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Read the community guidelinesAt the time, I mainly wanted to experience what working in this industry was like and hadn’t thought much beyond that.
The hiring threshold is extremely low—basically, if you have functioning hands and feet, you can be hired.
Just don’t stand the company up, or you’ll be put on the blacklist.
Many details about the work are basically not disclosed during the interview; they only tell you after you join and start working.
At that point, there are only two options left: resign or stick it out....
You get to see all kinds of aspects of society and the various reasons people have for “borrowing money.”
Basically, people in this line of work tend to be rather unconventional. If you have a wide network and most of them need short-term cash flow, this can be a job to consider.
Accounts are only settled after three months, but what this three-month period really means is that they’re worried the debtors you bring in will run away. Afterward, the amount is deducted from your salary...
Although there is a guaranteed minimum, the performance bonus is not high, and almost all your friends will block you.
If you’re a normal person whose friends also have regular incomes and are fairly allergic to “pawnshops,” it’s best not to consider this job—you’ll lose many friends.
Here’s the key point: accounts are only settled after three months, so where does your performance go?
It feels just like being a downline in a multilevel marketing scheme, which is why your supervisor will say that bringing people in to work here also counts as “performance.”
It’s basically a disposable-chopsticks job: whether you work or not, they make money—and if you do work, they make even more.
If someone runs off, you pay for it.....