<p>I think I am going to quit from Vector Marketing. I have my third day of "training" tomorrow but I don't really want to work for Vector and be a salesperson. Has anyone else worked for Vector and how were your experiences?</p>
<p>I could swear I've seen, like, four threads dealing with these guys in the past week or two. Try using the search to see what people in the past have said.</p>
<p>The Cutco knives are absolutely top notch, though.</p>
<p>I had friends who did it. They spent the whole summer with bandaids on their fingers/hands.</p>
<p>I got a letter from them saying that they'd like me to work there. I think that someone I knew worked for them (I know that they had to walk around selling knives--I'm not sure about the company) and they hated it. They got death threats and quit.</p>
<p>i hate cutco. theyre so annoying.</p>
<p>do quit i went for an interview the other day and got accepted and when i got home i searched stuff about vector marketing and found that they are actually a horrible company to work for that will basically use the high money per appointment to lure young people to work for them while it would be impossible for them to actually make much money cuz its almost impossible setting up 8 appointments a day to actually earn the money of a full time job. then ur gonna be spending money on gas and u wont really be making much for all the effort u put in it.</p>
<p>I did it for a summer. Trust me, you'll be doing yourself a favor by quitting right now before they make you shell out the $150 or whatever for their sample sets.</p>
<p>^^ like engineering? said, working for vector is nearly a rip off because it's really hard to sell those knives. Ever heard of a pyramid scam? Your manager gets money from getting you to sell those knives.</p>
<p>Taken from the facebook group "I wouldn't mention Vector Marketing to an enemy":</p>
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The highlights of working for Vector:
Three grueling days of unpaid training!
Paying $150 to start working!
Selling out your family and friends!
Spending your own unpaid time making appointments (read: bothering people you don't know)!
Attending completely useless (and unpaid), mandatory, weekly meetings (read: having a manager talk down to you for a couple hours)!
Getting screwed out of paychecks!
Getting screwed out of "promotional items" promised to you!
Having to "check in" before 8:00am every single day (even days you don't work!) to report how much you've sold (or not sold)!
No negative attitudes! (Managers are exempt.)
Being threatened and harassed when you try to quit!
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They are not exaggerating. I have experienced EVERY SINGLE item listed above.</p>
<p>Some more info:
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There's a reason that all of Vector's ads/flyers are so incredibly vague. Vector doesn't tell you about the job until after you're hired, because if they told you about it before-hand, you'd walk out the door laughing. But I'll be happy to tell you about the job. You'll be selling knives, first to your family and friends, then eventually to strangers. After you finish convincing a stranger that she needs an $800 set of knives, you will nag her to give you names/phone numbers of her friends, so that you can in turn rip off all of her friends, and their friends, etc.</p>
<p>Vector is as successful as they are because they do not spend money on commercial advertising. Instead, they shamelessly spam random high school and college students. They request that their employees bring in old high school phone directories so that Vector can spam every last person listed. People who supply phone directories are rewarded with free knives.
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People who defend Vector will often say "well that's the way business is". I've been in other business positions. That's NOT the way business is.</p>
<p>Vector is horrible. Every item listed in the above post is true. I can't believe how much time I wasted last summer setting up appointments for them.</p>
<p>haha you guys were owned</p>
<p>lol, I almost took a job there before I read about the company on cc, love this place! :)</p>
<p>I almost took the job because I was desperate to have a job and start working immediately due to the lack of hiring this summer for high school graduates.</p>
<p>I was considering going to interview with them... like danny_125 said, I'm really glad that people on CC said how bad it was, saved me a lot of trouble.</p>
<p>I scheduled an interview with them but canceled the day before. The $18 sounded appealing but then I saw "per appointment" attached to it. I'm glad I canceled. I got a paid internship instead :)</p>