Blackwell Group Fortitude Staffing Deadbeat Agency Eatontown, New Jersey
Agency President is a deadbeat. While doing business as the Blackwell Group, the president knowingly solicited and hired former recruiters presently on unemployment. The initial interview promised the individual(s) the opportunity of making huge commissions, while on assistance. He continually promised that he would keep the individual(s) "under the radar", while giving them every opportunity to succeeed.
The problem, and subsequent complaint is that the president never paid the commission earned. One one hand, he would relentlessly hound the client company when the payment was due, thereby, straining the credibility of the recruiter/client relationship. then he would delay payment, citing every delay tactic or excuse he could muster.
Once employees tired of these lies and delays, they left Blackwell to pursue other interests, only after reporting the president, Isaac Cohen, to the NJ Department of Labor. To the employees and former employees that he did still owe money to, Cohen continually fabricated excuses as to how these people could not be paid, eventually losing the copany that his mother had paid for.
After reportedly losing personal finances to the state for illegal hiring and practices, Cohen has started another firm called Fortitude Staffing. He has obviously ridden the success of his business partner, as the partner was the only principal actually earning money for both companies. Any money or allegiance that Cohen has owed to former employees or relations was lost, as he cited "those responsibilities died with the Blackwell group."
Do not use these services, do not invest in these services. There are plenty of reputable copanies out there that offer dependability and trust. This company, and this individual, are plagues to all who come into contact with them.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Blackwell Group
Eatontown,New Jersey,
United States of America
Untrue allegations brought on by x-employees
#2REBUTTAL Individual responds
Wed, December 09, 2009
No one was advised in anyway to accept any assistance at all. On the contrary, when the company heard some may have been accepting assistance, they were advised to call DOL to be sure of the rules and consequences. Whether they did or not was up to the individual.
Anyone who claims they or someone they believe was not paid (partially or fully) should reply here and they will be furnished with copies of all payroll paperwork to prove otherwise.
Those employees who left to "pursue other interests" had the original intention of stealing clients and business from Blackwell Group and creating their own company (said "other interests"), which they have done. Further, they have maliciously caused major issues and poor relations with clients and have been involved with a great amount of illegal activity including alleged assault on both partners of Blackwell Group.
Their intent was purely malicious and came from hate. If they didn't enjoy being employed by a company, they should have quit. If they didn't agree with a specific practice, they should have left. Instead they continued to be employed by the company while continuing to steal information for their own personal gains and maliciously create internal and external problems.
Those included in this alleged theft of private and privileged information, slander of individuals and companies, among other allegations are Lisa Winkler, Michael Henry, Nicole Herr, Michael Crystal, Karl Heiss and others.
The Blackwell Group has been forced out of practice due to the malicious activities of few. Those few have very questionable history. Whatever allegations are made against the Blackwell Group or its proprietors are inaccurate... the biggest mistake made by the firm is their judge of character in their choice of employees.