Ethics Won't Cut It; Vector Marketing (Part 2)

During the spring of last year I heard a scary tale from a friend about a local business that had hired her. She was enticed by a high rate of pay with flexible hours for school.
I did some investigating and found a lot of disgruntled employees of a networking business called Vector Marketing.
Vector Marketing is in charge of the sales of a American made high end knife and although there has been a lot of trash talking of Vector Marketing by disgruntled employees Vector has done nothing illegal nor is it a scam. But a lot of applicants have called ethical fouls in terms of there recruiting and hiring techniques.
Many claim to be mislead about the specifics about the job until the last day of training.
I am publishing these interviews in effort to educate other young applicants will be informed about the job they are applying for. All interviews were done in Oregon, so it does not cover a national trend. I am protected by the American Freedom of Speech Act. Not all interviews are negative. If you are in Oregon and would like to be interviewed please contact me.

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[TrueBlueBreezy]

Anyone who sees "friendships" as cheapened because their parents bought Cutco from a friend, what kind of friend are you? You should be willing to help out a friend. If they pressured your parents into buying something, they didn't follow the program. I showed all my friend's parents, some bought, some didn't. None of them look at me differently because they're true friends who were actually excited to see me succeed. If someone scams their friend's parents, it's them not vector

[thrillseeker1234]

It's like you have an agenda to try to prove that Vector is a scam, so you interviewed some who have a limited or vague knowledge (or even memory) of what they actually did. The one guy sounded like he tried out working for the company 10 years ago and only vaguely remembers parts of it. I'm NOT at all trying to bash them or say that their opinions aren't valid. I'm just saying that they were misunderstood in what the company is all about.

[thrillseeker1234]

Wouldn't it make sense to actually interview someone who has worked for the company but also has a full grasp and understanding of HOW the company markets its products, recruits, runs its interviews, and structures its commission rates? I've been working for the company for over 10 years now, and I can pretty much explain each and every "issue" that these people have with the company.

[vcrm1]

@prendes4 if you're so smart and motivated why aren't you working for a prestigious, reputable, and REAL company like Microsoft or Google? Oh, thats right you don't have a college degree. If this company is successful, why are their local offices holes in the wall with 2 "employees", don't provide BENEFITS, reliable income,nor company cars? Why do they make it so easy for morons to get hired and ask for 10 people who need a job? You'll be a bum at 80 with no social security income.

[lissy1029]

Vector makes you sell to your friends and family because these people are most likely going to feel obligated to buy something. I didn't want to put the people I knew in that position. My friend gave a sales pitch to my parents, which I sat in on, and they felt pressured to buy a few knives. I wanted to punch my friend when he kept trying to get them to buy more, offering more bundles and incentives. It cheapens your friendships and I look at him so differently now. STAY AWAY FROM VECTOR!

[lissy1029]

The knives are good products. Expensive, and I would rather spend my money on other things, but they are the best knives I've used. I received that letter from Vector 6 years ago when I was in high school, and they manipulated me into thinking it was the best thing in the world. The red flag was when I had to write down the names and numbers of everyone I knew. I didn't even go to the second day of training.

[doddilus]

Around my college campus there are flyers up for this website offering summer jobs. A job i had lined up this summer fell through and these flyers looked so damn enticing, "EARN 17 DOLLARS/HOUR, FLEXIBLE HOURS, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES!" No mention of what you'll be doing. I go to the website... still no mention of what you'll be doing. I find in small print on the site "Vector Marketing" so I Google it and holy shit the can of worms I found.

Great video.

[89Valkyrie]

@prendes4 oh, okay, him and the other thousands of people that have "bad experiences" can go do that now. It's k, it's not like number don't matter, or statistics, or the opinions of that many people. You see them in every company do that same thing; all bitching and crying over nothing by the thousands.

[keggerous]

sounds like they were having em train how to target market and set up sales lists. ever decent business person does this kinda stuff. i think its beyond repugnant to do it to ur own family tho :(

[phobophobe]

Vector is the marketing side of Cutco (which is the only knife factory left in the US). awesome research ability, btw.