https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/24/northwestern-mutual-insurance-jobs-hiring
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I had an "internship" in the early 90's with a company called Royal Prestige that sold pots and pans. I was horrible at it. This article certainly reminded me of that, but to tell you the truth, I still learned a lot about myself and the fact that I didn't want to get into sales.
Back in the early 80s a friend had a summer job as a door-to-door cookware salesman. His description of the job sounds a lot like this article. It was an awful job.
Everyone knows this company isn't a pyramid scheme... it's just a reverse funnel system! The people that push it are pretty shameless... but the reputation has finally caught up to NM and is well deserved.
The company certainly deserves a lot of this criticism, the sales meat-grinder for these young people is over the top brutal and I respect the he-l out of the kids who can survive it. Several of the figures they claim are totally wrong and quoting that id--t Clark Howard makes them lose credibility. The bottom line is if you keep a full life insurance policy it will always eventually pay out considerably more than was put in. Full Life is literally the least scammy of all insurance. Also comparing it to an investment in equities is ridiculous, by that logic parking money in a certificate of deposit instead of bitcoin is a scam because the latter performed so much better
This company has ruined many peoples career. Now they didnt spare the college grads.
Robot: beep bop boop no lies detected.