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Originally Posted by 33girl
All I know about them is they put fishbowls in restaurants for you to drop your business card to "win a free lunch" for you & your coworkers. Turns out, one of the conditions of the lunch is that an Ameriprise rep comes to your business and gives a talk. I think everyone is starting to get wise to it now.
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I dropped my card in one of those at my favorite local Thai restaurant and got the call from an Ameriprise. I told the guy that I didn't want to listen to his speech. He promised that he would only take 5 minutes of our time. He was true to his word. He gave a short sales pitch and then left me and my co-workers alone for the rest of lunch.
Those pyramid scheme companies prey on recent graduates. I graduated in 2003 when the economy was not so good (similar to what it is now!). It was tough finding a job back then for those of us who had a degree but little experience. Wenworth contacted a friend of mine and asked her to come in for an interview for a marketing position. She was all excited so she put on a suit she just bought for the interview with new shoes and headed over there. As soon as she got to the office, the hiring manager asked her if she had some time to follow around another marketing representative so that she could see what she'd be doing on a daily basis. She said sure. She had no idea what she was in for. It turns out that this job required their sales associates to do door-to-door sales of coupon books in the rural towns in Central Florida. My friend spent all day going door-to-door in her new suit. Keep in mind that it was the summer in Central Florida which means it was 90+ degrees. Then it started pouring but the sales associate wouldn't give up. He still dragged my friend door-to-door in the rain in her new suit which was dry clean only. She was basically held hostage since this sales guy was her ride home. Her "interview" begun that day at 10am and didn't end until 6pm. LOL. I love telling that story because I'll never forget how pissed she was. She called me crying and screaming all at the same time.
I think there was a thread like this a while back and I believe we all determined that Enterprise Rent-a-Car was a pyramid scheme as well.
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