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I found an answering machine that provided a very vague description of a Customer Service Job at "The Prolific Group," which asked me for my name, address, and e-mail address, which I provided. I was then texted by the number, by a "Sophia" asking me to set up an interview for the next day. I agreed to said interview. I received an e-mail from [email protected] with a zoom meeting.
The interview was by Zoom. When I entered the interview, there were some ~30 participants in the Zoom meeting. The main speaker was one "Erika Rose". Erika Rose said the company was a Life Insurance agency, and that it was recruiting virtual call center or customer service representatives in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Michigan. This was surprising-- I expected a solo interview.
The interview then began describing how the alleged job works. It is a work from home position, either part or full time. Erika Rose claimed four people, Misses: Chantelle, Chiquela, Sophia, and Andrea had been working to recruit the interview participants. Erika Rose then began a sympathetic description of how many americans struggle to make money-- the middle class is dead, working hard is not rewarded, etc. She then described the company's pay structure, which is a commission on part of the life insurance policy's fee, paid in advance. I have attached an image of their description, from the presentation in Zoom. Then there was a description of how you could be promoted to receive a larger portion of this fee, and eventually become an agent, who recruits other agents and receives a portion of their fee. Erika Rose said that there would be a training session on Monday, which would be free, but not paid for by the company. I am uncertain what would be contained in this training session, as the described job responsibilities were essentially: call numbers provided by company, follow a script to convince them to buy life insurance. Erika Rose said that Powerhouse had started in 2011, as an offshoot of "Agent Success Management," and that it had an A+ rating with the BBB, which I do not believe to be true (I cannot find powerhouse on the ScamPulse.com website).
I believe this business is essentially a multi-level marketing scheme (at best), and I worry that it may also be persuading older people into purchasing fraudulent or low-quality life insurance, or persuading people into unpaid work for "training."