Keystone International Letter to the bloggers Middleburg Heights, Ohio
To all bloggers,
My name is Jason Braughler and I am President of Keystone International, Inc. I am personally aware of the negative blogs that are associated with Ripoff Report. After reading the accounts of job seekers and by some former employees, I feel it necessary to set the record straight.
Facts:
Keystone International, Inc. has been in business since January 9, 2006 and has opened 4 new markets, with another 8 scheduled to open by the end of 2010.
Keystone International, Inc. and its affiliated offices employees over 125 people and growing.
Keystone International, Inc. has a working relationship with AT&T, Verizon, and Quill. We do face to face sales and marketing, training and management for our clients.
Keystone International, Inc. only works with business customers of our clients.
Keystone International, Inc. has 2 different pay structures available to its employees, 100% commission and base salary plus commission. The individual chooses which structure they want.
Keystone International, Inc. trains its employees in the following areas of business: Outside sales, training, interviewing, contract negotiations, marketing, and management.
Keystone International, Inc. has a 3 step interview process. Step 1 is a 15-25 minute preliminary interview. Step 2 is a full day job shadow with a corporate trainer of ours. Step 3 is a 15-20 minute final interview with me or a manager. Not all candidates make it past the preliminary interview.
Keystone International, Inc. promotes 100% from within. All employees regardless of experience or lack of experience start in outside sales. Once the individual has displayed an understanding of outside sales they are promoted into a training role with the company, then into a management and executive role with us. The process into a management and executive role is at least a year long process.
Keystone International, Inc. regularly participates in charitable events that benefit the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation and cancer research.
Keystone International, Inc. is not for everyone. I respect the opinions of all the bloggers and take each report personally. I use these reports as feedback on how we can improve our company. I have an open door policy and have provided my direct number and email address to answer any questions that you would like answered. jasonbraughler@yahoo.com or www.keystoneintl.net or 440-243-8322.
Sincerely,
Jason Braughler
2 Updates & Rebuttals
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#3General Comment
Thu, April 08, 2010
I am a former potential employee of scam "Keystone International". If you look up their webpage and check out the phone number and address, make sure to look up (((Redacted)))), where you'll find the same address and phone number, and basically the same gist as on the Keystone webpage. Two companies ran out of a 5x5 foot office seems a little fishy to me.
Ree
Royal Oak,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Heyyy
#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, January 31, 2010
Hey Swiss Cheese! Whats up? You may or may not remember me, but I was a leader in the Detriot office when you started many, many, many moons ago. Dani and I helped train you and "J-buckets". I was curious about how the office and everyone was doing since I left so I googled and here you guys are. Congrats on being promoted. I see years have passed and it is still the same game. I commend you for sticking through it and I really do wish all of you the best. As for me, I am actually fleeing the country this fall. I am going to go to grad school in toronto for my mba.
As for all you negative bloggers out there. First off, I understand where you are coming from. I was quite bitter when I ended my one year employement with cydcor. I did my share of sacrificing for the job. The biggest sacrifice being moving from milwaukee to detriot to help Andy, my manager, open his new office. Despite making little money at times, the long hours, and high gas prices, as time goes on, I look back and see all the positive things I got from working for the cydcor organization. The most important lesson I learned was how to sell. Cydcor teaching you how to give presentations, take control of situations, and get people to pretty much do whatever you want them to do. That hands on experience has made me a better businesswoman. I use the four factors of impulse naturally everyday. The final thing I learned from Cydcor is that I can live on barely nothing. The law of averages works in a perfect world. We dont live in a perfect world, but for the most part I was consistent in the field. I would rarely not get "on the bell". I was averaging 3 to 4 sales a day. So it is possible, not easy, but possible.
I am very pleased to see that the offices of cydcor are getting more honest and open with what the position of an executive account manager actually entails. I never had a problem with the way they trained people, just that they were sometimes misleading about the job description and compensation. I believe their method of teaching people how to be salemen works. Just make sure you let your applicants know that the hours are long, the pay can be minimal, but if you want to learn how to talk to strangers and make deals, then cydcor is your place.