Pros
- Decent base pay for someone right out of college - Chance to work outside on your own time - An established system that will help you pitch people - Friendly if immature corporate culture - Opportunities to make more money than your peers (by over-extending yourself and/or lucking out)
Cons
- Oft-absurdly long hours for the exact same amount of pay - Fraternity-like work culture/atmosphere - The knowledge that you're earning your living predominantly by trying to trick people into taking a "free estimate" they don't want, which is in reality a 3-hour hard-sell marathon - Regularly forced to work weekend mornings - Encouraged by managers to lie to customers/embrace serious ethical issues as "tactics." - The possibility of being stopped/hassled by police for doing your job, because what you'll be doing isn't exactly welcome in most neighborhoods, and the company does nothing to make it legal. if you're caught by police somewhere, they'll just move you to another neighborhood - Encouraged by management to frequent sites like Glassdoor and write multiple reviews in order to pad the numbers for the company - The realization that the most successful pitchmen at the company are merely great BS artists - The likelihood of being let go relatively quickly if you can't quickly adapt to a culture of reverse-psychology and deceit (or at the very least, forced into more training on your own time with multiple different managers, all of whom have their own spins on the "standard company pitch") - Corporate pressure to use your free time to make more money for the company if you want to succeed - Frequently encouraged to "lean on" customers or "build pain" in their home so they feel guilted into allowing you to give them a "free estimate" that is merely a cover for another three hour hard-sell from a sales rep. - Legitimate risk of a class-action lawsuit somewhere down the road, which would kill the company