Welcome to Landmark - Anonymous employee Matson Money Employee Review

You want to know what it's like to work at Matson Money? Read the list below. It's the top 10 things cult deprogram experts tell you to look for when you think your company is implementing training that utilizes cult-like brainwashing. It's also a highly accurate description of a day in the life of an employee at Matson Money, or rather Landmark/Vanto Group. Current employees will find this depressingly familiar. Potential employees should hear alarm bells. Here are 10 warning signs to watch out for: 1. There is secrecy around the processes and techniques used. "It can't be described, it has to be experienced" is what you'll hear. "Don't tell anyone about it, we don't want you to spoil it for others". 2. Programs built on the ideas and/or leadership of one charismatic person. I'm always skeptical about any training program that's referred to by someones name, i.e., "Tony Robbins training", "Covey training", "Kroning", etc... 3. You have nagging doubts about the facilitators, staff or program content. Something just doesn't "feel" right. They act a little too "enlightened". 4. You get challenging, defensive or discounting responses to your questions about the program. 5. You get vague or over-general promises of participant success. 6. "Hard-sell" tactics. Pressure on graduates to recruit more participants. In corporations, individuals and departments are often pressured to "get with the program", and seen as resistant if they choose not to participate. 7. An unfamiliar set of jargon are used to describe key concepts of the programs. 8. Program facilitators use physical and emotional techniques to get people to "open up and share" (i.e., break them down and humiliate them). 9. It's impossible to measure and evaluate the outcomes. 10. Any of the following techniques are used: fire walking, chanting, hypnosis, meditation, massage, yoga, biofeedback, bizarre relaxation techniques, mind control, visualization, overly aggressive "attack" confrontational techniques, or excessive hugging and crying.