I did that shyt last year for four weeks before quitting cold turkey. I could honestly direct a movie and write a book based on my experience.
I'll share my stories later on tonight.
Okay...I didn't get a chance to do this last night cause I was out partying with some friends and was with some hoes but I'm gonna discuss one of my experiences with a known MLM door-to-door "direct sales" (this is the term they are using to disguise the unethical and shady atmosphere of their business) company here in New York City.
This happened around July of last year. I had already had a very bad experience working as a call center operator for a company that posed as a "travel agency". Really, this was me cold-calling random people for a "free trip" to Florida for Blue Green Resorts (a timeshare company that has an infinite amount of complaints that can be easily found with a google search)...I'll talk about that another time. I was jobless for months and looking desperately for any sort of work. I lost count of how many applications and resumes I sent out but could easily count how many interviews I got from those on both hands. I received a call for an interview from a job listing I found through craigslist. The listing involved "training" for a "marketing company" whom were looking for managers. I accepted the interview and the next day I found myself on 6th avenue in Manhattan at this company's offices waiting for my interview.
My first thoughts: The majority of the people in the lobby waiting were 20 somethings such as myself. The receptionist was playing pop music very loudly that had all sorts of profanity which seemed really unprofessional. People were coming in and out of the interviews in 5-10 minutes...it seemed like the fastest interviews of all time.
I went in for my interview. The guy interviewing me is the Scottish chap who talked really fast. He described the company as a marketing firm that worked with companies like Verizon, ConEdison, and MasterCard, etc. He asked me to come in for a second interview...in which he asked me to dress business casual and to wear comfortable shoes (if any interviewer ever asks this of you in a job interview...this should be your first red flag to avoid coming in for it and to not waste your time...I'll tell you why).
So, I come in for the second "interview"...I enter the offices and we're in a room which is known as
"atmosphere". This was where people would talk abut the skills hey learned the previous day and what goals they were trying to achieve that day. I found it really odd. There was loud electro house music playing (which at the time I thought was cool) but it was so loud you had to yell to even talk to anyone and it was hard to hear anyone. There was alot of chanting and call and response. When the day was officially about to begin,one of the managers or team leaders would give one of the most riveting speeches you would ever hear. There was no focus on the product (I didn't know what they did or what they sold...if anything at that point) only how to sell it. The team leaders would make all sorts of analogies to sports, dreams, stuff tht sounded good in retrospect but had me

in retrospect. Needless to say...I needed the money at the time and didn't want to linger in NYC jobless so I stuck with it. I would go out and experience my first
"observation day"and see for myself.
Part 2 coming when I get back from work.