Page 2 | To ask if you would ever do a job knocking doors?

girlfriend44 · 2025-09-23T16:56:34+00:00

Just saw a job advertised as an interviewer (market research) It said you would be knocking on people's doors to interview them. Cringe. I could never do that. Reminded me of when double glazing sales people used to knock. Do they still do that? I definitely could not cold call at the door? I wonder how easy it is to fill these jobs? Could you do it?

ginasevern · 23/09/2025 18:25

I did it and in another country too. I was surprisingly successful but I was much younger. Don't think I'd do it now.

CoffeeCantata · 23/09/2025 18:24

No. I used to do a charity collection years ago and that was hard enough!

JamDisaster · 23/09/2025 18:22

I’ve knocked on doors as a volunteer for the Lib Dems- fairly easy round here as it’s a very Lib Dem area and even people who don’t vote for them are not hostile to them. I couldn’t do door to door sales though.

Arlanymor · 23/09/2025 18:20

No, I don’t think it’s very nice to accost people on their own doorsteps - for any reason, conducting research, selling something or pushing religion or politics. I’m actually surprised that doorstepping still exists in an era of online surveys.

user1471538275 · 23/09/2025 18:19

Done the worst sort of this when younger - it was fully 'commission based'

Two weeks - I earnt nothing, after I haid paid for transport to the areas.

I'm doing a different type of crap job now.

Currently wondering what all my education was for.

GingerPaste · 23/09/2025 18:16

ForeverHopeful3 · 23/09/2025 18:07

A job is a job and as long as its honest earning, your attitude towards is it kind of disgusting... Just because YOU don't see yourself doing this, doesn't mean the job is any less worthy of a job someone else is doing as long as you do it honestly and its earning you your daily living.

Problem is if you’re cold calling houses, a lot of residents would see this as annoying or being hassled. So you might feel you’re doing an ‘honest’ day’s work whereas the people whose doors you’re knocking on might feel pretty differently about your employment.

zazazooms · 23/09/2025 18:14

I did once when it was literally that or sign on. I fucking hated it!

mzpq · 23/09/2025 18:13

ForeverHopeful3 · 23/09/2025 18:07

A job is a job and as long as its honest earning, your attitude towards is it kind of disgusting... Just because YOU don't see yourself doing this, doesn't mean the job is any less worthy of a job someone else is doing as long as you do it honestly and its earning you your daily living.

I think bothering people in their own homes so you can earn a bit of money is a pretty shit thing to do.

Imagine if every company did it, you'd never be away from your own doorstep.

PastaAllaNorma · 23/09/2025 18:12

I did it when I was young for a few months and it was pretty soul destroying. I treat people doing it now with a great deal of compassion. It's a god-awful way to pay the bills. Even call centres are better

"If I may interrupt, I assume you're going to ask me to support your charity with a monthly direct debit. I'll save you some time by saying I'm happy with the causes I've chosen to support this way and am not looking to change them.
"I have done your job myself and I know how hard it is, so I do wish you the best of luck."

They are all generally nice about going away after that. Poor sods.

RandomUsernameHere · 23/09/2025 18:11

I wouldn’t like to do it, but I can think of much worse jobs too.

BauhausOfEliott · 23/09/2025 18:10

I wouldn’t do it, but only because I’d be useless at it. I don’t really see why you’re acting as if it’s equivalent to kicking puppies for a living.

Luxio · 23/09/2025 18:08

I would rather do any other job including working back in a shop with all the crap that entailed from customers than knock on doors. I can't honestly think of a job I'd hate more than bothering people in their homes.

ForeverHopeful3 · 23/09/2025 18:07

A job is a job and as long as its honest earning, your attitude towards is it kind of disgusting... Just because YOU don't see yourself doing this, doesn't mean the job is any less worthy of a job someone else is doing as long as you do it honestly and its earning you your daily living.

Octavia64 · 23/09/2025 18:05

I have.

It was for something that I felt was good.

Bundleflower · 23/09/2025 18:05

girlfriend44 · 23/09/2025 18:04

Do double glazing still knock doors?

Only if it’s glass. Otherwise, they tend to knock on the windows.

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girlfriend44 · 23/09/2025 18:04

Do double glazing still knock doors?

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mzpq · 23/09/2025 18:04

No I wouldn't.

I absolutely hate doorstep sales/chuggers/preachers etc.

I'm very firm with them. I smile and say a firm 'No thank you' whilst closing the door, without even asking what they're trying to flog me/get me to sign up to.

And don't even start me on the "Hello, how are you?" "Oooh lovely dog, what's his name?" "Don't worry, I'm not selling anything".

🙄🙄

Hoppinggreen · 23/09/2025 18:02

I would only do it if it was that or starve
They get young people and students to do it by basically lying to them. DD saw one advertised on her gap year and when she applied she asked if it was door knocking and they said no. Then on the 2nd interview they said it was, she politely said she wasn't interested and the man shouted down the phone at her.
I was in the next room and came in and took the phone offf her and gave him an earful

CeffylCoch · 23/09/2025 18:02

I would hate this

Womanofcustard · 23/09/2025 18:01

I trained with IPSOS/Mori years ago. You had to do a few jobs cold calling before applying for social research jobs. I hated doing the cold calling, but it was good once I got onto the social research projects. If the job advertised is just market research, with no progression, I personally wouldn’t do it.