JAGDISH PAI

Review of OSL.

I am not working for this company, but after expre...

I am not working for this company, but after expressing interest on Indeed, got a call on October 30th, 2020 from a number that came up as OSL Services, asking whether I was available for a telephone interview. I firmed up for one that same day in the afternoon, as I am looking for work.
As an outdoor Sales professional of many years, I was not really happy at the way things transpired after the interview.
When the call came later, the lady explained the job of a Territory Sales Rep representing Bell Canada to sell Telecommunication services and Home Monitoring to residents in a given area.
They told me there was no cold calling, but that I would be given a qualified lead list for for setting up appointments, follow up and confirmations.
I was told there d be a base pay and gas allowance after she confirmed that I had a car and a G License. Further she informed me that there will be incentives on sales and some of their employees were getting 60K and more per annum. I was asked if they could do a background check, which I okayed. I was told there d be a paid training of 7 days and by now with the conversation was going, I was getting a warm and fuzzy feeling about what a great company this is!
The interview ended with the lady asking me situational questions and how I would respond. After this, she tells me that there would be a video interview with their Teams Manager. The date and time was set up for today 04 November. An email was sent and a confirmation requested, duly actioned by me.
Again this morning I received a text message reminder with another reconfirmation asked.
Everything was done professionally, I was impressed and at each passing moment felt more and more excited about getting this job.
Little did I realize I was being set up with a glib set of lies, till I had the interview with their Teams Manager TODAY.
The gentleman who called was polite and told me that he was in charge of Western GTA. Then he proceeded to give me a ground level reality of the job. He said :
1. The job was ENTIRELY based on cold calls knocking on doors 8 hours for 5 days a week. (Why did the lady lie? )
2. The recipients of these calls were not expecting me to knock on their doors and most would brush me off, some would be rude etc - as most of them already had phone services. ( The lady had said there was no cold calling and everything was by appointment.)
3. Would I be able to weather the cold and severe conditions working outdoors? Would I be able to knock on doors when it got dark from 5 to 8pm? ( the work timings and weather wasn t the problem as I am aware of outdoor conditions; I was foretold of the timings and a very rosy picture of the earnings potential was given to me)
4. Would I agree to shadow one of their reps to understand the actual work scenario? When the was told to me, there was no offer of remuneration for my time.

My concerns here, really are: why did the initial caller LIE to me about the first 2 points? Is this way of recruiting ethical? I wonder what other surprises are in store IF and WHEN you join?
If there are others with the same story do share with me.