I was taken on as part of a graduate scheme. 24 graduates, promised mentoring, training and a "consultative" sales environment where the client comes first. Working to place young people into apprenticeship roles, we were told that we would make a real difference to their futures and would be given the time and space to do the right thing for both apprentice and client.
What absolute lies.
All you really need to know is that, 6 months after the start of the graduate scheme only 8 of the 24 graduates were left working there. Several were actually fired in public - I assume to deliberately scare us.
We spent all our time cold-calling, having our calls listened to and criticised. Constant public put-downs were made and we were subjected to content notices from higher management saying that we were lazy and not working hard enough or criticising the fact that we were "letting the employers make the decisions on the sales process" - even though we were working incredibly hard.
Several times, when an employer felt a young person wasn't right for them, my manager said, "make them take that person: I need my commission"
This was the whole outlook of the company - money before integrity. But they had lured us in on a false promise.
As graduates, we were not entitled to sick pay, and were told that we were "expected" to work through lunch breaks and stay late every day. We had targets that were much higher than non-graduate colleagues and for the privilege, we were paid several thousand pounds a year less.
I was consistently blamed for mistakes made by colleagues and told they were my fault (when they weren't) or that I was 'over-reacting' (but then publically told off for the consequences)
This company is fundamentally dishonest. If you have no morals it's the right place for you.