Edgewood T.V - Chance Marketing Edgewood T.V Chance Marketing Ripoff dishonest liars about job opening Chicago Illinois
This company puts out all over the job market that they are hiring for entry level positions. They claim the position is in market advertising and that the salary is 30,000 to 40,000. They ask that you are a college grad with at least a Bac. degree. The position is supposed to be officed based.
I sent my resume since I had a bac. degree. They email me back asking that I called for an interview. I called the next day which was a friday. We sat the interview up for monday. First of all my money is tight because I am just starting out. I really wanted to make a good impresstion , so I went out and brought a new outfit. I spent my whole weekend looking for the right suit. I finally found it at 24 hour kmart at 1am on monday morning. Mind you the interview was at 9:45. I come home get some sleep , get ready and go to the interview. The interview is down town where I know I am going to pay for parking. Parking cost 11 dollars up front. At least it was directly across the street. Now here where it get a little fishly .
I notice as I am parking my car that several Men in nice ties and suits are in front of the building. I suppose they are also there for the interview. I go in and to my surprize they are in the basement. On their website they claim the are chicago best, But they are in a basement. I go down the stair to a very regular office. They had rap music playing in one one of the office rooms that is unfinished, Don't get me wrong I love rap. I was the only black person their. Also the only woman. But rap music does not belong in a professional office where people are getting interviewed.
I look at all the people getting interviewed. They look like me young freshly out of collage and in need of a job. My turn comes and I am greeded by a young oriental woman. She takes me into a somewhat nice office(I think this is to throw you off). She says "You can see this is going to be a quick interview we have alot of people today". Then she asks what position did you apply for? ??? Now shouldn't she know. I tell her and she says well that position was filled last week, but would you be interested in sales. I say no and leave. First of all they are still advertising for this position.
THE SCAM IS THEY GET YOU DOWN THERE FOR A NO PAY BUT COMMISION SALES JOB. A DOOR TO DOOR. THEY THINK BECAUSE YOU ARE FRESH OUT OFF COLLEGE YOU NEED THE JOB. BEWARE DON'T GO!!!!
Bianca
chicago, Illinois
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Luke
Chicago,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Moving on
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, August 10, 2004
Bianca,
I'm glad you found a position that is better suited for your qualifications. It is unbelievably impressive that you found a position starting at seventy-five thousand dollars a year, especially so quickly- a huge congratulations is certainly in order. Good job!
Thank you for your insights into our interview process, and accept my apologies. I was not aware we had a posting on a public job board for an administrative position, and since I can still not find one I will assume it has been removed to prevent further instances like this. Your insight has impacted my company, so thank you. Feel free to call or email me in person with any other issues.
Take care, Bianca, and best of luck with your new position.
Bianca
chicago,Illinois,
U.S.A.
poor business skills
#5Author of original report
Tue, August 10, 2004
There is nothing that can be said that will change my outlook on this. I Know rap music first of all and the song that was playing was a known rap song .I must admit that it was the only one played.The radio stations some times consider some rap songs to be not as hardcore as others.The rest of the music was mellow.The office looked nice .The problem was that I was called in for an interview for a job that was filled before my interview .The professional thing to do would have been to call and alert the applicant. I could then decide whether a sales position was for me.Please don't try to tell me about the real world. I live in it and know it well.After this interview later the same day I was offered a position at another company for 75,000 a year.There are no hard feelings.I would advise tho that the next time call and let perspective employees know that the position they want is filled .That way no one will feel like they have been scamed.
Bianca
chicago,Illinois,
U.S.A.
poor business skills
#5Author of original report
Tue, August 10, 2004
There is nothing that can be said that will change my outlook on this. I Know rap music first of all and the song that was playing was a known rap song .I must admit that it was the only one played.The radio stations some times consider some rap songs to be not as hardcore as others.The rest of the music was mellow.The office looked nice .The problem was that I was called in for an interview for a job that was filled before my interview .The professional thing to do would have been to call and alert the applicant. I could then decide whether a sales position was for me.Please don't try to tell me about the real world. I live in it and know it well.After this interview later the same day I was offered a position at another company for 75,000 a year.There are no hard feelings.I would advise tho that the next time call and let perspective employees know that the position they want is filled .That way no one will feel like they have been scamed.
Luke
Chicago,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Bianca's preliminary interview, take two
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, August 07, 2004
Bianca,
As the owner and manager of the branch you interviewd with, I would like to take some time to clarify your misperceptions toward our company. I can only assume you posted this letter is hope of doing some good, so I write this trusting that you will come away from it with a better understanding of our company, the job interview process, and basic professional courtesy.
I can understand that you are frustrated- finding a good company and a good career is no small challenge. Perhaps, then, you can understand the frustration on our end finding a great candidate to fill our highly-competitive positions. In a perfect world, every job-seeker and every employer leaves the interview feeling as if the stars were aligned and their "dream company" or "dream candidate" appeared before them. We all know it is not a perfect world, and this is not how the inteview process works. We never claimed to be a perfect company, and I will be the first one to tell you that we are far from that ideal. However, I will defend the principles that my company stands for, and defend my company image from your aspersions. Allow me to go over your letter point by point.
Yes, we are posting all over the job market, as you would expect any rapidly expanding company to do. Yes, we post the positions in marketing/advertising, because that is what we do. The entry level candidate should expect to make 30,000 to 40,000 per year. All candidates must have a degree. So far, you are correct. Some of our positions are office based and some are not. So far, so good, Bianca. Let's move on to where it "get a little fishly" [sic].
You found that to your "surprize[sic]they are in the basement." At this point, the "dream company" you imagined apparently dissipated. I will have you know that it is an English basement with spiral staircases, built turn-key to fit our company needs exactly. I apologize that it does not meet your needs quite as well. Second, we do not play rap-music. We play music that is soothing and conducive to a professional work environment (unless you would consider anything with a beat rap music- I hardly think that Faithless,Airlock, Morcheeba, Jazzanova, or Thievery Corporation qualify as rap). I do not understand why you feel the need to state that you are the "only black person their" [sic], or the only woman. We are one-hundred percent equal opportunity employers. Let's move on.
You interviewed with a hiring manager in her "somwhat nice" office. Please take my word that our offices are not decorated for the sole purpose of throwing off interviewees, any more than my apartment is decorated to throw off houseguests.
Asking what position you were interviewing for is a valid question and one any prospective applicant should be prepared to answer without questioning the interviewer's motives. Your answer was apparently the administrative position, which indeed had been filled. You were then asked if the sales position would be a good fit, and your answer was no. At that point, the interview ended. I fail to see anything abnormal or "fishly" about the procedure.
Consider this, Bianca:
1. Are your frustrations based on our interview procedure, or your failure to land the job you were seeking?
2. Would you have preferred we handled your particular situation any differently, and if so, how? Should we have led you on further in the interview process, when it was obviously not a match?
2. How can you say "THE SCAM IS THEY GET YOU DOWN THERE FOR A NO PAY BUT COMMISION SALES JOB. A DOOR TO DOOR. THEY THINK BECAUSE YOU ARE FRESH OUT OFF COLLEGE YOU NEED THE JOB. BEWARE DON'T GO!!!!" Bianca, it would be a waste of our company's time, money, and energy to fill our positions with candidates that would not be a good fit. If we have a scam, you had better alert our clients, because they have a reputation to protect. However, these clients are smart and did all their homework before working with us. I wish that you had done the same.
Apparently, there was a misunderstanding, Bianca. Allow me to reiterate what you have made abundantly clear on this website: we are NOT a perfect company. However, we are an extremely talented and hard-working company, and I am sorry that we did not have a match at this time. I am sorry that you had to pay eleven dollars for parking. I am sorry that you had to buy a suit at K-mart at one o'clock in the morning. I am also sorry that it is not a perfect world we all live in. If that were the case, my life would be much easier, too.
My advice to you, Bianca, is to look at my company and the world the way they are, instead of the way you want them to be. Do your homework. Treat people with respect. I wish that any problem you had with my company had been settled with a simple phone call. Had you told me you were unhappy with the interview process, I would have been glad to listen. I welcome any ideas and input that I feel will help me run a better company. However, I do not appreciate your unfounded public beratings. I do not condone besmirching a company's name on the internet, and possibly preventing a match between a great candidate and a great company.
I do not ask for an apology, Bianca. This is only my perspective, and my advice- take it or leave it. I do recommend that you keep in mind that the business world, and ours, works according to certain rules. Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing, and I hope your tirade helped assuage the sting from a disillusioning interview. However, words like "libel," "slander," and "demamation of character" are not very welcome in our business world, and the United States legal system agrees with us.
Best of luck, Bianca.