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[McLesterolBeast]

So I was going through a job listing site and emailed my resume out to a variety of companies. One of the ones that responded (within 24 hours, which seemed odd) was this "Primerica"; supposedly a subsidiary of CitiBank.

They called me in for an interview the next day and i went. After about 5 minutes, it's my time - and i walk through a large, empty room to a small office where a lady greets me and asks me to sit down. The interview was pretty normal. After, there was supposedly a second "part" of the interview process that involved a lecture of sorts.

Ok, im probably a bit more cynical than the av-er-age bear, but this "lecture" reeked of propaganda. I would soon find out that, despite it being labelled a financial group, none of the prospective employees had any background in finance except for myself. Some of them looked like they'd be a better fit in a mcdonalds flipping burgers, some were obviously recent immigrants and a few others were students (as am i). That didnt seem to phase the managers, since apparently none of THEM had any background in business either! Uhm, ok.

At that point, the meeting/lecture starts getting weirder. The guy speaking starts going on a rant about how banks are essentially out to get you. They then had the retarded half of the audience in awe with the Rule of 72 and the magic of compound interest. Then... they started spewing some worthless information and tidbits about investing that would appeal to laymen.

So I go home, read about it and find countless people warning that it's cult-like and that it's extremely similar to a pyramid scheme, coupled with tons of people defending it (mostly employees). Does anyone here know anything about it? Im tentatively scheduled for the "third" step of the interview tomorrow, but from what ive read so far, im going to be cancelling that.

 

[Drensch]

Me and a buddy got reeled in separately to one of these under the guise of an interview.There's nothing illegitimate about it, you basically take people in and consolodate all of thei financial stuff into citibank owned stuff. They change all their mortgage, credit cards, insurance, loans etc over to city bank under one thing, and you get a cut for each person and service you sell.

It didn't jive with me so I walked.

 

[CrystalGemini]

So I was going through a job listing site and emailed my resume out to a variety of companies. One of the ones that responded (within 24 hours, which seemed odd) was this "Primerica"; supposedly a subsidiary of CitiBank.

They called me in for an interview the next day and i went. After about 5 minutes, it's my time - and i walk through a large, empty room to a small office where a lady greets me and asks me to sit down. The interview was pretty normal. After, there was supposedly a second "part" of the interview process that involved a lecture of sorts.

Ok, im probably a bit more cynical than the av-er-age bear, but this "lecture" reeked of propaganda. I would soon find out that, despite it being labelled a financial group, none of the prospective employees had any background in finance except for myself. Some of them looked like they'd be a better fit in a mcdonalds flipping burgers, some were obviously recent immigrants and a few others were students (as am i). That didnt seem to phase the managers, since apparently none of THEM had any background in business either! Uhm, ok.

At that point, the meeting/lecture starts getting weirder. The guy speaking starts going on a rant about how banks are essentially out to get you. They then had the retarded half of the audience in awe with the Rule of 72 and the magic of compound interest. Then... they started spewing some worthless information and tidbits about investing that would appeal to laymen.

So I go home, read about it and find countless people warning that it's cult-like and that it's extremely similar to a pyramid scheme, coupled with tons of people defending it (mostly employees). Does anyone here know anything about it? Im tentatively scheduled for the "third" step of the interview tomorrow, but from what ive read so far, im going to be cancelling that.

Good idea. My boyfriend had the same experience. From what I've heard, Primerica is a total pyramid scheme.

 

[wandering goat]

Yes, I went to one of those. The presentation was hilarious. Everyone was acting all impressed and cheering on all the points, obviously in an effort to make a good impression on the two or three new people attending it. It might actually be a real service and all, but I wouldn't trust that place with my money or as my job with the way they try to sucker you into it. The steps they tell you about are obviously a kind of pyramid scheme. Sure, sometimes they can work out, but you stilll don't want to put your money into them.