marketing job scam beware !!!!-- door to door

Moral of the story, only apply to recognised firms.

I was looking for a part time job as i had 4 months off. Came across a company called IXL on reed based in canary wharf. I was expecting a admin job, passed first interview. Invited next day for an assessment day only to find out it was a door to door sales job. 100% commission, awful hours. Basically they are lying to you and manipulating naive young people that are new to job seeking, like i was. Its so funny and sad that the employees think they will earn couple grand a week. Basically if it says direct sales on their website stay away. Its funny because i got through to an assessment day with KPMG school leavers last year which i missed out on. It was unbelievably professional and then one with IXL. Moral of the story, only apply to recognised firms. Those bastards ruined my whole day giving me false dreams.

Moral of the story - if the job isn't what you thought it was, don't be afraid to walk away. By only working for recognised firms, you are limiting yourself to about 100 employers worldwide and working for some of them sucks!

Good luck!

I don't see what's wrong with them - they're perfect for graduates who can't find a job anywhere else. Much better than being unemployed and scrounging off the state.

I don't see what's wrong with them - they're perfect for graduates who can't find a job anywhere else. Much better than being unemployed and scrounging off the state.

Investing 27k on a degree for a door to door job. Lol

Job. You said it yourself - door to door JOB. Job > no job.

Students have already invested more than 27k on their degree, a further 27k won't hurt.

My God you guys, I just accepted an interview with them just now. What do I do? It's tomorrow!

Email and cancel.

I did when I sussed out one of these companies in Glasgow 'A4 Interactive'.

They won't even email you back, they don't care.

I interviewed with a company like this in Manchester called Elite Intuition. Was called really quickly after applying and invited to an interview only to be left waiting for over an hour with a hall full of other people some who'd been waiting for over two hours. The office was "in the process of being done up" and not much looked professional at all. The interview itself only lasted about ten minutes and most of that was filled by the guy telling me how I could be running an office within seven months. I got a callback to attend a second interview under an hour after I'd left and was told I'd be emailed with the details, wasn't emailed by anyone until 10.30pm. I didn't attend the second interview as by that time I'd read stories online about these kind of jobs but I was told in the email to wear flat shoes as I'd be on my feet all day and to bring money for travel and I was given no finish time for the interview. Needless to say I just didn't turn up and received no call or email to ask where I was.