In the years following the pandemic, finding work may have been difficult, and many people have reported challenges in job hunting. However, the opposite phenomenon is that some companies are hiring all year round. Do they really need so many people?
Out of curiosity, I decided to check it out and see what tricks might be involved. The companies that are hiring all year round usually have very enthusiastic recruiters who elevate you highly.
So, I chose a company that was registered during the pandemic, yet they publicly claimed to have existed for many years and even fabricated a story about the company being an iteration.
Another very strange characteristic of such companies is that they do not actively ask for your resume; instead, they diligently invite you. As soon as you show any interest, they immediately push for an interview invitation. They seem a bit impatient.
For recruitment websites, once both parties agree to this kind of interview rule, you generally have to go, because if you don’t, it’s equivalent to breaching the contract. After a breach, the platform will impose certain penalties, though I’m not quite sure what those penalties are since I have never breached a contract.
When I finally found their company, I discovered it was quite a distance from the subway. I didn’t disturb them; instead, I went to scout the area. I found that their company was just a large hall, and indeed there were many workstations inside, with everyone making calls and contacting clients.
After I arrived, a male colleague came out holding a piece of paper and a pen. We sat down at a table, and he began to explain their beauty product model to me.
First, he unwrapped the beauty product, which looked like a very high-tech item. As for whether it is high-tech, we are not sure.
Next, he explained their company model, which involves calling beauty salons across the country to sell their packages. Once a deal is made, they can earn a commission. This is the front-end business. After they close a deal, they will immediately hold an event, and corresponding mentors will come to organize further activities to secure larger orders.
Furthermore, not only can you earn this commission, but the amount of commission you receive also varies with your personal level. The way to elevate your personal level is to recruit more salespeople, allowing them to help you reach a higher level.
Moreover, their company does not offer salaries or base pay, and they grandly claim that if there were a base salary, the commission would be less, which is not worth it; the more you earn should be from commissions.
Looking at their model, it can be summarized as a way to make money without investment. On one hand, they eliminate employee costs; the only cost for the boss is renting the space. It’s impossible for every employee to have no performance; as long as one or two do, the boss won’t lose money.
Although they package their products as miraculous and impressive, their true purpose is still to recruit people, bringing in free labor into the company.
This model, which adopts a multi-level marketing approach, turns employees into free labor. They earn money from beauty salons, and the difference from traditional multi-level marketing is that traditional MLM not only recruits people but also profits from the money paid by those recruits. This evolved version earns money from beauty salons, and the recruits do not have to pay anything, acting as free labor. If they perform well, they will earn commissions.
Do you think there is only one such company? You are very mistaken. There are many such companies, most of which are registered as biotechnology companies. Once problems arise or they can no longer operate, they will deregister the company and start a new one. They need to pay salaries; administrative and accounting staff need to be compensated, but the company is very low. Additionally, the lecturers who go out to give deceptive speeches also need to be paid, but their base salary is generally very low. I once applied for a lecturer position, and the base salary was around four thousand, but they offered high commissions related to the sales volume of beauty salons.
Their products are either so-called patented high-tech products or products from well-known manufacturers with their labels, targeting difficult diseases and exaggerating their effects to the sky.
Since I did not take the job, I am still unclear about what other tricks might be involved. However, before joining, they often flaunt their performance and income, claiming to earn seventy to eighty thousand a month.
But when you meet them, you realize they rent the cheapest place in the village and wear clothes like migrant workers. Although they sell what they believe to be excellent products, they never use them themselves and still promote their high income. So, I suspect they are faking it internally, using WeChat transfers to create some shabby materials.
The reason they recruit all year round is that the performance generated by the people they bring in is related to themselves. The more free labor they recruit for the company, as long as they generate performance, your corresponding income will also increase. Of course, during this process, some people may not want to work, or they may leave after a while, so the team is always in a state of flux, which is why they have to desperately recruit people.
Nowadays, many recruitment websites have lost their original meaning and have become tools for them to attract traffic. They publish job postings but are actually recruiting free labor. Of course, they cannot say it like that; they will package this free labor under various titles like co-founders, partners, and recruitment directors to evade labor law constraints. They believe that not having to spend money to work is already a great favor. They will say that it is hard to find work after the pandemic, and this is equivalent to the company providing free job opportunities. The boss spends money to rent a place and establish a company, giving you a chance to work, which is a very great endeavor.
Not everyone is bound to succeed, nor is everyone bound to fail. Some people will achieve good results in this model. Once they achieve better results, they will not want to stay in the company anymore; they will start a new platform and replicate this model, becoming their own bosses. So, excellent talents will eventually break out and replicate a team. For them, they are not only the top salesperson of their platform but also pocket the surplus value. Why not do it?
Their model should reserve a portion of the money from every deal for the boss. In fact, the more people there are in the company, the more deals can be closed, and the more the boss earns. So, it seems that their company is always lacking in personnel.
However, for those without resources and connections, entering such a company is relatively disadvantageous. Yet, to recruit more people, they will say that you don’t need resources or connections; they have phone numbers from all over the place, and all you need to do is make calls every day. As long as you make calls, there is a chance to close deals. They have a complete set of scripts to provide you; as long as you follow the requirements, you can replicate success. They keep lowering the standards for talent until, in the end, all you need is a living person to make calls and read the scripts. They always persuade newcomers like this.