The Ad Group - Wanis Naguib ripoff said i would manage office but there was no office, said i was only one picked for 2nd interview but everyone from day before returned. Was sales job not paid for training. Los Angeles California
I was called in for an interview to manage an office and make sure the sales team was well trained. I was told it didn't matter if I had a Bachelor's Degree that if picked I would manage an existing office. I was called back for a second interview and told I was hand picked out of everyone who applied to begin training. Turns out everyone from 1st interview returned. I was told about pay in the 32 to 40K range for the position when in fact the position was commision only.
I spent the day training with no pay and was driven 20 miles from my car thinking I was going to be trained to run an office when in fact it was just walking from business to business in 100 degree weather selling credit card swiping machines. I wanted to leave but was stuck for 8 hours and was told repeatedly not to focus on what I was doing but focus on owning my own business. I was also told they would want a 10 day training commitment with no pay and told I had to take a test even though I had no guarantee of being hired. This company has offices all over the United States they say so I'm sure alot of people are being taken advantage of.
Robert
Los Angeles, California
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Magdalena
Long Beach,California,
U.S.A.
Cancelling my interview!
#3Consumer Comment
Thu, July 10, 2008
Thank god i decided to go a little research. This company is horrible in its practices and i cannot believe that it continues on with deceptive recruiting. I am totally cancelling my interview with them for friday. Also beware of of southern california so called "marketing firms" sprouting up: BE Marketing concepts and The LA Marketing Firm these are basically all IDENTICAL to one another.
Anonymous
Anaheim Hills,California,
U.S.A.
I wasn't even told about what they were doing
#3REBUTTAL Individual responds
Mon, February 19, 2007
I did my first interview in the los angeles office was told that we would be helping out a small company named quill and that we helped out fortune 500 companies.
Well my seccond interview was in rancho Cucamonga, since it is closer to me I went thinking that there would be a list of companies to go to talk with about business products, even there web site touted this. I should have known that when you walk into an almost empty office your not into anything good.
I didn't even realize I was being sent out to walk the streets of a scary business area to discuss changing credit card machine companies with them asking them for there credit card statement of what they were paying and when the rep didn't get his way he got kinda rude when owners couldn't find the statement he called there credit machine company acting like he was with the store so that he could get the customer rep to fax the statement over.
It was beyond humiliating, I was told that at the bare minimum my commision would be $100.00 and maybe even over $1000.00 that day for 8 hours we made nothing! no commision we just upset alot of people. I realized that i was not going to get paid but was never told anything else and when i realized what was going on i couldn't leave i was in a car already.