In response to all those Anti-Vector/Cutco posts

[lcn2002]

If Vector is such a horrific company and blah blah blah like you people continue to post, why are so many of us still working there? How do you explain the 5 digit paycheck one of the reps in the office I work at received last week (I saw it)? Can you name any other job out there that an unexperienced college student could have where (s)he makes

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Vector not really legit

[anonymous]

I used to work for Vector in Colorado, and the national retention rate is actually 5% after a year. When you start selling with cold calls to people, it is much, much harder to even get your foot in the door to give demos, as you are actually telemarketing (any part of sales process done over the phone is telemarketing). Very few people are able to make alot of money with Vector, and most leave. Vector plans for this by having commission the lowest for new reps, the highest for district managers during this time (they make the most money off of new reps, who also have the highest sales because they are selling to family and friends initially), and buy continuously hiring new reps. When I was training, they had interviews everyday and hired about 3 on average a day with the expectation that 5% would still be there. Have you ever asked yourself why exactly Cutco isn't sold in stores? What is the advantage of this system versus stores and commercials? They NEVER explain that to reps during training or any other time. People make alot of money on this system, and it isn't the reps. I love cutco and still recommend it to people, but Vector is a profit machine with a dubious business model.