tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386041970190640126.post7370985246478545798..comments2023-05-23T22:34:49.465+08:00Comments on The Window: Focus International Is The Worst Company I've Ever Worked ForBilby P. Dalgytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02655100106611072823noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386041970190640126.post-69485573025653008692018-08-26T16:02:23.186+08:002018-08-26T16:02:23.186+08:00Who the fuck calls themselves JZWho the fuck calls themselves JZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386041970190640126.post-53829371416067812732017-11-20T20:43:31.759+08:002017-11-20T20:43:31.759+08:00How come they have such heavy security around the ...How come they have such heavy security around the building? a big loading dock? and huge vents that spew steam out of them all the time???? seems suss for a marketing company that is for a fake kids charity and promotes fights? weird place, weird business, weird building. this place is straight up weird. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386041970190640126.post-10046565234611699562017-09-22T09:03:12.895+08:002017-09-22T09:03:12.895+08:00I used to work their too. I left and noticed frien...I used to work their too. I left and noticed friends on Facebook still working there sharing the page all at the same time, even people who's social media was inactive most of the time. Would not surprise me that they would make their "independent contractors" do that.Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386041970190640126.post-19948856441335837362017-07-14T22:14:09.142+08:002017-07-14T22:14:09.142+08:00Not many of you would have heard of Focus Internat...Not many of you would have heard of Focus International, some may have seen the company's advertisements on Seek, but all of you would have at one point ran into one of their sales representatives.<br /><br />Representing local charities such as Guide Dogs SA/NT, Women's and Children's Hospital and Minda Inc - Focus International hire young, impressionable recruits into what is considered a pyramid scheme by some.<br /><br />The name of the game is to sign up regular donors for charities. This means that when you register for a charity such as Minda Inc, 80% of your first year's donation is given straight to Focus in a lump sum as soon as you register. They're banking on you being a long term donor, except although trained to tell those they register to remain on the program for 2 years, very rarely do the representatives relay this information.<br /><br />Not only that but Focus employees are subjected to random pay each week due to it being 100% commission. Each morning you're expected to arrive at 7:30. You are subjected to an hour and a half of training, before being put at random inside shopping malls with permission/outside supermarkets with no permission. All transport has to be paid by yourself. Once at your work site it is up to you to do as many sales as possible throughout the day, if you don't manage your quota for the week, you will be terminated. Focus on average paid $70 per sale, even though during the interview we were told it was a flat rate of $100. 20% of whatever you earn is put into a bond, which can never be accessed and which you will never see once you finish working at Focus.<br /><br />Next time you see someone representing a charity, ask them who pays their wage. I'm sure there are good marketing companies out there, but if the answer is "Focus International" - stay far away.<br /><br />EDIT: I should say that there was a time when they made a Focus International page on Facebook, and individually checked people's phones to make sure we had liked and shared it with all of our friends, so I won't be surprised to see some backlash from this article. If the mods want proof, please send me a message and I will happily provide you with some.<br /><br />I only worked there for a while before realising what a money making scheme it was for the people in charge, so would not be able to answer more in depth questions. For those of you who have already signed up for one of their charities. Read the back of the carbon copy. It's all there in writing, it's just in small print so you wouldn't ever check.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6386041970190640126.post-22171303574329022442015-11-30T12:56:49.704+08:002015-11-30T12:56:49.704+08:00i wish i had googled them before starting. i am i ...i wish i had googled them before starting. i am i glad i realised though once out in the field that this was a a bogus job. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com