Pros
Do team nights once a week (pay for yourself).
Cons
The role was advertised as 'events assistant'. The first red flag was the e-mail that offered me an interview on a 'first come first serve' basis. You meet with the manager of the company and then you meet with an 'accounts manager' for an interview in a coffee shop. They tell you its a marketing company and that there is great opportunity for progression with lots of money to be made and that they work with big companies like Amazon and Talk Talk.... lies lies lies. The CEO then calls and offers you the job and makes it sound like you were specially selected but really they will give anybody a job especially people they think are easy to manipulate. The actual role is a self-employed, commission only, charity fundraiser that stands in shopping centres outside poundstretcher in the Merrrion Centre. NOTHING to do with events or marketing. This all becomes apparent when you attend their bizarre cult like meetings at their office at 7:30 AM called Atmosphere - where you do weird chants and high five everyone in the room whilst running in a circle. That's when you practice your script to get yourself ready for the field . The company runs on a five step programme and the higher you are in the programme the more commission you make. You are told its done on average in 12 months and when at the top you will be making serious money. If this is the case then why have some of the best employees that have been working at the company for ages still only on the second stage? It's because the progression is unrealistic - the employees are nice but brainwashed and don't realise they are effectively in a pyramid scheme/ multi-level marketing scam. The hours they expect you to work is from 7.30 AM to sometimes 7PM Monday - Saturday and on entry level a good week you could earn if you manage to stop enough people £250 thats around 70 hours a week which averages at about £3.60 an hour. You also get 'pushed back' in the programme if you take a day off, which is ridiculous as you are self-employed so you get no sick pay or holiday pay etc. Also, if you need to get the bus or train to an 'event' all travel is paid for by yourself.