Effectur, Inc. - Kenneth Johnson ORDERED BY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE TO PAY 100K Greensboro, North Carolina
I am a former employee of Effectur, Inc. This Company and it's President, Kenneth Johnson have been order to pay myself and 2 other former employee's in excess of $100K. The judgement was entered in Guilford County, NC Superior Court on 10/23/09.
At present, Effectur's doors have been closed. According to their own website, a bank foreclosed on the company. Until early 2008, this was a good company to work for. It seemed to be of high integrity, and truly working in the best interest of the client. I know that the clients I secured for this company were given prompt and excellent service and their IRS issues resolved. In early 2008, the company's focus changed. Kenneth Johnson's arrogance and greed, spurred on by Larry Rodriques (Director of Sales and Marketing), Tal Sneed, Group Manager (who, by the way is now President of his own tax rep firm called Tax Investigation Corporation) and others, turned a culture of integrity, honesty and pride into one of "sales at any cost". Many consultants like myself were terminated for "productivity". That was code for "refused to sell a bad deal".
Ultimately, the bad deals caught up to them, and Effectur is no more. They have farmed their cases out to a company call Lighthouse Taxes and Beckie Leone. Ms. Leone is an Enrolled Agent I assume didn't have the heart to screw all those clients.
Why does Effectur owe me money? They changed their payroll system in one of several attempts to screw the sales staff, and owed some of us commissions they wouldn't pay. A group of us, tried to resolve the dispute internally to no avail, and hired an attorney. 1 year ago, Kenneth Johnson could have paid what he owed; used the situation as a lesson learned and try to salvage his business for the bargain basement price of around $50K. Again, with arrogance and greed guiding him, he decided to file suit against us....ridiculous. Long story short: his own attorney filed to be released as counsel for non-payment and his company owes ANOTHER whopping amount to someone they tried to screw.
If you were a client of this company, and didn't get what you paid for, good luck.
If you were an employee of this company bamboozled into staying through the "furlow", there's a reason you can't get COBRA. Check out your rights with the Labor Board or consult a good attorney.
If you are someone considering loaning Kenneth Johnson $1.00 for a newspaper.....consider a gift.
If you're a taxpayer in need of help with an IRS issue. Check out the company you're dealing with. Some are reputable. Most, are not!
Join my group on Face Book Effectur Owes Me Money together, maybe we can figure out how to actually get the money Effectur and Kenneth Johnson owe.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Fawkes
Queens,New York,
United States of America
Wow
#3Consumer Comment
Mon, March 14, 2011
What a joke.
Tal Sneed is one of the main reasons for the demise of Effectur, and one of it's biggest criminals. And an unrepentant and unapologetic one, to the extent that he moved on to create Taxic, to continue engaging in these activities. You can see his employees continuing his legacy across the web:
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Tal Sneed
Greensboro,North Carolina,
United States of America
Inaccurate Statements by Mrs. Adams regarding Effectur
#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, November 06, 2009
My name is Tal Sneed and I am a former employee of Effectur, Inc. I recently became aware of Betsey Adams of High Point, NC recent ripoff report regarding Effectur and noticed that my name and my new company are mentioned within her report and would like to correct some gross inaccuracies reported by Mrs. Adams.
First, let me say that I have no issue with Mrs. Adams and agree with her statements that she provided excellent and prompt service to her clients. I hired Mrs. Adams and during the time that she reported to me, she was an excellent Tax Consultant. Unfortunately, Mrs. Adams is horribly and grossly inaccurate regarding the change in the company culture at Effectur in early 2008 and my involvement.
In Early 2008 there was a shift in the company's growth plans, which subsequently altered the company's culture. I was not in favor of, nor "spurred on",as indicated by Adams, on changes in the company's focus. In fact, prior to January 2008, I ran the entire consulting/sales function of Effectur. During my tenor, Effectur was regarded as one of the best and honorable Tax Resolution firms in the country (notice how there were no Ripoff Reports against Effectur during my tenor as Director of Consultants).
In January of 2008, Larry Rodriguez's was hired to take over the entire sales and marketing function of Effectur and implement the company's rapid growth plans. During that time, I became a manager of 1/2 of the sales/consulting department along with another new employee brought in with Larry Rodriguez, whom we both reported to, that managed the other half of the sales/consulting department. Mrs. Adams reported to the new manager.
Over the next several months, I had many disagreements with the direction, management and focus of the sales/consulting department and I resigned from my position in early August of 2008. From my understanding, Mrs. Adams, who was still employed by Effectur after my resignation, did not ask to be terminated from her position (yes, she asked to be terminated) until early November 2008.
I am still not sure why Mrs. Adams felt the need to mention my name and my company, as well as, to insinuate that I was apart of, influenced or had direct involvement in Effectur's demise. I myself lost over $25,000 as a result of Effectur's demise and that figure does not include the unpaid vacation time and other bonuses that were earned while I was at Effectur, which as also never paid to me.
I wish Mrs. Adams success in her future endeavors and hope that she either exclude my name in her future reports against Effectur or at least does not misrepresent the actual facts.