Preying on Young Adults and People Desperate to Work - Sales i5 Marketing Employee Review

1.0
7 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They try to make you feel you can work your way up to management....but it's all a scam!

Cons

This job is an entire scam and as a recent graduate desperate to pay their bills I felt preyed on because they were extremely vague about the role responsibilities. The office is a literal closet but it's not like you actually get to work in it anyway. They had me on the streets (in random neighborhoods) trying to make commission on Obama phones with no base pay. Sometimes they sent me on my own which is clearly NOT safe. Don't be fooled because all management cares about is making a dollar off of you. This isn't a real job.

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5.0
14 Dec 2020
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Pros

Fun work environment and a lot of experience gained

Cons

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2.0
21 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice, friendly, and personable people

Cons

Okay, so, where do I even begin? I applied and interviewed for Associate Account Executive. During the interview process, they explain the company is tiered and the money you make is based off of what tier you're on at a given time. They use all these great catch phrases while interviewing like "Youll learn how to communicate effectively across a broad range of fields" or "You'll learn how to train and manage your own business" and "Learn how to market niche groups to get the best ROI". Its all very generic wording, like a smoke screen. On your first day, they make you show up in full business professional (which means me in a full suit), then 30 minutes later next thing I know theyre putting me on the subway to Flushing, Queens (the office is in Times Square) and told me we would be standing on the sidewalk corner until 6:30pm tabling people get them to sign up for phone plans, and our office title is "Authorized retailer". So they don't even tell you what your job is until you're there, and all you do is table and heckle people off the street to get them to sign up for phone plans or whatever client they have at the time. Think of all those annoying people in NYC going "Hey quick question for you! Come come" and following you while you say no or even ignoring them but they still try to get you over to their table... yea, thats gonna be you. 10 hours in a full suit standing on the corner of the sidewalk trying to get people to sign up for phone plans is NOT what I applied for.

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