I was recently employed at the Ann Arbor office as a receptionist. My first pay period, Manager Nahal N. wrote me a bad check. I notified her of the problem, she fixed it, and I chalked it up to an honest mistake. Due to other shady things going on in the office (having to use my own cell to make calls, her general poor attitude, the fact that I was making next to nothing) I shortly thereafter accepted another job and promptly quit working for Vector.  My second (and final) pay period came, and she again wrote me a bad check. I am taking legal action against her and will tell everyone I can about her bad business practices and dishonesty. I think it's terrible that in this economy, someone would have the nerve to think that they can pass bad checks to someone who works for them. I don't know how much it will help, but I would like to give fellow community members a good reason to pass up any opportunities with Vector Marketing.

The lowdown:
They lure people in with vague responses to their questions, promise them fantastic "base pay," and leave out a whole lot of details. Such as, you have to buy a demonstration kit of their Cutco knives to work as a representative for them. You have to set your own appointments with family and friends to start out, and then at the end of those appointments you have to ask family and friends for contact numbers so you can sell to people they know. You are not compensated for your training, which they can get away with by calling you an "independent contractor." You are also not compensated for the time you spend driving to and from the appointments you set up, your weekly "team" meetings, or the time you spend on the phone setting up appointments and conversing with your clients. So the $14 "base pay," which you get paid per appointment, gets a lot lower if you consider all the time you're actually putting in.


So please think twice before going to work for them. If they don't have enough money to write people checks that the bank will actually accept,or to furnish phone service for the office, how legitimate can their work be?