promising sounding, but not in actuality... - Sales Representative, Entry Level 1919, Inc. Employee Review

The people that work there are great. That said, the people that I worked with may be a different group that will work there in a few months time. There is a high turnover rate due to the inconstant commission pay. You can opt for the base pay of $450/week. But you have to be on bell 4 out of 5 days (in which case, you would make more just earning commissions). They do not have a cap though so I know some people that were more experienced earned up to $1000 in a week. Gene, 1919 Inc.'s owner, keeps the office atmosphere fun while keeping it professional. In the short time that I worked there I felt like I learned a lot.

Commission base pay. So you could work 10-11 hours a day and still not make any money if you don't sell. Although there are phases of promotions, D2d sales is essentially what you will be doing. Fairly long hours. Usually people are promoted to leadership when they meet the standards within the first month of working there. Leaders have to arrive at 7:45am and rarely left before 6:30pm. Does not pay for food or gas while traveling for work.

Manage your own workday once you are released from their 'morning pump up sessions'. Motivating managers. Quick training - was 1 week, but good training. Door to door sales is simple to understand.

You will be a door to door salesman. You're interrupting other people while they are at work. Must be extremely resilient and not care if you hear no 100 times a day (this resiliency trait is required for almost all sales jobs). VERY LOW PAY and long hours. Commission structure is not transparent. Was expected to arrive at 8am and go home around 6pm for what j quickly realized was less than $40k/year. Is a pyramid scheme- upper management makes a cut of your sales, and they want you to build your "team" so you can make a cut of their sales, and on and on. Will hire almost anyone - they make themselves seem selective and soon they are asking if you have any friends who would want to work here too... Make you spend hours a day in situations where you are not making commissions (your only form of pay). Extremely high turnover because they over promise during the hiring process. I was hired at their Rockville location and found out a week later they expected me to commute to falls church daily after showing up at the Rockville office (almost a 2hr commute). Then back to Rockville... RIDICULOUS.