Pros
Improving confidence, helping out a good cause, meeting unusual people
Cons
Perspective employees: If you are looking for something secure, low stress, good pay, or something to be a primary job. This job is NOT FOR YOU. If you are looking for a second extra cash side job and don't easily get discouraged then go for it. It can be hard to make staff which affects your job stability, overall job stability is not very secure even if you make "staff", I found it annoying answering before and after each and every shift what are you doing awesome and what can you improve regardless of if you were or were not successful (saying the same thing so many times and explaining why in a different way gets annoying after a few months). High pressure to make quota and you don't really see what happens with the money you collect so it sometimes gets hard to see that you are doing it for a good cause. It can be dangerous working late at night carrying cash. I don't care what is said turf, the economy, and non receptive customers matter. People do not make as much so in a richer area you can make quota, in an environmentally aware area you can make quota, but in certain poorer communities you cannot. Last and biggest problem I had your pay rate is variable. Even if you work all week and have great nights and decent donations you can still have a terrible night where another canvasser was on your turf or you just did not make quota. However, your pay rate is based on how much you made for that week not that day therefore what might have been a good pay rate of above minimum wage is then recalculated for days that you have already worked.
