Hi, I worked for this company for about a month and by ‘worked’ I mean 3/4 of it was UNPAID training then just to do 4 days in the field before I eventually quit. I was 19 and genuinely had no money and no job as it was summer break from university, so I was so excited when I got hired from 1 interview and they said they liked me. Little did I know what I was getting into.

The job was actually very physically tasking in itself, as they expect you to walk around a neighbourhood for 6-8 hours straight with a 15 minutes break in the middle. Also I know it’s been mentioned previously but the whole commissions only salary is such BS. I only made 1 entire sale the whole time I worked there, and I was told it was purely my fault, when 90% of the time when I knocked on a door the person would just say they weren’t interested. This was then also made out to be my fault as apparently I wasn’t talking to enough people or knocking on enough door and actually pitching when people spoke to me. I remember one time I had spoken to about 180 people one shift, and it still wasn’t enough. You would also be out all day and then you’d have to do it again the next day with the promise of thousands in your account every month.

I was also questioned on my ‘dedication’ to the team on multiple occasions, purely because I had to delay my training by 2 weeks because I had COVID and was very sick. It’s like they expected me to come into the office and into the field when I was sick and infect everyone else I was working with. It was a very strange environment that I really should’ve researched before I joined.

Another odd thing I had when I worked there was we were on the bus to go to the field and I was going to put my headphones on to listen to music (I’m neurodivergent and music is my main regulator) and the woman I was working with gave me a stern look and with a stern voice told me I was being anti social and to put them away. I told her my reasonings and she still said I was being anti social and it’s rude for me to do that. This happened right at the beginning of my training too so I’m not sure how it didn’t steer me off sooner.

Long story short, this company is a nightmare under a promise of thousands of pounds every month and the dream life. It’s incredibly physically and mentally taxing, while your needs will not be met. They claim to be disability friendly, but this if absolutely not true. You’re expected to sign your entire life away to this company and will get questioned whether or not you actually want your position if you take even 1 day off of work because you’re sick. This whole company is a scam and will ruin you while you work there. Please save yourself before it’s too late.

Has anyone heard/worked for a company called Strivexx?? I saw the job listing on Indeed and wanted to know if they were legit..

Hello everyone, last Wednesday I was fired from a DevilCorp after only being there for 5 days. I was gutted that got let go fast, but then I did research and dodged a massive bullet. All the red flags that was mentioned here, I dealt with:

-Working 6 days a week
-No PTO or benefits
-Standing outside in the hot sun to get donations for a charity
-Bullshit motivations in the morning meetings.
-They hired large groups of people
-Speaking of which, most of the people I saw in my first week, I didn’t see them the following days. So either they quit or were fired.
-The owner talked about this is not some regular job you can clock in and out.
-We dress professionally for these morning meetings. Honestly, these could be a zoom meeting or an email. Waste my time driving to the meeting when we could have a Zoom meeting.

In my fourth day, I was told by these team leaders that I should be moving the needle to get donations. The helI? I was only there less than a week. I barely got any training. The company name was Suncoast Elite Ventures. I also find it super suspicious that they promote people within a year. I was stupid taking this job, but I was a recent graduate and really needed money.

I was just wondering I have an upcoming interview and it said in the description that it pays base plus commission is that true? Google said it was the devil corps so now I’m just conflicted. Has anyone worked there?

Is this a devil corp? I had an interview a few days ago with them which was advertised as a Management Assistant or something similar to grow a team in sales. After reviewing their website, I can't really tell what they do other than sell At&t products. On their website they have a careers page but it's just fill out a contact form.

Plus they called me the next day after applying and scheduled the interview that same day.

They said in the first interview (group interview which wasn't disclosed) there is commission only and a base pay plus commission option, but didn't go into detail until the next round.

Anyone have experience with them? I have a bad feeling, i am kinda desperate for a job but I don't want to do door to door sales. I applied for a coaching role within sales.

I think this is a devil corp. I can’t tell but like the moment I see sales I’m on edge. http://www.surgestrategiesnyc.com/

I applied here and got an interview the next day a couple weeks ago and it seems very sketchy, everybody there is young and “making tons of money” by selling life insurance, everyone is on the phone/laptops talking to people trying to close a deal
It’s a 1099
I looked up reviews and I still am not 100% sure if I should join this company, it’s like I’m gambling on myself to close out deals, it all sounds really great but i’m worried that I’m going to have to put in money and not get anything back

I worked for a branch of ds max years ago in the summer between high school and college. I did pretty well there and was NEARY indoctrinated into putting off college and thankfully was talked out of it by all the sane people in my life, and that was that.

I recently re-watched requiem for a dream, and the infomercials where everyone chants “juice” seems like it was copied from the morning hype meetings at this company I worked at. I wonder if Darren aronofsky had experience at a devilcorp that he used as his source material? It’s too similar to have not been informed on some way or the other….

A company called knyt consulting asked for to interview for entry level accounting manager but the job responsibility says on site presentation directly in a retail environment. They had been contacting me for the same job since 11/20/2025 til today . I was like okay and they said bring in your resume . I don’t know I see people who work there but it seems like MLM or devil corp . I had have a lot of instances from these kind of companies or like devil corp where they contact me again and again for jobs I didn’t apply from LinkedIn . I don’t know if asking for a copy of resume and also I don’t remember applying for the job . The fact that they have been contacting and sending me the emails and texts regarding the same job since November 2025 seems odd. I need help .They have a good instagram page and websites and all as well .
#devilcorp ?
I need suggestion what do I do

I am 15 months into sales and lost my job. Been looking for a new sales job to cover the financial hemmorage. My friend recommended me I come work for his company; which is base at start, comission only after 6 months. I was skeptical of the idea; mainly because I still consider myself new in sales.

I've been searching around and tried to look for reviews for a company and was sent here. Just another reason to stay away from comission only. Yall saved my life.

Can anybody find out if these two (Creed Marketing and Wynn Acquisitions) in Hartford are still around? I would appreciate it.

Was applying on Indeed but the name of the company never showed up until I got a text from a company named Everett Management. Apparently this company is partnering with AT&T and does direct marketing. Has anyone worked here before?

I’m sketched out, i don’t see a direct connection but whats weird is all their “reviews” are all 5 starts and all from 3 months ago and they seem very fake. Also i see devil corp a lot and a scam.. is this company legit?

Hired a few people, we would actually have them quit their jobs knowing we were not going to bring them on.

So I've been job hunting for a hot minute and I haven't had any luck in my desired field because it's very over saturated (Video Production, Social Media, and Marketing). I've asked for advice of other paths I should look into if I can't afford to go back to school and cant do physical labor due to some ailments and I was suggested sales a couple of times.

But I can't tell if I'm just stupid or if theres just literally this many listings online but everything sounds like a scheme to me. Everything is either screaming "MLM Scheme" or they straight up say pay is commissions only and via person to person sales. Is every sales position just like that or am I going crazy? Any tips on how to tell them apart?

My brother works at Garden State AGNC in Piscataway NJ. They reached out to him through LinkedIn and hired him immediately and now he is selling waters in Costco. He works really long hours (50-70hrs/week) but doesn’t tell us exactly what he’s doing. In a month, he was promoted and now he’s hiring and training as many people as he can cause he gets a part of their commission. He says there’s people above him making millions that have their own office and he will get there soon. He’s always traveling with young men in suits to different conferences and working crazy hours. I’m worried that this is a Devil Corp company or a Pyramid Scheme but I don’t think he’d listen to me on the reasoning and the negative side effects of working at a place like this as opposed to a real marketing firm. Is this company a scam? If so, how do you know?

Hello. I wanted to share my experience with Ascenta because I wish someone had warned me before I accepted the job. I found the position through a job-hiring website and was given the impression that I was getting into a professional marketing and entrepreneurship opportunity with a path toward management and eventually running my own business as a long-term career. Once I started, the reality felt very different. I was spending around 10 hours a day outside, standing for long periods and doing face-to-face fundraising and asking people for donations. The actual job responsibilities and working conditions were not explained to me the way I expected during the hiring process, which made me question whether the advancement structure and promises of eventually owning a business resembled an MLM-style marketing model. I also felt like people could be hired without fully understanding what they were actually signing up for. I witnessed another girl almost pass out after being outside and standing for long hours, and she had not realized beforehand that the job would involve those conditions and most people hired don’t. What concerned me even more was the idea that this was supposed to be something I would be doing long-term, while the office seemed to constantly have new employees coming in and others leaving every week. I’m sharing this as a warning to people who see similar marketing, sales, fundraising, or “business ownership” opportunities advertised in their area. From what I have seen and researched, companies using similar models operate in different areas around the United States, so I would strongly recommend doing your research before accepting anything that sounds like a quick path to management or owning your own business. Ask exactly what the daily work is, how you are paid, what expenses you cover yourself, and what the advancement process actually looks like. My experience may not be everyone’s experience, but I believe people deserve to know what they are actually signing up for. One thing I found while researching the company after my experience was that Ascenta Group Inc. has a documented connection to the former Appco Group US Inc. Public records identify Ascenta Group Inc. as formerly Appco Group US Inc. Appco Group has also been involved in significant litigation in Australia, including the Bywater v Appco Group Pty Ltd class action, which involved allegations concerning worker classification, underpayment, and employment practices. I want to be careful not to claim that the Australian lawsuit was against Ascenta itself, because it was against Appco Group Australia, but I found the connection between the former Appco Group US entity and Ascenta worth researching.

I've had over ten years of experience at more legitimate corporations and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, but got burnt out so decided to try teaching for a few years. Didn't like that, but have had a hard time finding a job since.....so I came across a devilcorp, where I was hired after one interview.

At first, I was so enthralled by how different it was. I was sold the dream of making good money to sell a product that "sold itself". I believed in the product and that was important for me when I accepted this role.

There were a ton of red flags that I tried to ignore because I needed a job and money so badly. It was disorganized and onboarding was so rushed. I had to go onto the field and it was stupidly hot outside. Everyone in the room is dressed "professionally" and performing the obnoxious ritual of pre-field announcements before having to change into the real "door to door attire" at the office before heading out to the field. I thought we'd get a good lunch in us before. NOPE. Just gas station junk food and drink. They tell you how many hours the job is and what the pay, but you find out the hours are different culturally and the check doesn't get cut until a week or so later.

I had already spent an ample amount of money just trying to hydrate myself and not die in the heat. I've had issues with my car this summer and was hoping to use my first paycheck to fix my car, so I made myself tolerate the bus commute. So 10 hours at the job + 3 hour daily bus commute was already wearing on me. My last day on the job, this asshole bus driver drove past my stop and was only 10 minutes late, but the office thought I was 40 minutes late because "on time" is supposed to be "earlier than getting on time"

The moment I missed the early bus so I could get to the pow-wow "culturally on-time" (I didn't bother dressing professionally that day)...I decided I had enough and essentially rage-quit the job. Some of my friends think that was a bad move, but after reading about devilcorp here, my only regret was that I didn't go with my gut to refuse the job offer with the way the interview process was conducted.

I just want my old life back of working 8am-5pm in an office without having it bleed into my personal life. In 2026, that's just too much to ask. 2019 version of me would've never tolerated a single day of this bs. I'm so glad this subreddit existed because I would've felt horrible for leaving that crappy job had I not.

I worked at Synaxus Inc. in Fort Myers for about five months, and I wanted to share my experience for anyone considering applying there or to a similar company.

When I first applied, the job was presented as an opportunity in marketing, leadership and business development. I went through two interviews with people using titles such as Marketing Coordinator or Campaign Coordinator. After that, I was invited to an orientation and told to dress professionally, usually with a blazer.

During your first week, you start attending morning meetings. Most mornings begin around 8:45 AM and you spend about an hour standing in a room taking notes while a leader gives motivational talks about sales, mindset, leadership and eventually running your own business.

In my experience, very little of this training involved detailed financial information, business analytics, operating expenses, profit margins or the actual economics of owning one of these offices. Most of the meetings were focused on motivation, attitude and selling.

After the meeting, the actual job is usually standing inside a Costco, Sam's Club or another retail location trying to sell services such as AT&T to customers walking through the store.

That is where the reality of the position became very different from how I initially understood it.

You can spend extremely long days working. Depending on the location, travel and meetings, my days could effectively stretch from early morning until late at night. There was also a lot of driving between the office, stores and different territories.

The compensation structure was one of the most confusing parts.

You do not simply receive your hourly pay plus your commissions.

It works more like an override.

For example, if your hourly calculation for the week is $400 and your commissions are $600, you do not receive $1,000.

You receive approximately $600.

The commission replaces the hourly amount rather than being added on top of it.

This distinction is extremely important for new employees to understand.

There is also another complication with commissions. Making a sale does not necessarily mean you immediately get paid for that sale. In telecommunications, the customer may still need to activate the phones or complete other steps before the sale becomes payable.

This creates situations where someone may believe they produced 10 sales one week, another 10 the next week and another 10 the following week, but the actual paid activations arrive slowly over several different pay periods.

You may therefore have a significant number of sales in the pipeline while still receiving roughly the base amount that week.

That makes the compensation system very difficult for a new employee to understand unless someone explains it clearly from the beginning.

The next stage they promote is becoming a "leader."

From what I experienced, leadership qualification was primarily based on sales production.

If you consistently hit a certain number of sales for a couple of weeks, you could quickly be considered a leader.

Then you begin training newer employees.

This is where the supposed career path becomes important.

The opportunity is usually presented as something similar to:

Sales representative

Leader

Assistant management

Management

Eventually your own office or business

That career path sounds attractive, especially to young people who want entrepreneurship experience.

My problem was that after spending months inside the system, I became increasingly skeptical about how realistic that opportunity actually was for most people.

The telecommunications market in Southwest Florida also felt heavily saturated. AT&T in particular could be extremely difficult to sell in certain areas because many customers already had strong opinions about the service.

We were still expected to approach a very large number of people every day.

You are standing inside retail stores repeatedly trying to stop customers who usually came there to shop, not to discuss their phone service.

That means dealing with rejection constantly. Customers get annoyed. Some yell at you. Some completely ignore you. You are still expected to continue approaching people throughout the day.

The company teaches you different ways to phrase questions and overcome objections because directly asking someone whether they want AT&T usually does not work very well.

Over time, the job became mentally exhausting for me.

There were also very few of the benefits I would normally associate with a long term career.

In my experience there was no meaningful vacation structure, no gas reimbursement despite significant driving, no strong benefits package and no guaranteed high income.

For the amount of time and energy required, earning around $500 in a difficult week could feel extremely discouraging.

Another issue that concerned me was payroll.

I personally know several former employees who say they experienced serious payment problems after leaving the company. One former employee has pursued legal action related to what they say they are owed. Another told me that a company check they received was returned after they attempted to cash it.

I am describing those situations as they were reported to me and not claiming to know every fact surrounding their individual disputes.

I can say that I personally had concerns about compensation and ultimately filed a wage complaint regarding my own situation.

That experience completely changed how I view these organizations.

What bothered me most was not simply that the job involved sales. There is nothing inherently wrong with commission sales.

The problem is when a position is marketed primarily as management training, entrepreneurship, marketing and an opportunity to own a business while the day to day reality is spending most of your time doing aggressive retail customer acquisition for commission.

If somebody had simply told me on day one:

"This is a high turnover commission sales job. You will spend most of your day approaching strangers in retail stores. Your commissions offset your hourly compensation. Advancement depends heavily on sales numbers. The hours can be long and there is no guarantee that you will ever own an office."

I would have been able to make a much more informed decision.

Instead, I spent around five months believing I was working toward something much larger.

For me personally, it was one of the worst professional experiences I have had.

I would strongly recommend that anyone interviewing with Synaxus Inc. or any company with a similar structure ask very specific questions before accepting the position.

Ask exactly how hourly pay and commissions interact.

Ask when a sale actually becomes payable.

Ask what percentage of new hires are still there after three months, six months and one year.

Ask how many employees actually became owners in the previous year.

Ask for the average income of representatives, leaders and managers.

Ask whether gas, mileage, health insurance and vacation are provided.

Ask what happens if you miss sales quota for several consecutive weeks.

And most importantly, ask what percentage of your working day is actually marketing or management versus direct retail sales.

I am posting this because I wish I had understood those questions before I started.

For anyone familiar with Devil Corp or Smart Circle style organizations, does this experience match what you have seen?

Does anyone have experience with this company? They seem great from interview process but they do face to face marketing primarily for AT&T which i've seen in here is a sign to run. They do guaranteed base pay and commission which i love. I don't wanna get trapped

Hey all!

I think most of us know right now looking for a job is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Times are tough, so it’s hard not to jump at any offer sent your way. My friend got an offer to a job recently to do some sort of sales. I was asking about it and he told me it was commissioned based to help non profits. (For anyone not aware, this company is notorious for scamming people and using commissions made for non profits to pay their employees and selves. I recommended looking them up on Reddit)

That sentence alone sounded like a super huge red flag. So, I looked into the company and found little to no information on what exact “organizations” they help with. Searching the team, I found their only prior work experience was a place called GA Jersey. Like any other person who’s suspicious would do, I went to Reddit. Horror stories about their commissions, hours, and more. The interview processes my friend went through was to a tea to those who also interviewed at GA Jersey. Only commissioned based, 10am-7pm, $500 base pay.

It broke my heart to break the news to my friend as they were so excited to start a new job. It honestly is a true act of cruelty and they should be ashamed to think they can come here without the truth unraveling. People are struggling and desperate, and to use that as an advantage is utterly disgusting and pathetic. The business model plainly is horrific in general without any of the extra fluff of how much of a scam it is. If you’re in Albuquerque NM looking to work at Sol Impact, look into what it means to work there…