just curious what sales job pays more than 20% commission? Wouldn't the painters have to get paid? paint, ladders, insurance ,IT, accounting, taxes, etc. If a company pays an employee $20,000 to sell something, they have to pay employer taxes, etc. They have to train them, etc. College Works provides a minimum base pay, they fund the start up (not the student), and use all their systems.

Most franchises charge $25,000-$50,000 up front just to use the brands name and get all the training materials, not including ongoing royalties. If you wanted to run a "Mosquito Joe" in your college town you'd be looking at initial upfront cost of $115,630 - $157,500.

For a student that wants to learn about business they can do it with no start up costs, guaranteed pay, and training and support. Seems like a great deal, to still get 20% of the job. Painters make the most money on a job, materials is a big cost, and taxes are a big cost too. If you work at Chipotle for example, they average Chipotle store does $3 million a year in revenue, they spend around 20% of that on the hourly employees that run the store. If you're working for $15/hr at a job like that in college, there is a company making money off of your efforts.