Warning to job hunters looking within Liverpool - please share ! Sales jobs scams
I am sharing as I don’t want others to experience the same as I did, there are various companies advertising sales positions and promising £27k base and up to £33k a year and in actual fact it’s a lie as the base pay is £300 a week and you’re on a “self employed” contract which makes it “legal”. (You also don’t get paid at all if you leave the company within 6 weeks!!!- and even if you decide to stay for the first 6 weeks the first 3 will be unpaid.)However you’re not actually self employed as they choose your working times, what you wear and your break times. How it works is that you’re sent out to various cities and towns everyday (you have to pay for your own travel, which is very expensive) and have to stand there in the cold, rain or heatwaves selling gas and electricity to people who don’t need it so you’re essentially preying on the vulnerable who are being scammed with bad tariffs. You’re sent out for 10-13 hour days with a 30 minute break (MAX) , you’re not allowed to express yourself and you just get abuse from people on the streets as your job is just harassing and haggling with people. The work culture is really toxic as they shame you if you complain about anything (including weather conditions or rude people on the streets). You have to have creepy meetings every morning where the colleagues just talk about wanting to be super rich, which is really uncomfortable and also just false as the max you will earn by doing this job is around £2500 a month which for 60 hour weeks is pretty much standard or even below minimum wage for the work you do. I genuinely believe you’re better off working in McDonald’s or KFC as at least you will get paid for a fraction of the hassle. Also prepare to be depressed and uncomfortable as this job will become your life. It’s also very cult like as the colleagues and managers do not approve you having your own life , hobbies or talking to the other colleagues privately and if you do it has to be positive things about the job. They also hire around 5-10 new people a week who all quit within a few days as the work is too difficult, unpaid and quite frankly - unethical. They all wear flashy watches and business suits driving their flashy cars they got on PCP which makes you believe they’re legit - but it’s all a disguise , as they aren’t. If you want to know the name of the specific company just message me but I don’t know if I’m allowed to share publicly as I don’t want to get sued but I will add they’re in the centre of Liverpool. There’s quite a few on indeed going at the moment under “sales” position roles, but beware they’re all pyramid schemes as you get paid pennies meanwhile the director gets paid all your labour. They also fire people who don’t sell at least ten of their awful tariff contracts a week without paying them at all , so please please beware. I hope this helps someone.