This job was an absolute roller coaster for me mentally and I'm honestly surprised I stuck it out as long as I did. Everything about it was misleading from the start: while the interviewer was extremely professional, they conveniently left out that this was a face-to-face sales position which was not what I applied for. The only reason I looked past this red flag was because I had been struggling to find a job as a new grad and felt pressure to start working as soon as possible. It didn't take me long to notice signs that this job wasn't as advertised. After a couple days of training, I was told the night before that I would be working in another market for a whole week. Looking back, this was most likely done to drive my numbers up and make me buy into the promises of a lucrative career there. The new start bonus that sounded so amazing at first turned out to hinge on parts of a sale that I hadn't even learned yet. Management attempted to sell me on the possibility of owning my own company one day, but I've since learned that you never truly own anything within the larger corporation that is Smart Circle. I had no aspirations of doing so and because I was honest my hours began to change more sporadically and even decrease. If I didn't meet my goals for the week, I was told that it was because I wasn't working hard enough and didn't prepare for my day properly. Not everyone can get up at 5:30, come into the office at 7:30, work 10-6 up to an hour and a half away with unpaid travel expenses, and then come back to the office for team night from 8-9 while maintaining a level of urgency in the field that is expected of you in this position. But I did it all and still ultimately chose to leave to maintain my sanity. The false promises and gaslighting that this company is built upon is honestly despicable and I hope everyone associated with taking advantage of people with no corporate experience, many of which are essentially high schoolers, get what they deserve. This type of company should not even exist and the business that allows it to prosper represents the ugliest side of capitalism.
