1. Are you hiring W2 employees or 1099 contractors?
A W2 employer withholds your taxes and documents your income; a 1099 contractor is generally responsible for their own. Which classification fits depends on the actual working relationship — the IRS publishes plain guidance on the difference. Get the answer in writing before you sign.
Our answer: W2. It's the first line of the role listing on our careers page.
2. Is there a base, or is it commission-only?
"Uncapped earnings" with no base means there is no floor. Ask for the base in plain dollars, and ask what the offer letter will say.
Our answer: a $300 weekly base plus performance bonuses. The structure is written out on How pay works.
3. Which charity, and can I verify the relationship?
A real campaign names its client without being pushed, and the charity's own materials should hold up independently. If the recruiter gets vague about who the money serves, that's your answer.
Our answer: CARE. RTX Outreach is a contracted fundraising office for CARE's Partners for Change donor program, operated through the GiveBridge platform. CARE was founded in 1945, works in over 100 countries, and is independently documented at care.org and Charity Navigator.
4. Where does the work actually happen?
You should hear a specific answer: which kinds of locations, arranged how. A company that can't say where you'll be standing on Tuesday is telling you something.
Our answer: community events and retail locations across Middle Tennessee, on a two-person team. Our office is at 1161 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville. Interviews happen there, in person.
5. Who actually advanced, and on what standard?
"Rapid advancement" is a claim; a promotion standard is a document. Ask what the published standard is and who last met it.
Our answer: every leader in this company started at entry level, and promotion follows published performance standards — never tenure, never politics. The leaders running our markets today started at the table.
One more that shouldn't need asking: no employer should ask you for money to get hired. Ours is in writing — we will never ask you for money at any point in the hiring process.
If a company can't answer these five in plain terms, keep interviewing. If you want our answers tested in person, the recruiting line is 830-623-0855, and Zach, the owner, runs every first interview himself.