It never hurts to suck up to the boss

Now that’s a ferengi phrase but it hold true to a recent experience ive had looking for some work in between band things. Now im all for marketing and even selling and making a bit of profit but a couple of things I cant stand are brainwashing, profiteering from exploitation and also no offence to Americans that annoying fake motivational attitude.

Ill give you an overview, Ok so the premise of this job was along the lines of if you sell a product (door to door) then you get 100% commission on that sale and you direct superior also gets a commission and so the continues until the top level. The obvious goal is to recruit, train and promote those below you in order to maximize your return. Now whilst this I’m sure works as a business model it strikes me as being barely legal

Now the astonishing thing is the amount of young people who have been suckered into this scheme working 10-12hour day 5days a week (which by the way isn’t legal) under the premise that of course they are self employed! On its own that’s all well and good, many people my age work long hours for what is consider low pay, but most aren’t sold and in my mind exploited with the promise that in 8-10months you can be a “manager” because you have successfully learned how to exploit those who aren’t quite their yet. Indeed much like the product sales man uses a disguise to get through the door and trick the customer the whole job was sold to me under the illusion of a management training program, which had little real value except for learning the skills needed to exploit those stupid enough to be brainwashed through annoying American motivational speeches and blinded by their own greed.

Needless to say, I feel sorry for the countless graduates like my self who no doubt will be sitting right now in an interview room like myself being convinced they are being interviewed for a potential management position, when in-fact they will form noting more than the profit basis for foolish people who have been filling that role for the ones who came before them!