[Huntingwhale]

I was one of those people who saw an ad in the paper that screamed "$15/hr minimum, no experience necessary, call this number!". So I called the number, talked to someone for 5 minutes. 15 minutes later I got a call back asking me to come for an interview. Of course it was for Vector Marketing.

I had no idea what they did. I figured it was some sort of data entry position. But for $15/hr at 18 years of age? Sweet f'ing deal!

Went to the ''interview'' at their ''office'' somewhere on Mcleod Tr. Had a quick interview with the receptionist then sat for the presentation. Slowly but surely, it was revealed that I was to be a door to door salesman selling Cutco knives. But wait, it wasn't technically door to door. Because you were supposed to work from referrals, it was people you knew who had personally been referred to you.

I ended asking my mom for the $250+ I needed for my start kit of knives and scissors. The only people who accepted me into their home to do a presentation/sales pitch was my nice elderly next door neighbours. They ended up buying a couple knives.

I was also going to SAIT full-time, but my manager insisted I call in twice a day to follow up with her on any kind of referrals I had gotten. This was before I had a cell phone, so I remember having to make calls from the SAIT pay phones to tell her I was too busy to get referrals, but maybe after school. That wasn't an acceptable solution to her. So I just never showed up to work again. My Vector Marketing career was 1 single sale, a paycheck for $17, 1 phone call to my boss, and a lesson learned about pyramid schemes.

The knives were actually good quality. I still use those and the scissors to this day. But what a sketchy company that was.