Avoid at all costs! - Sales Executive Steppe2 Employee Review

From the moment you walk into Steppe 2’s cramped basement office in the morning, the red flags are clear. You’re met with around 60 people packed into a loud, chaotic room, all practicing sales pitches — it feels more like a boiler room than a professional workplace. The job is advertised as a sales executive role with exciting growth opportunities, but in reality, it’s relentless door-to-door sales. You're expected to be out on the field until 8:30 PM, then return to the office afterward — meaning your day ends around 10 PM. This happens six days a week, Monday through Saturday. There's no proper lunch break, just whatever time you can sneak in between doors. They claim it’s weekly pay from week one, but what they don’t tell you is that it’s paid two weeks in arrears. All the work you do in week one won’t be paid out until week three — a tactic that sucks people in. By the time you finally see your first paycheck, you realise the reality of the job doesn’t match the promises — but by then, you've already sunk time and energy into it. The pay structure is also incredibly misleading. They advertise a £400 base salary, but it’s not a base plus commission — it’s either/or. If you earn £375 in commission, you’ll receive the £400 base. But if you earn £500 in commission, you just get the £500. There's no stacking — and many don’t even earn enough to make that worth it. They also dangle promotions in front of you constantly, saying you’ll earn £700/week once you reach "Trainee Partner." What actually happens is you take on more stress and responsibilities while still making the same £400/week. The £700 only applies once you reach "Junior Partner," which is extremely difficult to achieve — and by that point, you've likely already poured everything into the business with very little return. The “reward” simply isn’t worth what’s required. They hype people up daily with loud motivational talks, exaggerated success stories, and promises of business trips. But even the trips they offer — supposedly “fully covered” — end up being deducted from your own paycheck. The truth is, you’re worked to the bone, misled about your earnings, and fed dreams of future success that very few actually achieve. It’s a carefully crafted system designed to exploit ambition, where the owner reaps the rewards and everyone else burns out. If you’re considering applying — don’t. This isn’t a genuine career opportunity. It’s a glorified door-to-door sales job with zero work-life balance, misleading pay, and a culture built on pressure and manipulation.