You likely won’t get paid for all the work you do, but it looks good on your resume
Pros
Okay let me give you the run down: The people you work with are gonna be really nice, but it’s an odd, job obsessed kind of nice. They’re going to be way over the top and loving knives (Management says people get in trouble for being negative in any way) However, the energy people have makes it a positive, fun working environment. There’s also room for advancement and improvement too, at team meetings and conferences, you will learn skills that assist you in better sales and most times they are actually very helpful. When you do make more sales, your commission goes up by about 5% once you hit a certain number. Also on Wednesdays, there are team night out events. You also get paid weekly. And the product is honestly really good and you’ll get to win free cutco sometimes too. Anyway, if you’re paying big sales constantly and you’re amazing at sales, then this is the job for you. Additionally, if you stay long enough, you’re bound to start making a really good amount of money eventually. I know some 17-19 year olds making 3k a week depending on how much they sell! And it’s honestly really good to put on your resume and there will be opportunities for you to move up the corporate ladder and run an office yourself if you put in the effort, so getting to do that as a teenager or young adult helps out so much for future jobs. Plus, by building your own schedule as a sales rep, you can manage when you work aside from team meetings, so it’s great for students.
Cons
You’re not going to get paid what you’re owed. Let me start by saying it’s not 25 an hour, because you’re not getting paid for other work hours such as making calls. You get paid the base pay if you the meetings with people for 25 dollars each exceeds your amount in sales. But the real point of this is that when you do those demos and submit them for the base pay, they don’t tell you that they’ll be calling your clients to confirm the appointment. And this makes sense, but they don’t tell you that you’re doing this, so you can’t let your clients know in advance that they’ll be calling and if your clients don’t answer the phone when management calls, you don’t get paid for that work you do. And let’s say you do the standard of 5 demos a week, you’re only getting paid about 550-600 a month, which is less than half of my rent. I’ve had part time jobs in the past doing less work making almost 1k every two weeks. Moving on, you have to make your own schedule and clients which isn’t terrible, but you’re going to start by selling to family and friends. My family doesn’t not come from money, so while lots of people in my district are selling a couple thousand dollars worth of merchandise to their friends and family, I was only able to sell products that ranged from 20-100 dollars per family member. If you come from a family who’s living paycheck to paycheck, definitely don’t put this burden on them. Some of my family cut back on groceries just to help me out with this job, and now I feel like I can’t quit because I’d be doing them a disservice. Next, when I say people are over enthusiastic about the knives, it’s because you have to be or they are less likely to promote you and you’re at risk in the job if you are negative in any way. Also, at certain points there will be big selling months where they’ll actually encourage you to work so much with only breaks to eat and sleep at night. There’s a lot more I could say, but all in all, I’d say it’s a good side hustle, but I can’t guarantee you’ll get paid what you’re owed.