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To think if it's a door to door sales job then bloody say so!

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PinkHamster · 29/06/2014 13:50

Don't advertise the job position as a sales adviser/administration assistant/receptionist/bar staff (seriously!). Don't go along with the idea that it is a sales adviser/admin/receptionist position at the first interview only to spring up the fact that it's actually a door to door sales job for commission only when you're invited back to the second interview (aka being dragged around somewhere shadowing someone else for eight hours whilst they go door to door selling things).

I realise I might be overreacting and taking this too personally but I am desperate for another job right now as I'm having major problems where I work now. I usually apply for things like administration and reception work with the occasional retail and bar work job and it's always done via reputable job sites such as monster, totaljobs, reed, etc.

On Friday I received three e-mails inviting me for job interviews. All three were jobs which I had applied for - one which had been advertised as a trainee sales adviser, the other two as admin positions. Great, I thought. However I always research companies thoroughly before going to interviews these days after I fell for the same thing last year - job advertised as a receptionist, had first interview and was invited back to the second interview only find out it was bloody going door to door selling things on commission only. Anyway when I researched these companies all of them were in the same building which I found very suspicious and when I researched further found out that all three of them were actually the door to door sales dressed up as other positions type of thing. I also had similar earlier this year when I was invited to an interview only to realise it was door to door sales after researching it.

I just hate being told I have an interview, getting my hopes up only to realise what it really is. As someone who is desperate for just another job it's just annoying.

So AIBU to think that you should advertise these jobs for what they are?

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Fideliney · 29/06/2014 13:57

Advertised as receptionist or bar staff? Shock

YANBU

PinkHamster · 29/06/2014 14:22

Yeah I've heard of people applying for things like bar staff positions only to get to the interview and find out it's not bar work at all. When asked why it was advertised as bar work they are usually told "well bar staff need to be outgoing and charismatic and we need the same sort of people". Hmm

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TOADfan · 29/06/2014 16:15

I have had this myself. I fucking hate it. It's also usually like a pyramid scheme, where you will be a manager after 6 months and all you need to do is hire, 6 staff to work under you and you make tons in their commission.

WanderingAway · 29/06/2014 16:23

Can they even do this? Wouldn't it be classed as false advertising.

CarbeDiem · 29/06/2014 16:35

I haven't had the door to door thing but it pisses me off when call centres do similar.
Advertise inbound customer service positions - apply for job -get interview -get employed - start training.

Then find out it's predominantly a fecking targeted sales position. I don't mind some cross sell/up sell, it usually comes with inbound positions just not direct sales as it's usually a horrifically stressful and pressurised environment to work in.

This has happened to me twice and I left one job because of it. I hate sales, actively avoid sales positions and I don't want to be lied to when applying for a job.
Yanbu.

PinkHamster · 29/06/2014 17:03

Can they even do this? Wouldn't it be classed as false advertising.

Technically it is false advertising but nothing ever seems to be done about it. It's been going on for years apparently. There are threads about this sort of thing on the student room and money saving experts.

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KateSpade · 29/06/2014 18:34

They did that to me recently, it was advertised as Marketing graduate - but upon some further research it was a sales - commission only. I got invited to an interview but turned it down as it was a fair travel & I don't want to do sales - I have in the past, but not a future career I want to go into I'm afraid!

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