Synergy Management (Scentura Creations) S0 FAKE! BiG SCAM! PERFUME PEDDLERS! Internet
i F0UND THiS J0B iN THE NEWSPAPER. iT SAiD; "0FFiCE W0RK NEEDED" "iMMEDiATE 0PENiNGS 10-15 PE0PLE". i CALLED THE NUMBER S0ME GiRL ANSWERED AND i G0T AN iNTERViEW THE SAME DAY..i WAS EXCiTED F0R THE SiMPLE FACT i WAS 0UT 0F A j0B.
i WENT T0 THE iNTERViEW THE SAME DAY..iT WAS 1:30PM..G0T THERE & THERE WERE ALREADY 5-7 PE0PLE iN THE WAiTiNG R00M. WE ALL L00KED L0ST! THEY TRiED T0 MAKE iT L00K LiKE SUCH A PR0FESSi0NAL SETTiNG....Y0U GET THERE...SiGN iN...FiLL 0UT THE LAME APPLiCATi0N & WAiT T0 BE CALLED...iNSTEAD 0F BEiNG CALLED iNDiViDUALLY..i WENT iNT0 THE iNTERViEW WiTH S0ME 0THER GiRL.
THE iNTERViEWER WAS LiZ S0METHiNG...SHE L00KED AT THE APPLiCATi0N..ASKED A FEW QUESTi0NS...& MADE iT ALL MYSTERi0US AND SAiD SHE WiLL CALL US iF THEY LiKE US!
UH 0KAY...i GET H0ME. 5 S0METHiNG PM i GET A CALL & THE "RECEPTiNiST" WAS LiKE Y0UR HiRED!! SHE WAS WAY T0 EXCiTED...
S0 i G0T T0 MY 2ND iNTERViEW iT WAS 0N A THURSDAY..G0T THERE LiKE 8AM...THERES LiKE 40 PE0PLE THERE..i MEAN THERE LiTERALLY WERENT EN0UGH SEATS F0R EVERY0NE..i TAKE A SEAT iN FR0NT, RAP MUSiC iS PLAYiNG..iM LiKE iN SH0CK.
EVERY0NE WAS DRESSED T0 iMPRESS...FiNALLY LiZ C0MES iN ALL EXCiTED..& SAYS EVAN WiLL BE iN SH0RTLY; S0 SHE PUTS DUMB & DUMBER 0N!
S00 STUPiD!
FiNALLY AFTER TAKiNG HiS PRECi0US LiL TiME EVAN C0MES iN TRYiNG T0 L00K ALL MEAN & B0SSY. AND PRETTY MUCH LAYS 0UT THE C0MPANY...BENEFiTS, PAY, BLAH BLAH BLAH...(WE HAD T0 WRiTE ALL THiS D0WN, WHY? CUS iF WE DiDNT TAKE N0TES..EVAN W0ULDNT KEEP US THERE...S0 LiZ SAYS L00K BUSY!)
AFTER H0URS 0F BEiNG THERE..HE MAKES A LiST 0F WH0 HES G0NNA KEEP & WH0 G0T THE B00T..BUT H0NESTLY i THiNK EVERY0NE G0T "HiRED" & iF THERE WERE PE0PLE MiSSiNG...THEY ALREADY KNEW iT WAS A SCAM.
S0 THEN THEY CALL US BACK iNT0 LiZ'S 0FFiCE iN GR0UPS 0F 4-5...& SHES LiKE YAY! WELC0ME T0 SYNERGY MANAGEMENT! YADAYADA...
THE FiRST DAY i BRiNG MY N0TEB00K WE ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE F0R 2 H0URS..WE GET LECTURED AT & THEN THEiR LiKE WE ARE G0NNA SEND Y0U 0UT! TRAiNiNG WAS SUPP0SiBLY 3 WEEKS & THEN Y0U GET Y0UR 0WN 0FFiCE 0R S0METHiNG LIKE THAT........EVAN WAS LiKE THE M0RE Y0U SELL THE FASTER Y0U GET Y0UR 0FFiCE.....!
THEY MADE US CARRY THESE HEAVY a*s B00K BAG THiNGS FiLLED WiTH LikE 10 CHEAP PERFUMES..
THE FUNNY PART iS THAT THEY SAiD PAY WASNT BASED 0N SALES.! T00 BAD THE 0NLY M0NEY i RECiEVED WAS FR0M MY FRiENDS & FAMiLY...AFTER THAT N0THiNG!
i LASTED A WEEK "W0RkiNG" THERE..
ALL i G0T FR0M iT WAS A H0RRiBLE SUN-TAN!!
HUGE WASTE 0F MY TiME!
i D0 N0T REC0MMEND ANY0NE T0 EVEN ATTEMPT CALLiNG THiS NUMBER...
(408) 263-7220
Y0U WiLL REGRET iT MiSERABLY!
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Lionel Cosgrove
Akron,Ohio,
USA
Burned by a Scentura Office?? Take Action!!
#3General Comment
Sat, April 17, 2010
What a typical brainwashed response from someone trying to defend the Scentura cult. What a pathetic and wasted effort. News flash lady! There are plenty of real jobs outside of food service and Scentura! That's what these cult members can't seem to understand.
Let me start off by saying that I never worked for any Scentura office, I'm in law school, I've already had a great career for years. You see I did it the hard way unlike Michelle and other cult members. I started out in troubleshooting with Comcast (AT&T Broadband at the time) before college. While in college I did direct sales for Primerica and Vector during my summer breaks. After college I went into Human for a small medical provider of home healthcare and in two years I moved my way up to VP of the department. Three years ago I accepted an offer to become CEO of a small company that specializes in adult education. One year ago I enrolled part-time in Law School. I've had several people tell me first hand about the unethical business practices these Scentura cult leaders engage in.
Did I make as much as these scentura cult leaders claimto make while moving my way up? No. But I did it honestly, without scamming people and I am now making 6 figures and I know a thing or two about running a business.
You see I provide my employees with benefits including health insurance, dental, vision, 401k, disability and life insurance upon hire, Scentura provides none.
I pay all my employees for the hours they work, plus time and half for anything over 40 hours per week, plus bonuses for bringing in new business. Scentura pays only commission.
When we're looking for sales people we advertise for sales people, not managers. Have good sales people been promoted? You bet. But we also have an Accounting department, a Human Resources department, a PR department an IT department plus all our teachers and case managers. I personally would prefer hiring people with experience in their respective fields where as Scentura will bring on any idiot off the street as long as they're easily brainwashed or plain just greedy.
We have a website, an established customer base, all of our sales people are comped for all the miles they drive plus expenses they incur and all my employees have business cards which the I pay for, even the non sales staff. That's pretty much standard at every company nowadays. Accept for maybe food service and retail which Scentura people seem to think is the only other option out there. They probably failed at that and couldn't get hired anywhere else so they got bitter and are now taking it out anger out on fresh college grads. (aka pay dirt).If YOU have been burned by a Scentura distributor you can take some action against them. Will it take the whole company down? No. Will it work against one office? It can and it has. Will we take down every office? Probably not. Can you get them out of your town? Well that depends on you.
TAKING ACTION AND GETTING AN OFFICE SHUT DOWN!
The life-blood of these offices is the classified . If their classifieds are no longer allowed in the newspapers the distributor will not be able to place their ads and the pyramid will collapse. They will be forced to close down shop and move to an area where the local papers have yet to catch on. Thefirst
thing you have to do is write a letter or email to the newspaper classifieds as well as websites where these ads are placed. Be sure to keep it professional. If you live in a large metropolitan area this could take a lot of work so be patient and stick with it. Read other newspapers classifieds and search other job sites to find more of these ads and send letters/emails to them.
Before
sending the letter it is important to include;
- Your
own experiences
- The Illinois Appellate Court ruling http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2001/2ndDistrict/September/Html/2000964.htm
- Testimonials from former owners and
If the letter doesnt work, send another more stern letter. Then send letters to other news sources warning them of the misleading ads. This way they wont be able to advertise elsewhere as a back up plan.News stories
Send
multiple letters or emails if you have to. You
can find some sample letters in the thread below. They were posted by JD back in 2005. Just know the letters are a bit dated so be sure to make them as professional and up-to-date as possible. There are tons
of websites that can give advice on writing good professional letters.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Sales-People/Platinum-Marketing-I/platinum-marketing-internation-n879d.htm
Fortestimonials from former employees and owners look in this thread under the poster Noah from
http://www.ripoffreport.com/corrupt-companies/essence-unlimited-sc/essence-unlimited-scentura-c-m5f98.htm
Othermeasures include:
- Starting petitions
- Writing your local politicians
- State
Representatives
- City Councilmen/women
- Aldermen/women
- Contacting news agencies
Imopen to any ideas!
mikeyrocks21
United States of AmericaBIG UPS TO EVAN/LIZ/RICH
#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, April 08, 2010
My name is Michelle and I am an owner within this company. I didn't necessarily go through Evan/Liz's training program but my business partner, Farzad, did.