Wfgpro
Wfg Pro,#2UPDATE Employee
Fri, November 14, 2008
Anonymous in Anaheim, I can imagine how you feel, you sound like a very sincere person and I'm sorry to hear of your uncomfortable experience. I am a client of World Financial Group and was so impressed by the financial strategy that they put together for my family that I decided to become an agent with the company. I educate families how to reach their financial goals. Most of the families I sit with have two primary goals: 1. get out of debt and 2. save and grow their money for things such as college for their kids, a house, travel etc. It makes me sad to hear stories such as yours because the WFG business model is actually really straightforward: Option 1. (Client) We teach families how to reach their financial goals with a custom strategy of solutions from the likes of Chase, ING, Prudential, Pacific Life, Goldman Sachs, etc. We are appointed representatives of companies such as those. There is no such thing as a WFG product. Option 2. (Business Owner) We train and teach individuals how to do the above 1. At WFG, we teach that financial wealth is about how much money you save/grow (i.e. net worth) and keep (i.e. less/no taxes), not how much money you can spend on expensive suits. The clothes that people wear or the cars that they drive are not an indicator of their character nor wealth. A person that makes $100k a year can be "more broke" than a person making $50k if the $100k person buys expensive clothes, drives leased luxury cars, eats out every night and does not save a dime (sadly many Americans have these habits). I also understand what you are saying about the people at the offices. Each office is independently owned and operated. The office environment reflects the personality of that specific office owner and the demographic of the specific local area. As you can imagine, the people at a WFG office located in Anaheim will be of a different demographic than the people at the Irvine or Palm Springs office. I know my clients that attended had a great time and learned a lot from the corporate overviews at my office. I am sorry that the office that you attended did not have a positive outcome for you. Perhaps your friend should have merely sat down with you and your family to do a financial strategy and not invited you to that specific office. I am guessing that your friend thought that you would be great at helping families. The corporate overview is a chance for the company to tell you what we do. However, the interview is a chance for you to tell us how your talents can help the company. Sure, anybody that was invited can interview but only those individuals with the characteristics that will help accomplish the company vision of helping "families achieve financial independence" are allowed to move forward. If you have not done so already, I encourage you to talk with your friend about your feelings in regards to this experience. If he is a sincere person, he will value your candid feedback. After all, we are only human and a great way to help your friend is to be upfront so he can improve his business, I'm sure he'll appreciate it. Best Wishes.