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Pac Marketing / Merl Group "Do You Like Working For Free?" Indianapolis , Indiana
I
was excited when I first got the job at PAC Marketing. The employees were
professional, friendly, and nice. The company seemed legit, young, and
successful. There were things in the beginning that stood out as warning signs.
First you are required to use your own vehicle. Second you are not given a gas
allowance. Third the miles/wear and tear you rack up on your vehicle is
supposed to be "written off on your taxes". Upon employment I was
aware of these 3 major setbacks, but decided to give it a try anyway because of
the promise of "rapid advancement"; Big Mistake! During my
week long training period I rode around town going business to business in our
"assigned territory" soliciting/selling office supplies for
"Quill" trying to meet our goal of 2 sales a day. You have two
choices of income at PAC. The first is $300 a week plus 10% commission or
straight commission at 28% of whatever you sold. I talked to many employees who
boasted an average of $500-600 checks weekly. Yet they fail to factor in gas,
food, and wear on their vehicles. So basically the company's model is genius.
Here you have fresh out of college grads looking for jobs, you train them, give
them a standard catalog to work with, and they pay for all the overhead
expenses. As a new trainee I chose the
$300 a week base pay with 10% commission until I got my feet wet.
To make a long story short my second day alone in "the field" I made a sale and my commission would have netted me a profit of about $25 for the entire day; roughly the same amount I spent in gas and food to work there for two days. I was excited because this means I was starting to bounce back from the approximately $250 I spent in total cost to work their thus far.
Day two of being on my own was spent driving to South Bend, IN for a Road Trip into uncharted profitable territory, meaning nobody had pitched that area for a long time. So I drive up to South Bend spending about $60 to get there and back. I go to my assigned territory pitch; the first six businesses I see, and come to find out all six of the places already use Quill Office Supplies; so Ive just wasted two hours of my life and made zero money for the day. It had snowed a ton the night before and on my way up the driveway of the Southside Christian Church located 1329 E. Jackson Road South Bend, IN 46614 to pitch, I slide off the snowy drive into some small trees. So here I sit already in the hole for working this job, Ive now wrecked my car, and Im stuck in the snow! I called up my team mates for help only to be met with were busy. So at this point Ive got two ladies employed by the church trying to push a salesmans car out of the snow. My car is totally stuck I had to call a towing service, pay $85.00 for a 10 foot tow backwards, and at this point Im on the phone resigning from PAC.