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Today, I was asked to interview at a company for a sales position. I was asked to drive over an hour to the interview, pay for the dry cleaning of an expensive suit which was cared for in a manner expected by business professionals.

Upon arriving at the work site, I was instructed to go immediately to a conference room where I waited until nearly 10 "recruits" were asked to wait, converse in polite but competitive manner until the manager arrived to give the sales pitch. Please bear in mind that the administrative staff were all spot on ready, conveyor belt style, to a) receive my resume, b) sit us down in the conference room and c) hand us a thin packet loaded with full color pictures, charts and very exciting information as to how we could all be making money with this company. After the manager arrived, he proceeded in a caring yet forceful manner that engendered inclusion. The bottom line, however, was this: no on new sales staff were to be able to start unless the following criteria were met (hoops): licensure, training, initial unpaid period before even the prospect of a paycheck could be realized.

Please understand, I am a professional paralegal who was recruited because I am purported "laid off" by my small law firm who is undoubtedly under the same aegis of fiscal conservancy. Regardless of conditions, my question is this: who is lying here? The company deciding to lay off employees (in this case, a single admittedly valuable player) or the other company who purports to have such domain over financial expertise that they can not fund the intake of new employees?

This is a scam, a waste of time and in the end, not a job.

If you want to put a country on it's feet, sit it down behind a desk in an office with a purpose. Additionally, have the backbone to endure and possibly the nation will see growth without question.

Location: Lowell, Massachusetts

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I am so thankful that I checked this out. As of late, I have learned to do that.

Many job offers are scams. I am disappointed that such a cut-throat environment exists when people are truly in need of employment. Almost every job that has been posted has been a scam, with the exception of tried-and-true jobs offers; hotels, restaurants, etc. The truth is, no real job is THAT easy; no one makes money with little or no effort.

Good old hard work and reliable companies are the only sure footing these days. I am a displaced worker; my job was outsourced. The new way of getting employment, via internet, can be very difficult!

Thank you for the tip! Extremely grateful; I won't waste my time with Bankers Life.

Guest

I was called today and pressured into an interview this Thursday. I have been in construction for 35 years and am temporarily laid off.

I have no sales experience and have no interest in a sales position. Why call me? It reminds me of the time I called for an interview with a "Fortune 500" company about a lucrative sales job.

45 minutes after I got there I found out they wanted me to sell Kirby vacuums! Needless to say I won't be stopping in for the interview.

Guest

Recruiter lied and told me that they have a open position for office manager and my salary going to be six figure. The recrutier assured me that it's not strictly commission.

After burning my precious gas, being stuck in traffic for one hour, the *** said it's commission only and you have to pay them to work there.

I wanted to yell out loud, *** *** succa.

I'm not feeling like typing too much but don't waste your time people.

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Oh I would have had a confrontation, had I been there. You were blatantly lied to.

A legit company does not lie like that. The recruiter is morally bankrupt, apparently, because they are paid according to how many people they lure in.

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BL does not have recruiters, they have telemarketers / appointment setters. These cold-callers are paid a commission based on how many people they can get to attend the cattle calls.

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Thanks

Guest

Im in rhode island thank you soooo much for these review i put up my resume up on monster and they called me about my resume that i qualify this and that and they would like me to come in for an interview friday and the attire is professional im a computer science graduate i have a programming job right now but wanted to see what else was out there than yall so much SCAM

Guest

Did you give the job a chance? I started

with Bankers Life in 2015 and believe they're a decent employer if you're willing to work

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The job? Now, hold on a minute!

BL is very adamant that is it NOT a job they are offering (and indeed, there is no base or hourly pay and no benefits) but that it is a "business opportunity". So tell us sugarplum, which is it?

Guest

I was just called by this company and said they were hiring for a sales and sales manager position. Should I be curious and go or just stay clear.

Guest

Well that's unfortunate to hear. I recently interviewed with a group of four and was contacted later that day to schedule a one on one interview and subsequently offered a sales position in which they paid a $200.00 on line training course and will reimburse my class expenses upon completion and that I pass of course. I didn't get the sling that I was being scaled at all.

Guest

Thanks for the heads up. Scratching this on off my list.

Guest

I'm on this page looking for real reviews about his company but all I see is a bunch of lazy people looking for the perfect job. When I saw this job ad on monster.com, I knew it wasn't a "job".

That was your first mistake. Read your job ads before applying people!

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If you actually READ thru the reviews about this company, you will comprehend that BL are the one initiating contact! They are contacting people who post their resumes online.

People are NOT the ones contacting them, in most cases! Not reading was your first mistake.

Posting here and looking foolish was your second mistake. Read the postings here before hiting send, sweetie!

Guest

This company is a sham i was called in for an interview but the caller didn't tell me where the interview was held gave me the address but westhcheter avenue and whiteplains when clearly its in upstate new york the invite had the wrong adress also i called to let the gm know and she was nasty and statred calling me from her personal number harrasing me Lyn Godfrey I hope your company sham is a success too bad your running it glad i didn't waste my time and did my homework no future with this job the manager is unprofessional imagine actually working there

Guest

Interesting comment. My son is interested in possibily joining this company and so I am reading the comments both pro and ***.

This comment is obviously by someone who thinks she is valuable just by her showing up. The truth is she is only valuable to the market place what she can do for the market place. Commissioned sales are the purest form of enterprise there is. You get paid only on what you produce.

In sales that means you get up, shower up, dress up, and shine up knowing that if you did not knock on that door no sale would have been made. Which means the company would have lost out, all the people supporting the company would have lost out, you would have lost out, and most important the customer would have lost out because he or she would not be able to enjoy the benefits of the security of that product.

Working on commission is not a scam it is just work.

If you don't wnat to work get a job sitting behind a desk. The reason that direct sales business is the highest paying business in the world, (a $240 billion a year as of 2010), is because it is hard work and most people won't work.

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Well said!

Guest
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Bet anything if your son joined this mess, he has long since hit on you for loans to cover his bills!

Guest
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Most people won't work?? What a completely ignorant thing to say!

If most people wouldn't work, then the USA would be a third world country instead of the richest country in the world today. I realize YOU may not work, but you certainly don't speak for the American workforce, you absolute loser!

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THANK YOU!!!!! I've done the hourly/salary thing for most of my life and you loose a *** of a lot more money that way than you would by INVESTING in your future!

I was a top performer at my former company and even traveled and trained for them! I got a 100% customer satisfaction for the entire year to f 2016 based off of random customer surveys, and guess what... by the time I'd finally had enough of being grossly undervalued and underpaid for years, I was only grossing about $32k a year!!!! Sure, they paid for my licensing class and the licensing fees, but I only saw about 1% or less of every sale I made for them!!!

That, to me, is a MUCH bigger scam than what people are calling this! Add to that the fact that the person across from me could do the least amount of work possible without being fired and still made what I made and that was a full on slap in the face and then some!!! A commission based structure will show just how hard of a worker you really are!

Sit back and do the bare minimum and sure - a commission career will likely cost you money instead of making money! Work hard though and be willing to put forth a lot of effort and these types of places can give you the kind of financial freedom that most of us only dream about!!!

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