Ava McDougall Developed Professional Soft Skills and Uncapped Income Potential

Our managers are trained to inspire young people and help them get the skills they need for their future careers, regardless of what path that is in the future. So I would just say my advice would be to try it out for yourself. Also, ask someone who actually works with the company because I think that's the most credible source that you could get it from. My name is Ava McDougall, and I live in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, and I am a district manager with Vector Marketing. If someone were to tell me that Vector's a scam or a pyramid scheme, I would respond with asking them, "Do you know what the structure of any of those things are?" Because most of the time when people say that, it's just something they've heard from a friend who's read it online. I also just say that our reps don't have to pay anything to get started with us. We give them Cutco to use for free. Also, the fact that our reps only make money off of their sales and their demos, they don't make money off of anyone else that they're working for or working with, so it's not multi-level in that sense, and it's not a pyramid scheme because those are illegal in Canada. So if someone were to ask me why they think the pay is confusing or misleading, I would say that it is different from a lot of other companies, but when you look at it laid out on paper or when I explain it, it's actually pretty straightforward. I like to say that our representatives, they always have a floor to stand on because they have the base for every appointment, but there's no ceiling on their income. When they do presentations and they make more off of the sales and commissions, they get rewarded for that because they worked harder. But if they're doing the minimum and they don't end up making as many sales, they still have a floor to stand on because they're paid regardless of if there is a sale made. When someone comes to you with a concern about just having to start out with friends and family and use their own network for the job, I kind of rephrase it just because the fact that it's kind of a privilege to get started with people that you're comfortable with first because most reps who start with us have no prior sales experience. They might not have as much confidence in themselves and their skills. So with the training that we provide, we allow them to get started with people that they know because it's a lot more confident boosting for them. Their confidence goes up when they're comfortable and their nerves go down. And when someone says they have to pay up front to join, I would just ask them where they saw that because at least for the past twenty years here where I work, we have not had anyone pay to get started with us. They get free training, and they also get free product to use with them and borrow while they're a sales rep with us. When someone asks me why we work with so many young people, I like to respond with, "Because they're going after big goals." They're... I mean, they're younger, so they don't have as much experience, so they're open to learning, and I just think that the company chooses to recruit a lot of students because the skills that we teach here are pretty valuable to young people. The generation that I grew up in, there was a bit of a communication skill gap just because of how COVID happened and then social media, and there was just so many things that kind of there wasn't a need for human-to-human connection. So right now, there's a lot of students that are trying to get into the workforce, but because they don't have as much experience, they might not have those soft skills that are really valuable in not only their careers, but just in everyday life. If someone were to say that, to me that they're a bit nervous or hesitant about either interviewing with us or joining the team because they got offered a position on the team, I would just recommend that they try it out for themselves because other people's opinions, especially ones online, should know that not everything online is true. There's a lot of misconceptions out there, not just about the company, but there's a lot of misinformation online. If you see something online and it's from a reliable website that says that it's a legit company that's been around for, I mean, over thirty-five years, I think that there is a lot of credibility in that. If I were to hear somewhere where someone said it's not worth it to work with Vector, I would first ask them why. I've worked here for three years now, and I'm a completely different person than who I was when I started in a whole variety of different ways. This job isn't for everyone, I recognize that, but it's a really unique opportunity because of the fact that there's no ceiling on your income working here because what you put into it, you really do get back out of it. If you're a hard worker, you're disciplined, and you want to become the best version of yourself, I would say that Vector is the perfect place to do that.