I've had an interesting experience with Primerica. I found this forum because I was looking for information about the cult-like practices of this "company."After what I've observed, I'm very interested in the creepy culture of false reward the company creates. I'm no psychologist, but after dabbling in Primerica for a summer I was really more concerned about the way they very obviously 'prey' on certain populations. Primerica pushes and violates a lot of boundaries ethically, and seems to be questionable at best as a business opportunity for ANYONE. At the time I was a college student and a sister-in-law tried to recruit me. She has been heavily involved in Primerica for many years. She also begged for info about friends ofamily I thought would be interested, and I gave her 2 or 3 contacts. I was curious, broke, and also wanted to appease my new sister-in-law.I signed on and agreed to go to a few insurance classes. I paid the $199 thinking "what the hell. It's supposed to be reimbursed, and that's a lot cheaper than what it costs to get the education and take the licensure exam independently" which in some states is true. I'll admit it the class bored me to tears when it wasn't totally pissing me off. I walked out of the second session. But I can see how a determined person would stay on and get licensed. It just wasn't for me. I lost my $199 but did gain some knowledge about how insurance works - not $199 worth, though.What really bothered me was how the population of the class so disproportionately consisted of immigrants. I teach ESL and work in the health care field and believe me, many of these people had marginal or limited English skills at best. I *know* a majority of them had trouble understanding some of the complex language of business and insurance principles (judging by how many people sitting at my table asked me in a whisper to repeat or explain parts of the lecture). During break I asked a few participants what they'd been told, and was heartbroken to hear they'd all been 'recruited' by Primerica agents, tricked into thinking they could become 'financial consultants' and make tons of money. $199 is a lot of money for some folks and I don't want to even think how many of them lost it and didn't benefit one bit. How can that just continue to happen and no one has called them on it?My husband and I have also observed his sister and her family's involvement over the years with Primerica. She holds some kind of very high position and has her own office and seems to be successful. She has no college degree, which is fine, but I've noticed that she seems almost anti-college in her attitude. Sure that's somewhat understandable for anyone who becomes financially successful w/o a degree. But she almost pooh-pooh's college education, which I can't believe since she's a mother of two. How can a company encourage that kind of belief and no one has called them on it?Other family members and friends have also been to her "award ceremonies" where they've all reported the same story about the strange, disturbing ideology that the "Primericans" seem to have bought into. They give out trophies, plaques and ribbons for vague distinctions and their recipients run down the aisle to collect them while "Eye of the Tiger" plays. Everyone who has begrudgingly attended one of these (for her sake) comes back saying they're creeped out. They talk a lot of weird, unspecific rhetoric about "personal growth" and "strategies" that's all cloaked in business language to make it seem legit. They do a really good job of 'personalizing' their MLM/pyramid scheme to make the recuiting 'agents' feel like they're these wildly successful 'businesspeople' and 'sales reps' who are 'leaders' and 'regional managers.' That's all fine and good - a lot of companies do the same thing - but there's almost no focus on the product - developing it, producing it, improving it - anything. They use their CitiGroup parent company backing to further coerce people into thinking it's legit or has potential to make anyone rich. How can a Fortune 500 company like CitiGroup maintain ties to this scheme for so long and no one has called them on it?What finally convinced me that Primerica is a dangerous commercial cult is that when I backed away from it, my sister-in-law no longer had interest in me - as a person, as a relative, as a friend or family member. She hasn't called in months. She came to a party I threw and was coldly cordial. Her WHOLE attitude toward me changed. That's when I knew she was totally and completely brainwashed by her involvement with Primerica and was letting the principles of the company's insidious, deceptive practices make decisions for her.After all this happened and I've had some time to think about it, I truly believe Primerica practices groupthink mind control to make money preying on vulnerable people, and contrives a carefully constucted ideological foundation for their victims to "believe" in. I do believe some people can become successful working the Primerica scheme, but far too seldom to build any kind of ethically sound promises on.And what I mean by "call them on it" is a legitimate, public, wide-ranging investigation by a large, regulatory entity like the FBI or FTC. Not some pissed off people squawking on the Internet. They are ripping off poor people, who often lack the resources or feel too powerless to fight back in numbers. How can they be represented? What would it take for someone to REALLY blow the whistle on this corrupt organization?

Got the call to and outa the blue.That chris guy seems to be hirin to many.Don?t like competition.I asked what does it pay.He asks me what I think I?m worth. Tjhat tells me nuttin.I?d stay clear a him. Says his office is in Coquitlam when I live in Tsawwasen.Wizzup with that?!

Got the call to and outa the blue.That chris guy seems to be hirin to many.Don’t like competition.I asked what does it pay.He asks me what I think I’m worth. Tjhat tells me nuttin.I’d stay clear a him. Says his office is in Coquitlam when I live in Tsawwasen.Wizzup with that?!

Chris Lesh at (604) 339-0806, (604) 525-0818 is a nice guy.  I used to work with him actually.  However, be forewarned that he calls A LOT of people. His role is to find quality people for the expansion of the Primerica Canada offices. It won't matter how nice or descent a person he his or the company is, since it's inevitable that he's going to run into people who are overly skeptical or irritated by the smallest things when he's going through numbers that massive!

I came across the statement from ‘that Dennis guy’ by fluke.  As someone who knows Chris, has worked with him, and also knowing the good that this company has done for my financial security, I will be keeping a very sharp eye on this page from now on and any negative comment will be immediately overshadowed by an intelligible, well written, and virtuous counterargument.

www.primericacanada.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primerica_Financial_Services

Anyway, I wonder if the information on the internet is monitored:

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/310004_msftsued03.html (Microsoft),
http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/threadview/349.html (Royal Bank),
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story ... c2323a4&k=44323 (Toronto Dominion),
http://www.telussucks.info/ (Telus),
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/06/hate/ (Starbucks),
http://www.disgruntledhuman.com/wmrtnf.htm (Walmart),
http://www.cspinet.org/new/200901151.html (Coke),
http://ohryan.ca/blog/2008/08/27/5-reasons-tim-hortons-sucks/ (Tim Hortons),
etc…,

just to list ‘one’ for each of them and these big companies probably have pretty good filters!

Well, that research took a total of 10 minutes and for some reason I'm still not adverse to doing business or working with any one of them IF the income was right.

Chris Lesh (604) 339-0806 or (604) 525-0818) called me from Primerica Canada.  It's a GOOD company. They've done a lot more for my financial situation than any bank ever do would! He?s an easier person to work with than any boss I?ve ever come across so far.  Also, he?s very suportive.  The company seems to have a non-mainstream approach for hiring people which took me for a spin at first but I guess that doesn?t really matter in long run. If you get a call from him, I think you?d be making mistake if you didn?t check out the work opportunity at the Coquitlem office once before giving a yes or a no.

Yup. Kinda expected certain people to be all over this. The non mainstream approach that goes with Primerica, filters out the skeptics and the naysayers. This page on chris seems ok but other writeups (blogs) look like a playground for these people.
I agree with a lot of stuff that's being written on this company here. No  one can question this company's bottom line credibility in terms of size, strength, and legitimacy. Also, the great potential that this company talks about is definitely there! I was given a good introduction to this company recently and every one who gets started should know that this is an "entrepreneurial opportunity".  Most people expect this opportunity to behave like a job in the long run even though they're told that it isn't one. Right now, I'm running an internet marketing business and did a lot of entrepreneurial stuff before that cuz I know that JOB(Just Over Broke)'s suck!
During the few times that I've been to the office in Coquitlam, I've heard people ask silly questions like
Q: Will I have to bug people if I work here?  
My answr: LOL. I've never come across an entrepreneurial endeavor that doesn't involve bugging people to an extent.
Q: Is this sales?
My answer: LOL. I've never come across an entrepreneurial endeavor that doesn't have a sales component.
There's no entrepreneur if you eliminate BUG and SALES. Sorry.  \
If you've noticed that jobs aren't delivering for you which I'm sure that most of you have, you'd better try something entrepreneurial like this! If you're completely convincing yourself that your job (or a job) will deliver for you long term then go for it and "good luck". If I were to sit down with you, I'll bet I could prove that it won't.
I sat down with Chris (604) 525-0818. He's going places! I was convinced that he's a Christian. How could someone have such a soothing voice otherwise? I'd join someone like that. Maybe he comes across as a bit pompous and that Brad guy did as well but I'm sure they've earned the right.
Since people seem to be adding internet links from reputable sources here, I'll gladly help:
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4133597/primer ... 84:b32406106:z0
I've noticed that reputable sources don't write negative and/or falsified stuff on this company but anonymous sources definitely do!