Complaint Review: Steve Mietelski - Oncall258

I get there and the first thing that I see is cats crawling all over the place and the door being locked with Mr. Mietelski watching me and not saying a word and dressed in torn jeans and very casually. I put my carry briefing folder down on the table and his cat stands right on top of my folder and then he finally says, please fill out this 5 page application (that I could have filled out at home before I went to the so called interview) and then he goes abouts his own businees. So I fill out the application to the best of my ability, which took about an hour.

After filling out the application, he directs me outside, in which he places his coffee cup on a sawed tree stump and promptly lights a cig. At this point, I am like, what I don't deserve any better than to stand outside of the building on the sidewalk with someone trying to administer to me an interview while drinking his coffee and smoking a cig.

Ok, so we are in this outside interview and then he is telling me that oh, you'll be making 11-13 dollars per hour, I'm going to have to drive my own car to perform the trouble tickets and while I'm at the clients locations, please sell some of our products, so that you could make a commission and that is how I am going to be paid, which is a far cry from their advertisement which clearly stated that I would be making a flat 45-70K per year. The company vehicle that they told me I would be using, turns out no one gets to use it until a year from the hire date, which is another falsified advertisement. If I knew these conditions existed, I wouldn't have wasted my time.

In a base salary that would be, say, less than minimum wage....I would say to them to stop wasting the American public's time (after paying for gas and any repairs to my vehicle). Although they said they would reimburse the gas, my confidence in that quote is strongly shaken. If there is a lawyer that wants to take this case, please e-mail me. Below is the advertisement:

Now Hiring Computer Technicians - $500 Sign on Bonus and Benefits
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Reply to: job-457148571@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-10-23, 10:00AM EDT

onCALL 25/8 Computer Repair is now hiring computer technicians. onCALL 25/8 has been offering onsite, and in-store computer services since 2002. Our office is located in Alexandria, VA.

Technicians will be responsible for diagnosing and repairing machines in our lab and onsite at the clients' location.

We seek the right candidate and will therefore train the right individuals. This is a full time position, but part time opportunities will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Benefits include:

Exciting sales comissions
Flexible schedules
A progressive, fun environment with room for vertical growth within the company

You must meet the following criteria:

Previous experience working with software/hardware repair
Able to pass a background check
Valid driver's license
Willingness to grow within a successful start-up

In order to be considered for this job, please send your resume to service@oncall258.com with the following information: salary requirements, and date available to start.

We are at
3260 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. You can get directions here: oncall258.com/driving-directions/

Location: Alexandria/VA
Compensation: $45-$70k
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PostingID: 457148571

Jonas
arlington, Virginia
U.S.A.