American Income Life

Application

I applied through other source. I interviewed at American Income Life (Earth City, MO) in April 2017.

Interview

Received a call from a lady telling me "Our hiring manager reviewed your resume and wanted to know when you could come in for an interview." I had to ask her what company she was with, what they sold/provided, and what the position was. She said the company was "American Income" and the position was "Benefits Representative". Then she asked if I could come in for an interview at 10am the next day.
I asked what the duties of the "Benefits Representative" were. She said "Answer questions from union employees and make sure all paperwork is filled out and completed." I asked "That's all?" and she replied "Yep, that's it!" and I agreed to come in. She ended the conversation with "Now, make sure you come dressed 'business professional,' so no jeans or tennis shoes," which seemed pretty condescending. Of course you're going to wear a suit to a job interview.

Do they get a lot of people interviewing in jeans and tennis shoes???

Apparently so...I walked into a lobby full of diverse-looking people and thought "I'm the most professionally-dressed person in the room." The receptionist took my resume and references, then had me fill out a form. All of the information asked for on the form was ON MY RESUME. I hate having to fill out redundant paperwork. Why create a resume if they're not going to use it?

I was taken into a nondescript office by an individual who said his position was "Benefits Director" and he said that was the position I'd be interviewing for. I felt like I'd been moved up in importance from "representative" to "director"! In the TWO MINUTE INTERVIEW, he asked why I'd left my former job. Then, upon hearing my answer, decided right there that I was AIL material and ushered me into the meeting room...with twenty other people. ***By the way, I asked where their hiring manager had found my resume and he said he had no idea.***

An important-looking individual gave a stellar presentation. I asked the lady next to me what she was interviewing for and she said "Benefits Director/Representative" as well. Soon we found out that it was LIFE INSURANCE SALES. As soon as I realized this, I wanted to walk out. It was clear they'd gotten us there under FALSE PRETENSES and that their intent was to DUPE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE in the hopes that a few would be dumb enough to accept an offer.

We filled out tons of paperwork and questionnaires, ending in a short 6-question summary, number 6 being "If offered a position, would you accept?" I decided to say "yes" to see what came next. The individual tried to call me around 6pm that night, but I didn't answer, having thought what a complete waste of time he had represented. I was tempted to call him back and let him know I figured out their FRAUDULENT and UNETHICAL method to dupe job seekers into coming in to interview for one job, only to find out it was something else completely. But I didn't want to waste any more of my time.

Do NOT fall for their tactics. They are looking for WARM BODIES with NO ETHICS to peddle their product to union members.

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