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- Jul 15, 2007
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A job i recently partook in, lasted me all of about 40 hours. It is basically a scam. Over the 40 hours I worked I made about 300 dollars. Sadly the 140 dollar knife set takes a big chuck out the profit. The "base pay" is in and of itself a scam.
They tell you for every 30-45 minute demo you do you get paid X dollars. This is a LIE. For every 1 hour demo, your drive time, your "PDI" (personal daily interaction, basically your boss telling you how best to con people), you get paid 12 dollars, which turns out to be for every 2-3 hours you get paid 12 dollars, and you have to pay gas to drive yourself to peoples houses. Also, their are semi-required "team meetings" and "team activities" basically meaning you have to give more time.
My biggest problem with the whole thing is they want you to lie. Their knifes are not the best in the world. 440A is not the best steel in the world. The knifes are mediocre, proabably worth 400 dollars for their 950 dollar set. That being said, the training was very interesting (although you don't get paid for it.)
Of the 15 or so people I meet through cutco at least 11 lasted less then a month, and only 1 has done well for herself, if you want to make money, get a real job. If your after sales training, it may be worth your time to get hired, sit through the training courses, and when it comes time to sign a contract, bail.
They tell you for every 30-45 minute demo you do you get paid X dollars. This is a LIE. For every 1 hour demo, your drive time, your "PDI" (personal daily interaction, basically your boss telling you how best to con people), you get paid 12 dollars, which turns out to be for every 2-3 hours you get paid 12 dollars, and you have to pay gas to drive yourself to peoples houses. Also, their are semi-required "team meetings" and "team activities" basically meaning you have to give more time.
My biggest problem with the whole thing is they want you to lie. Their knifes are not the best in the world. 440A is not the best steel in the world. The knifes are mediocre, proabably worth 400 dollars for their 950 dollar set. That being said, the training was very interesting (although you don't get paid for it.)
Of the 15 or so people I meet through cutco at least 11 lasted less then a month, and only 1 has done well for herself, if you want to make money, get a real job. If your after sales training, it may be worth your time to get hired, sit through the training courses, and when it comes time to sign a contract, bail.
