Pros
The only pro is that I left this company.
Cons
I could write a book about how terrible these direct marketing companies are, but let me just sum my experience working at this company up, and what I learnt from it in bullet points: - Do not believe the job descriptions, they are vague and fail to mention the reality of what exactly you'll be doing on the job. - The google reviews are horrifically fake. Notice how all of the accounts only have 1 review and the 'cons' are just things that are out of the company's control (e.g. no parking spaces). - This job is COMMISSION ONLY. The company avoids having to pay minimum wage by making you register as Self-Employed. This also means no sick pay or holiday pay. - All you need is a pulse and a working set of legs to get the job. I genuinely think if you turned up to the interview in a tracksuit they'd still find a way to give you the job. - When you go in for an interview, you will see a lecture room number of people who are also interviewing. Yes the turnover rate is unsurprisingly astronomically high. You'll probably see magazines and posters posted across the waiting room with the CEO's face all over them to try and make the company seem legit when in reality it's all just self-published garbage. - 12 hour working days for 6 days a week, and you're not guaranteed to make any sales which means you could potentially be working for 72 hrs pw and not make any money. Not to mention that you will definitely not be able to maintain a social life. - Your job is literally to stand outdoors in the freezing cold in busy locations (near train stations or shopping centres) and annoy members of the public by trying to get them to sign up to various charities. 99.9% of members of the public that you approach per day will reject you. (This can have a serious affect on your mental health, topped up by the fact that management will try to make you believe that if you didn't make enough sales then it's because YOU didn't work hard enough). - You have to pay for your own travel to these locations (meaning you will be making a loss financially). -Essentially you are a fundraiser not a "sales associate" or "events marketing assistant". -They will bang on about how it's a "short term struggle for a long term gain" but sooner or later it will become clear to you that there will be no gain at all, just misery. -I am lucky that I left before it was too late. I could see my self changing for the worse for the short time I was there. If you are a recent graduate or just struggling to find a job in general, the best advice I could give is to avoid these sort of companies at all costs, they will exploit you for all that you are worth and leave you broke and miserable.