from 'baby' reps and mature into career sales professionals. It made me feel so good to see the impact I have on other people because of things I taught them and the coaching they received. 

I love the company and would recommend it to anyone looking to develop marketing, management, or any other life skills. There was great room for advancement and the people there were great.

Vector Marketing is a company that runs teams of sales groups and I was involved with a group that sold Cutco.

In short: It is a pyramid scheme though nicer than others, you CAN actually do well here, but you're only going to get out what you put in. They don't lie to you, they just exaggerate fairly significantly.

I was fortunate and I had an extreme amount of success here. It was my first "real" job and I was very excited and motivated. I put in a lot of effort and truly cared, I absorbed as much information as I could and enjoyed most of my time here.  I do believe these facts went hand-in-hand and reinforced each other to happen.  I saw many people who did not share my drive and likewise hated the place and didn't stay longer than two weeks.

At the very least, you can learn a lot about knives and walk away with the highest quality kitchenware for a very cheap price and get to keep it the rest of your life -- plus they will always replace something if it starts to wear out.  This alone is worth it, no matter your age.  I was an 18 year old kid who realized I'll never need to buy knives again -- awkward but cool.

The job revolves around attempting to set up presentation appointments with people you know. They have you start with your "inner circle" of family, neighbors, friends, etc and try and branch out from there.  These are the easy sales and they know most people will get some sales here but then stop when it gets harder; however they have already gained enough profit from you to have been worth it for minimal effort.
After going through your inner circle, you have to live off of references that these people give you. Your family and neighbors and friends then feed you to THEIR family and neighbors and friends in hopes that "Hey, your neighbor Julie was nice enough to see me, could you spare a few hours to see me too and help me out?" To which the cycle continues.  Eventually you get stuck cold calling people at 7am or 7pm trying to ask total strangers to let you in the house for a presentation.  Depending on your neighborhood, this could be profitable or highly dangerous.

It is best as a job for part-timers in school, but generally should not be expected to keep it for long once you've gone through your inner circle and their circles.  The company will entice you with lavish opportunities of trips and vacations and endless pools of money to earn and while they DO exist, only handfuls out of thousands get to partake in them, it's mostly just hype.

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