I had three interviews before I committed to Dynamic Edge, and at each interview I gained a deeper perspective on the company and the work I would be doing...or so I thought. I soon learned that many of the selling points my interviewer had given me to persuade me to join were lies. Below are some examples of blatant lies they told me during my interview:
1. “Average pay is $400-$600/week for your first 2-4 weeks, then $600-$1000 for the next four months, then $1000-$2000/week because you’re on salary.”
This is blatantly untrue. The first week involves two days of training in-house, which means you're not making a dime because you aren't out selling the product. After those two days, you go out with a fellow employee for a few more days to watch them make sales - which, again, gets you no money because YOU aren't the one selling. Once the trainer trusts you, he/she is supposed to let you take a crack at selling...but the percentage of the commission you make is determined by your trainer, which doesn't always pan out in your favor. For example, my trainer stole the commission from my first sale because he was the one who filled out the paperwork for it.
2. “Getting paid on commission sounds scary, but don’t worry, with the work you’re doing you’ll make at least minimum wage.”
Untrue. I made only $75 in my first two weeks.
3. “Only 8 people have quit since the office opened."
My trainer told me this on day one. I learned later on that he deliberately misled me - turns out 8 people had quit PER TRAINER since the office opened. Since there were 15 trainers, that means 120 had quit, not 8. I started in June 2014, which meant that the office had only been open 6 months...120 quits in 6 months is egregious.
4. “We’re not solicitors – that’s what sets us apart. We sell items that businesses need.”
I was told in my interviews that our job was to sell Verizon products to existing Verizon customers, and that we would never solicit. However, Dynamic Edge's definition of "not soliciting" included pestering nail salon owners for days upon end to convince them to buy a TV, or trying to sell high speed WiFi to boutique store owners who genuinely didn't want it - the whole job felt a lot like soliciting to me. Also, half of the time that I was with my trainer we would walk into random offices not on our list and pitch for Verizon. I believe this is the very definition of soliciting.
5. “We comp your gas.”
Nope. My last region was Venice Beach, and they did not pay for my commute from Long Beach as they'd said they would.
Honestly, I hated this job. I'll admit it, part of the reason is that the job was not a great fit for me - I'm not a sales type. However, the other, much bigger reason I hated it was because of the issues above. Within only a few days, I felt like I couldn't trust anything about this company.
