Found 1, reviews matching the search See all 1, reviews. What people like. Areas for improvement. Yes No. ONLY apply if you already know about this product completely! Indeed Featured review The most useful review selected by Indeed. I think my biggest issue with Cutco was the fact that the communication between me and management were terrible and every time I brought up a question that the customer had about the product they always tell me to say "just tell them there's nothing like Cutco" and that really frustrated me, because A LOT of people had some really great questions that I didn't know the answers too.
I could never really be passionate about the product, because I never used it! So on top of no communication, terrible training, and the feeling of being lost half the time, this job is only for those who just love love love to sale with a passion. They were trying to force people to make this out of this world sales that wouldn't have been possible unless you are in a rich neighborhood, with people that uses expensive cutlery. So if you decide wo work for this company, all I have to say is goodluck!
Pros flexible schedule. Cons Pay, lack of communication, training. Was this review helpful? Report Share. They will literally relentlessly hound you to call your grandmother to set up a demo.
Absolutely ridiculous company business model and I would not recommend working there to anyone. Pros None. Cons Have to use your own network. Even after I quit, I got a text months later ensuring that I received the full pay I was owed. It's easier if you have connections of people who are wealthier. The more you sell, the more you make.
For an entry level job, you can make a lot of money fast. If you're interested in sales this is the perfect job to start you off. You have to make a lot of phone calls to people you know to try to sell them something over a long presentation that they may not want.
Pros High Pay Fast. Cons Have to sell to people you know very uncomfortable for me, but not as bad as i thought. Best job I ever had. Cutco is a great company that pays above most manufacturing plants around this area.
Great benefits including k with a great company match. They also provide health insurance and not so great dental. Pros Great pay and work environment. Cons Takes a long time to accrue vacation time. CutCo is a great company to work at as a student because you create your own schedule and the pay is good.
You schedule your own appointments and choose when you want to work. Would you recommend working at your company? Help people considering your employer make a good choice. If you know what a pyrimade scheme is then it's basically that, they usuallly target high school kids to work.
Why else are they taking their time to promote their employers? It is not like they are getting paid… oh wait, they are. The list of critical reviews is growing, and though www. Social signals are used by search engines to determine rankings and, therefore, if this post becomes 1, Vector losses ;-.
If you have a blog, you can also blog about Vector Marketing and link to this post within the blog post. That, a backlink, also helps rank sites. When I read it my mind screamed BizOp. That is industry speak for a business opportunity.
It is a niche where people sell to other people the idea of making money. They get your hopes up on living the life you want and then feed off of your work.
Or they sell you junk. Vector Marketing does both. I told him what I thought about it and told him he should just go to the interview anyway surprise, he got an interview…. He might learn a few things about marketing from seeing how they work—like how they can get young folks motivated to work for them without telling them what they are going to be doing.
The interviews are all group interviews and that all the company has about group interviews a week. The interviews had about 10 people.
Again, this sounds like either the company is 1. Once you arrive at the nondescript business building, you will be given an intro to the company, Vector Marketing. Vector Marketing is the child of Cutco Knives. What Vector Marketing does is market Cutco products. You, the new sales rep, will go around and find leads, conduct in-home demonstrations, and sell Cutco knives. Cutco is an old US knife maker that used to go by the name Alcas. Cutco is privately owned and based in New York.
Cutco makes pocket knives, folders , kitchen knives, machetes , balisongs , tomahawks, and a ton of other blades. Vector Marketing is a multilevel marketing company that sells Cutco Knives. He paints a clear picture of how you can easily make money selling knives to people you already know. You get a cut of the sale and, as you increase in sales, your cut increases. You also get a cut from sales done by people under you.
The company also has cool things like trips to Cancun and scholarships. Wow, what a great job for a college kid! Cutco sells overpriced knives in my opinion.
They use A steel which, for their three-digit price, is very expensive. You can find A steel in budget knives at Wal-Mart. What Cutco does that other knife manufacturers do not is that they offer a free sharpening program. You can get your knives sharpened by the factory for as long as you want. No matter how great the steel is or how amazing the kitchen knife is, it will need to be sharpened sooner or later. Kitchen knives are almost always made of stainless steel.
Stainless steel resists rust very well but dulls quickly. Sharpening it will bring the edge back. If you are really in the market for a high-quality set of kitchen knives, there are lots of other much better options, considering the quality of Cutco steel. First, you start with people immediately near you like parents and close relatives. You show them a 1-hour long presentation. Yes, of course, your relatives will sit there and listen to your 1-hour presentation.
They often compare it to your kitchen knives. Most Americans do not sharpen their kitchen knives so the brand new set of Cutco Knives wins by a long shot. They then go into the Forever Sharp guarantee and a few other great sales tactics. Basically, the person is reciting what they heard from their boss.
If the target buys or not, the seller will ask for 10 referrals What?! Most people agree because they are too nice. Then the process happens all over again.
If you are a college student looking for a part time job, I recommend you get a REAL job or, better yet, do something that will be a stepping stone for your career. Keep the long-term goal in mind, and save yourself the negative stigma and potentially strained relationships resulting from your involvement in network marketing programs. Just be wary of job offers that say you can make a lot of money with little work.
If that was true, everyone would be rich. She is absolutely correct. I stuck it out for a month or so, because I wanted to give it a chance. I wasted time and gas money. Glad I checked it out. If you have a knack for sales, you can sell anything.
Its no different from Avon or Scentsy and the knives really are pretty good. They even have a contract with the military; i got my set from a demo at the commissary. They dont charge you for the display set anymore and they offer you the base pay to make sure you arent pressuring people into buying if they dont want to. For everyone that says that Vector is a scam, you are wrong. I make more money working here than I could doing anything else through college.
Also, I got my starter kit with my knives for free. One thing I dont like is that taxes are not taken out, so you have to consider that when you get your paycheck. As for the knives, I love them. They have an awesome design that feels good in my hand, there blades are really sharp, and they are light weight for easy comfort. I made sure to steer clear of this job. I would rather get a job that ensures that I get laid hourly. What job is that?
People will always listen to that first person to complain. When you get the first call to schedule an interview , all I have to say is to give it a try. How is going into an interview going to hurt you?
Friend had gone to the initial orientation meeting and had yet to even attend any training. Told my daughter is was NOT a sales job-Lie. Did not even tell my daughter what the product was-told her she would find all that out in training which was 4 days-unpaid. Ok, so I received a letter from Vector a while ago, asking for me to apply for a job.
I applied and scheduled an interview they were really nice by the way. The next thing I did was look up the company. I watched about five of their videos and my excitement for the program grew. I landed a job with the program and quit a month later. Here are two of the my main problems: 1. I want to be a writer one day, so my passion for this company melted away.
LEADS: I had to figure out a way to get more people to sell the product to because yeah my mom has her friends, but I need more. And boy, did I receive attention. VECTOR make sure you get your credentials straight and facts right because things are about to get heavy…. I love their knives. A scam is illegal. If Vector were a scam, they would go out of business fast. I have facts to back it up. CutCo knives are excellent quality.
Also, Vector gives full time students scholarships. Vector also sports local charities such as the Wee foundation and the Front Row Foundation. Vector really teaches time management and customer service skills. I received a letter from Vector today. I have to say, I am angry that a company is willing to be as unethical and misguided towards young people who really need a job. Yeah I thought so…. Looks like someone got brainwashed by Vector pretty well.
Daughter got a call on Sunday yesterday to come in for an interview the next day. They said a friend had recommended her, which led me to believe they got the names from her school. At the interview today, she got bad vibes from the unprofessional interviewer, and they told her she did well and could stay for the second interview, which was about 90 minutes long.
She left and is not going back. Love their hearts! I just got a job there and still need to go through training. Does anyone think it is worth it for experience? I read this entire post, and my opinion is that the job they are offering is not for you. It looks like a multilevel marketing job to me. Have you ever sold Mary Kay? How about insurance? What about real estate? In reading this entire post I cannot see where this company has done anything but offer your son an opportunity, and I can find no single instance where this company has caused any damages to your son.
On the other hand, you are causing this company severe damages. You even brag and openly address the ceo of the company that you are dissuading at least people per day from doing business with this company. If this company owns Kabar brand knives then I assure you they have enough clout to hold you responsible and maybe even this website domain for hosting such trash.
I had a company trying to get me to sell encyclopedia sets when I was in college too. Same business model as this only more boring.
Most of the college kids that took the job failed at it, but some of them with superior communication skills and salesmanship made some serious money. You may think you taught your son a lesson, but I think your son is about to learn an even more valuable life lesson when he sees this company shred you up like a piece of paper.
Have fun Trying to shred up Yahoo or google. Losers Yahoo probably makes your companies 20 million per year in one day.
What are you going to do about that? Are you going to shed up Yahoo too? Lol cutco is a joke. I hope I help disuade anyone from ever even considering applying for vector. I am going to be very rude to who ever calls me tomorrow. I was so excited to get a job now I am beyond angry.
You made a fool of me vector. Speaking of taking legal action against people, wow you must be scared that people will find out the truth.
I had another thought with regard to the mention of Reputation Management companies. I find it interesting that when small or less well-known company engages in reputation management it all of a sudden becomes naughty, taboo, and unaccepted. Do you think they do this because they care about you or the environment? No, they care about their reputation, and they are investing billions of dollars into indoctrinating you into believing they are a great company.
Very interesting dialog here from many different angles but here is my take for what it is worth. Twenty five years ago my neighbors son who was about 18 came to my home selling knives. I kindly agreed to help him out and hear the pitch. About an hour later, I had purchased a set of Cutco and I have never regretted a minute of it. Those knives have been through hundreds of dishwashings and look as good as the day I bought them.
I use them almost every single day and have had the sales tech out to my home only once for sharpening. I have never had to buy another knife. So speaking from experience the product is reputable and reliable. This is not so unusual as many companies feel this keeps down their general admin costs. My daughter received a letter this summer just finishing high school to sell Cutco, knowing she would not be selling junk, I told her to check it out to see if she would like to try Sales!
Afterall it is a sales job — which is not for everyone. She wants to study business in college so this is a good intro for her. As a parent, I am helping to set expectations about the amount of work required, the time investment and how much she will actually make. Would it be easier for her to be a cashier someplace this summer — sure but she is gaining other types of skills. Yes, they engage young talent to go forth and try to sell as much as you can but they learn a lot from the experience and I even bought a few more items to get her started on the right track!
I am really glad I got This job Vector is really great i just love Cutco knives they are the best thing on earth. Cutco is a wonderful product, forever guaranteed and all that good stuff. Most of the people I have done demos for declined after hearing the price, because guess what? Also while training to sell the product, the group never got a lunch break. I guess I was lucky enough to get a bathroom break. I just started this job. It is very time and energy consuming, but I can say the potential to do decent is there.
The demo set is free, so the only investment you put in is your time. Is it for everyone? I woek at vector n they pay me for the gass mileage sooooo idk how im losing money. Oh wait im not!! Yes it willl hold an edge, but once sharpened the edge breaks down quicker, because there is a low carbon point! The knives are generic, cheap crap. Made of the lowest grade blade material possible.
For two… they have you start demos with your family and friends so you can work on how you do your demos and practice and you do get paid for them. For three…you do NOT have to pay for a set to do demos. They give you an option to buy them but you do NOT have to. And lastly…. I dont know who you people have been hearing all of these negative things about this company from but they are the 1 too rated knives. Of course there are better knives out there but these are awesome sets.
If you dont like the company… dont buy anything from them. Not cower behind the internet. My girlfriend in purchase the full kitchen set of knives, pots and skillets, cooking set of spoons, potato masher, pancake turners. I was shocked to find out what she paid and financed when we got married in I soon realized the value though after we paid them off. We have been married for a little over 50 years and still have and use every day the FULL original sets. I have since purchased numerus sets for wedding gifts.
They will remeber you for the rest of their married years. Thanks, Matt. So I found this job through an email from snagajob about two weeks ago and instantly researched it after I scheduled my interview for the next day. I did read all of the bad experiences people had an I also read the maybe not honest but who really knows for sure good experiences. They clearly explained the job and what I would be doing and I wound up getting the job.
I learned a lot. I like the money though. And try not to put as much pressure on yourself as you fell necessary because it is hard to sell during these times. If you have another office you can work at, try it. If not, oh well at least you gave it a shot. Look I work for Vector right now. When I got the call I thought it sounded a little too good to be true but figured I would hear them out.
What they do is a group interview to kinda relax you while they do a power point. In my opinion the stuff is over priced but pretty everything is nowadays. Man, I was so happy and excited that I got the job. But things felt really shady. So when I googled it, scam was everywhere! The people so nice and crap, but their all BS. While my family was waiting for me at the interview, which took like 4 hours, the ladies in the front desk were calling SO many people telling them the same thing, to quit their job and work for vectors.
He also said that their too high quality to advertise on TV. They were degrading other companies. How is this a criticism? This to me is the most absurd criticism of all. Training only goes on for 3 days, 5 if you include adv training, you work many more days than simply 3 or 5. Like what? Every single objection a customer may come up with? Honestly I felt that in training they told me everything I would need to know for the job. It was a complete waste of my day.
Vector is complete BS. They are evil and are only using your hard work, to feed their greed of money. You work hard for a company and then they pay you back in money. The company is manipulative. A student looking for a part-time job should find a job in which the customers go to them, not them going to the customers. To remind you this stuff is also really expensive, on some of these orders people shell out a thousand dollars.
When was the last time you went up to your parents, much less anyone else you know, and asked them for a thousand dollars and they said yes? I have a job interview with Vetco tomorrow. I hate seeing comments from people that are very negative. Especially those who did not even gave it a shot or just to take a look.
You are just a hater because you cannot do it! If you grasp opportunity and change what you are doing it might get you somewhere else better than your past five years. In short, if you are doing what you have been doing five years ago, guess what you will do in the next five years? Back in high school my marketing teacher sent these out to everyone in the class. I received the letter and gave it a shot. I make my way into the designated waiting area and wait with a handful of other anxious and eager teens.
We are all waived into this room where they pretty much demo us the product and show some VHS or something regarding the product basically a live infomercial. I have never seen anything like that in an interview session before especially one for 30 or so people.
He asked me some questions regarding college, made some scribbles on the form I filled out earlier in the evening and said I could earn credits and they would be transferable.
I just went along with it since I was pretty much overloaded with information. Before I left, I had a few members approach me and try to coerce me into doing it and all the benefits such as the group vacations etc. I believe I received about calls the following day and then the next day asking if I wanted in. Needless to say I got a real summer job that year and ended up doing more for my career than I could have selling knives to my friends and family.
Yes there are payment plans but that only helps so much. One set is selling for more then what its worth. I sold it in sold over 3k in sale. Not easy. I hear the knives do not need to be purchased. They can be if you want to keep them but if you give them back you pay nothing for them. Lastly when talking about these knives being overpriced. Prices for other high quality sets reach 3,, dollars.
My parents bought a set from a neighborhood sales rep for only about 1, and we used to have a 3, dollar Wustof set until we got Cutco cause it was plain better.
I started selling in july currently at 15k in sales and am in training for management. If you are charismatic and committed it is in fact very easy you just need to learn the tricks. The longer you stay the more tricks you learn and the easier it becomes.
My major at MU was Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing…so I was able to get my University to actually award me 3 credit hours in direct marketing for selling those knives for a semester! It was the BEST experience ever.
My mom, all her friends, and myself still RAVE over those knives. They are sharper than ever and cut through stuff like butter. It depends on how you look at it. Ok, After reading several laughs I must reply. If the manager was stating it honestly in his advertising he should have stated per presentation. If you actually did your homework and price quality Cutlery you would see that paying 50 — for a knife that is guaranteed is normal.
Any college student that is looking for interpersonal communication skills can tell you that you should be paying Vector marketing for that kind of experience. For those who are posting here that think you can gain experience in industry by working fast food, lawn care, or other sweat jobs in the summer good luck with that. Direct sales is some of the hardest work one can ever choose.
If you are willing to stick with it you will learn how to sell not just Cutco, but more importantly yourself. David Lazarus is an award-winning business columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His work runs in newspapers across the country and has resulted in a variety of laws protecting consumers. The best side hustles for musicians and music lovers.
Strike at Kaiser Permanente averted two days before deadline. Stocks close higher, but indexes still end week in the red. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Pros Great training and great environment. Cons Some friends and family may be a little annoyed at you trying to sell them cutco. Great place overall and the management is extremely helpful.
At the time I was in school and they were very understanding of my schedule. When working they would help you every step of the way and gave great tips on how to succeed and make more sales. Pros Flexibility. You barely got paid even if you sold a bunch of knives. The weekly meetings were stupid and useless. They are very demanding and aren't upfront with their "standards". Overall a horrible experience. Pros Flexible hours. Cons Demanding, low pay. Cutco is a great job to learn some sales skills and work at your own pace.
The one negative with the company is that the sales model almost completely relies on your own personal connections. This means that finding leads is all on you and it starts with people like your friends and family. Pros Flexible schedule. Cons Shady business model.
A good job for a college aged kid. You create your own schedule and determine your paycheck along with getting payed weekly. Only thing I didn't like was calling to book appointments. Pros fun group sessions, weekly pay, creating own schedule. Cons recruiting friends. I learned how to be more persuasive, self dependable and more confident.
The management was very inspiring and encouraging. The hardest part was persuading people to buy the product due to the cost. The best part was getting to meet new people and hear about some of their cooking experiences. Pros Made your own schedule. Claimed Profile. Want to know more about working here? Ask a question about working or interviewing at Cutco.
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