Scam! Scam! Scam! - Anonymous employee MOD Promotions Employee Review

Hard work, travel, learn basic sales tools, networking

they tell you that you can own your own company one day, yet they do not practice ethical business standards. Time would be reported wrong, commissions would be taken out without notice, and you sold as seen on tv products basically.

You meet a lot of people in the field and gain valuable sales experience.

MOD Promotions does not believe in work and family balance. They tell you the roadshows run for 12 days and you work 8-10 of those days. WRONG. The schedule you are given the NIGHT BEFORE you work is tentative and the schedule is constantly changing, typically with no heads up. It is impossible to plan any extra-curricular activities because you are expected to be at the beck and call of management. Work days are 11-12 hour days; you go into the office at 8:45 and then into the field at 11 until after 7. Working this much, saying the same pitch, every single day, is exhausting. You are expected to be a happy, chipper sales rep all day every day, but the truth is it is impossible to keep your attitude up. If you do not sell between 800 and 1000 dollars a day, you will be taken off the schedule so management does not have to pay you out of pocket. I don't know how this is supposed to help someone improve, but it shows how cheap the "company" is. Also, sales are always your fault. If the foot traffic is slow and only 10 people walk by your booth an hour, it doesn't matter. You should have still been able to tweak your pitch to sell as much as you would on a Saturday when the foot traffic is high and there are 30+ people an hour walking by your booth. There is no communication whatsoever and training is non-existent. You are expected to know how to set up events, tear down events, when certain events are mandatory, etc. Also, on the rare instance there is communication, it is often at all hours of the night and, if you are lucky, when you have a day off. Also, if you don't answer, management will blow up your phone until you do. Management says there is an open door policy and she wants you to go to her with any concerns and complaints, but she just kicks you down when you're already down. Instead of being positive and giving helpful advice, you are constantly being yelled at and blamed for everything. You are expected to "check in" every two hours and let management know how your day is going. To me, it felt more like I was being babysat. You have to call your manager AFTER EVERY SHIFT and "break down" your day; tell them what your negatives and positives of the day are and what your goals for the next day are. You are HIGHLY underpaid for the amount of time and driving you put into this job. When you are hired you are told you get paid minimum wage PLUS commission, which is about 800-1000 dollars a week. This is false. There are jobs out there that would provide way better experience and allow you to have a life. So take that one. If you go on a road trip, management will put you in a disgusting small apartment with several other people or a crappy motel room for 12 days straight. Even though they say they don't have to pay for the hotel room (Smart Circle does), they don't have the decency to treat you like professionals and put you up somewhere nice. Also, you are not given any kind of food allowance. The amount of money you make on the road trip does not compensate for the living conditions, gas and food costs. I watched about 15 people turn over (within the first two weeks of their employment) in the short time I was employed with the company. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT work for any company under Smart Circle. Everyone is brainwashed into thinking you have to put in your time and work in the worst conditions in order to have the privilege of being a manager. As a manager, it takes a while to actually make money, so don't let the Cinderella stories of a few managers fool you into thinking this is a company that is worth the time and effort.