Overworked, Overrated and Vastly Underpaid - Sales Representative Tom James Company Employee Review

1.0
Apr 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Meet great people and friends

Cons

This job is a complete pyramid scheme. They have you work 80+ hours a week just to scrape by and make you feel guilty for working any less. They compare it to starting out as a doctor or lawyer when in actuality, you're selling overpriced clothing. They work new people to the bone and make money off of what you sell when they do nothing. What is even worse is that when you leave, they delete all of your contacts, take all of your clients for their own, and refuse to give you your final paycheck. While you're working your butt off, they're off vacationing and traveling because they make more money from YOU than they do from their own sales. They tell you to stay and that it will get better only because their pyramid scheme guarantees it with the insanely high turnover rate at this job. If you like harassing your friends to buy things from you, stealing others' business, and making people feel guilty for having a life then stick around - this job is for you.

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Tom James Company Response
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Thank you for taking time to write a thoughtful review! It is important to us that each person at Tom James Company has the opportunity to build a long-term career for himself or herself. Feedback from current and past employees allows us to continue to grow and develop our opportunity for everyone.
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