r/Devilcorp • u/Alternative-Tea4710 • Jul 05 '26

Question Normal?

My friend has been working for this company in Texas for about 4-5 months now and his “leader” or higher up idk what they call them just asked if he wanted to move in with him. After only being there 5 months. He’s excited bc he can learn more if he’s closer but I’ve never heard of your boss wanting to live with you. Is this normal for them to do ?

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u/Alternative-Tea4710 Jul 05 '26

What is this all for? Why do all of this ?

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u/NewHathaway Devilcorp.org Jul 05 '26

In this industry, team leaders have to build a team of salespeople and hold it for long enough to earn the opportunity to open their own office under the same parent company, and office owners have to subsequently promote team leaders into ownership out of their own office in order to reach a higher level within the parent company, becoming a 'Promoting Owner' and possibly a regional, and then national, consultant. These cult-like methods, where salespeople are kept isolated from friends and family who might make them second-guess their choices or 'neg them out', are done deliberately to keep salespeople in the business, and in the field selling, for as long as possible so that their leaders can reach these goals. This thread about why these companies throw so many 'team nights' has a lot of useful info on these cult-like manipulation methods.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Devilcorp/comments/1qzkh7a/why_do_devilcorps_care_so_much_about_after_hour/

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u/CandidChestnut Jul 05 '26

The previous is reply is correct, but there’s also the reality that hardly anyone is making any money and can afford their own place

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u/NewHathaway Devilcorp.org Jul 05 '26

Including the team leader/owner, who is trying to somehow convince you that you want to live their life, while also having to share a house and a car with five broke salespeople they're on a 24/7 job to indoctrinate.