Symmetry Direct Lifestyle solutions Shady Buisness and Pyramid schemes: Internet, Kentucky

Pyramid schemes are a classic of the business world and won't be leaving anytime soon. I'm posting this as a warning to anyone contacted by this company. I was contacted quite unexpectedly by a Steve Roseman while working my at work. I was initially baffled by his offer for part-time or full-time work as I could not recall every applying for his company, this was my first warning flag. We talked for a few minutes and he suggested we set up an interview later in the week.

The interview went well enough, he told me how the company ran on a commission basis and talked about the product line but besides a few general remarks about consulting with the clientle was unclear about what exactly I'd be doing. He was enthusiastic though and carried on about how they didn't want to be the biggest company, only the most respected. He harped on the point that I would be working with doctors and nurses and that they were in the preventative medicine business. The company was going through a lot of growth and needed young professional people with the drive and motivation to move forward. His products prevented everything from constipation to cancer. We would be selling the herbs and fruit extracts that pharmaceutical companies were opposed to because they hadn't yet patented synthetic versions of the active constituents. I was told that they were a booming business in Europe where standards were supposedly higher than those of the FDA for product approval. The company didn't run marketing, the products spoke for themselves. All their growth was by word of mouth. I'd only sell the products, we didn't deal with production or handle any of the supplements ourselves. He had NFL players and medical students among his clients. Everyone loved the product. This speech raised my second warning flag, but as I had yet been asked to give out any sensitive information or make any investment beyond the amount of time spent talking, I decided to carry on. I explained that I wanted to know more about the product's method of operation in the human body. I needed proof personally that even if the job was legit that the product was as well. He said I could find all the information I'd need on their website. It sounded interesting and he gave me his business card set up an appointment for next week which he said would be a training day. The website was laughable. Product videos proclaimed the product's anti-aging effects and that it prevented cancer and heart disease followed by the FDA disclaimer: This product is not intended to treat, diagnose, or PREVENT any disease. I remember thinking that as he was pitching a job as a consultant he should have gone to someone with a degree or at least some experience in the field. Not that I couldn't do it mind you, the prospect excited me though I was now quite cautious. So I returned at the set date for my first day of training.

I had my doubts before hand about selling a product I didn't particularly believe in and the fact that he never gave me a clear picture on what I would be doing for the company but I needed another job. That and his vision of laid back office work and solving our customer's problems was an attractive one. I got there at the appointed time and noticed that although he'd said that it would be a day for all of the new employees they were bringing in to meet and train together I was the only new worker there. I waited a moment while Mr. Roseman was on the phone with a client and spoke to one of the other employees. I noted how friendly everyone was and wondered how we would all get along. Mr. Roseman and I sat his desk while he outlined how I would make money at the company.
He drew a PYRAMID. Me at the top, people I bring in below. I'd be making 25% from the people I brought into the company and 10% from those they brought in. These percentages changed a few times as he went over them. I was given a sheet which "explained" the pay system. There were additional percentages for everything. You were payed from everything you did. I tried to read into exactly how this was supposed to work while he kept talking. Did I have any questions was the theme of the day. You got money toward your car, money for bringing in new workers, for selling more product, for keeping a rate of customer retention, and anything else you could possibly think of. I was only able to give the sheet a cursory glance before he toke it back and stowed it away in his binder. I thought back to my first impressions of the job offer and how I thought it might be a scam. Well at least now I had my proof. Once again he asked me if I had any question, once again I asked him about how I would be obtaining my clients and what I would actually be doing. Once again he said we'd go over it in training. I wanted to see how much I could learn about the scam without getting in now that they'd involved me. Well let's get to training then, I said. Oh, did I talk to you about using the product, he asked. No. He told me that you wouldn't buy a product from someone who didn't use it themselves and that I should purchase their "basic package" for 173 dollars. It contained all the training materials and the products themselves to try out. I explained to him that money was something I was rather short on at the moment, which was one of the reasons I was interested in a job with them in the first place. He then recommended that I purchase  I told him I'd think about it and he asked me to call him back to tell him my decision. I decided to write this.