Democrats are recruiting door knockers to roam Michigan neighborhoods and “people with a criminal record are encouraged to apply.”

Shawmut Services, “a full-service strategic planning, organizing, and grassroots mobilization firm,” is running job ads in cities across Michigan on behalf of Revolution Field Strategies to encourage Democrats to register and vote.

The effort is in conjunction with the Progressive Turnout Project, which bills itself as “the largest voter contact organization in the country, specifically dedicated to mobilizing the Democratic Party and defending democracy.”

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Listings on Indeed.com offer pay “from $125 per day,” and suggest the campaign is ongoing in multiple states through Nov. 5.

“Revolution Field Strategies (RFS) has been hired by Progressive Turnout Project to help turn out Democratic voters in [STATE]. RFS is seeking to contract with enthusiastic Door Knockers this election season to help get out the vote–no experience necessary!” according to the role summary for a listing in Marquette.

The “innovative program” is managed remotely with supplies shipped by mail and interviews and briefings conducted online.

“Individuals who successfully complete their first door knocking packet will be offered opportunities for additional contracts. Door Knockers can expect a total commitment of 3 to 5 hours to complete their briefing and door-to-door Door Knocking. They will be able to choose their own turf in or around their home or community, so travel will be minimal,” the listing read.

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Requirements are minimal. Applicants must be comfortable discussing progressive politics, able to stand and walk for extended periods, and have the “ability to memorize and recite a brief Door Knocking script and/or talking points.”

Applicants must also have a cell phone and the ability to enter basic data, according to the ads.

“Compensation will be provided by direct deposit, or by mailed check if requested,” they read.

The Michigan job ads are among 152 openings that are also posted on the Shawmut Services website across a dozen states including Wisconsin, Alabama, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Arizona.

In Michigan, Shaumut is looking to fill nearly two dozen positions, ranging from door knockers to voter registration canvassers. The firm is hiring door knockers specifically in 16 cities: Jackson, Battle Creek, Saginaw, Mount Pleasant, Monroe, Benton Harbor, Holland, Muskegon, Midland, Adrian, Traverse City, Port Huron, Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Houghton and Marquette.

One of the post seeking a “voter registration canvasser” in Lansing explains employees “will visit high traffic areas as well as community events and register people to vote.”

The same post promises “any information provided regarding criminal history for the purposes of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit will have no impact on employment eligibility.

RFS “will consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories and/or convictions, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.”

While the jobs seem attractive for many, particularly felons with limited employment options, online reviews for Shawmut Services are brutal.

“They give you bare minimum of training and then send you out to work,” one canvasser from Philadelphia posted on Indeed.com. “I also advise anyone who has any sort of disability to not apply as they do not comply with the (Americans with Disabilities Act).”

“Very bad environment office like trash unprofessional managers,” wrote another from Easton, Penn. “They force you to work and (once) they achieve the goal they just fire you without any notice.”

“It would be decent money if they worked you the full 30 hours, but the whole thing is a gimmick and although most political jobs tend to be run on duck tape and sheer willpower, this one was extra extra dingy,” a Reddit user from Lansing wrote.  “I also witnessed the (now fired) office director commit fraud in front of me and in the same hour yell at a coworker about fraud (the issue wasn’t fraud).”

Another Google review from Laurie Rhoads from a week ago alleged the operation “is SO disorganized and run like a childcare center” with condescending managers in a high-pressure environment.

“I have a feeling, but no proof, that people falsify VRs because there is such extreme pressure to get their quotas,” Rhoads wrote. “I know that many of them were showing up for work high and probably smoking/vaping throughout the day. It’s not an awesome look for the Party or for the campaign.”

By Rhoads’ third day, “it was exasperating and infuriating,” she wrote. “But then I remembered I was trapped there because I had been brought there from the office in the pot-smoke-filled minivan and I didn’t have my own vehicle to leave.”

“This was the worst 2.5 days of work I have ever experienced,” Rhoads wrote.