Complaint Review: The Boulevard Entertainment

I worked for this company for five years, and it sounds like they haven't changed one bit.  After repeatedly NOT being given breaks and being told, "Since you didn't get a break, we're going to let you go ten minutes early instead" - Sure, so they can screw me out of a quarter of an hour's pay, on top of the loss of a break! - I confronted the supervisor (who never identified herself) about the break situation and losing a quarter of an hour's pay on top of it.  She got smart with me, then said that was all she had to say about the matter.  I said, "Fine, good-bye!", then hung up.  A couple of minutes later, another supervisor called to inform me that I was being terminated for hanging up on a supervisor!  No... I just finally caught on to how they screwed us gals out of $2.00 a night!  What a crock!

NOT ONLY IS THIS COMPANY BREAKING THE LAW BY ALLOWING THERE EMPLOYEES TO PLAY THIS SICK GAME, BUT THERE ALSO RIPPING THERE EMPLOYEES OFF AS WELL I GOT 1 PAY CHECK THAT WAS SHORTED HOURS AND HOURLY RATE BUT THEY KEEP HANGING UP ON ME (PAY ROLL MARIA) WHEN I ASK ABOUT WHY I HAVENT GOTTEN MY LAST WEEKS PAY THIS COMPANY OWES ME 36 HOURS OF PAY AT THE RATE OF 10 AN HOUR THIS MARIA PERSON IN THERE PAY ROLL IS A JOKE AND IN THE REAL WORK OFFICE YOU DONT HANG UP ON PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THEY WONT GET PAID BECAUSE OF THE WAY I WAS SPEAKING TO HER WILL FIRST OFF I EMAILED THEM 10 TIMES WITH MY HOURS I WORKED AND ALSO ASKED FOR THEM TO CALL ME NEVER GOT A CALL ALSO I LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES AS WELL FINALLEY FRANCINE CALLED ME ON A FRIDAY AND TOLD ME TO CALL A NUMBER I WAS NEVER GIVEN ON MONDAY THATS WHEN I WAS RUDLEY TREATED AND HUNG UP ON WHEN I CALLED BACK SHE REFUSED TO SPEAK TO ME AND THEY WOULDNT TRANSFER ME TO A SUP EITHER SO NOW I HAVE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, AS FOR MARIA IN PAY ROLL WELL WITH YOUR UNPROFESSIONAL ATTUDE I SEE WHY YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR A RONCHEY A** PHONE SEX COMPANY.. BECAUSE ANY COMPANY WITH A GOOD NAME WOULDNT LET YOU IN THE DOOR FOR AN INTERVIEW.. THIS COMPANY SUCKS THEY ALSO RIPPED ME OFF FOR MY BOUNCES AS WELL SO DONT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY BECAUSE WITH MY HELP THEY WONT BE IN BUSNESS MUCH LONGER WITH ALL THE KIDDY TALK AND THE FACT THAT THEY ALLOW AND INCOURAGE IT WONT LAST LONG, I AM REPORTING THIS TO MY LOCAL POLICE DEPT TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWING ...

I am an ex employee of this company, The excuse that you are an actress on the phone is a damned poor excuse when it comes to talking about sex with children. Not even any decent Hollywood film producer would make a movie dicussing the joys of sex with a 6 year old. When I worked at this company, I had many men wanting me to act like I ws 6, just a child, and they were screwing me. One man told me he was having sex with a nine year old girl. The supervisor, as Michele from Henderson said, did not give a d**n. One time a man wanted me to act like i was a 12 year old and he was about to rape me. I told a supervosor that I could not discuss this, and she told me to tell the man what it was like to be turned on to a man when i was 12. Most 12 year olds dont even think about sex. This company expects their operators to talk about sex with animals., anything. Just because they tell you that you will talk about things taboo before you begin the job does not excuse talking about illegal things such as sex with children. Anyone who defends this company's sick policies of fantasizing about sex with children or animals is sick themselves. I dont mind a man calling and fantasizing about adults having sex. But the illegal stuff needs to stop. It has been very recently since I worked for this company, things have NOT changed since 2003 as one person who wrote a rebuttal on this board said. I usually got breaks , so that was not my complaint. This is a sick company obviosuly owned by sick people, or they would not expect their operators to listen to these lurid, illegal topics. I am ex stripper so dont tell me I am a prude. TBE could be a decent company to work for if they would put a stop to their child molestor sex talk. There is a supervisor who wrks for this company who is so hateful, she makes it not worth working for this company.

I just wanted to write a rebuttal about this report as this comment was written in 2003 and as of 2008, the company has changed. First off, I always get a break on my shift; considering how many people are working a night, I find it pretty cool that my manager always comes on at the same time every night to ask me if I want to take a break. Also....it's working from home so I consider taking a break a luxury just to eat a little something, get out of character for a second, etc.

Second, my supervisor has incredible attention to detail. She's been working for the company for 13 years and she truly cares about her employees. She remembers if I need to be off early for any reason, she gives loads of encouragement and is always willing to answer my questions regarding different types of calls, etc. This job, in all honesty, is like any other; if you work hard and express interest in what you are doing, you job will pay you back and not just monetarily!

In terms of feeling uncomfortable about some of the calls; you are a phone actress. You are not your character. Part of being an actress is taking on a role other than yourself. If this is something you can't do (and a lot of people can't....if they could, Hollywood would be even more ridiculous than it is now! LOL) then this is not the job for you but you shouldn't look down on the company for it. The contract states that you WILL be discussing taboo issues-do you think an actor who plays a rapist really thinks that he is indeed a rapist? My point being, you are not your character. That's not your job.

Anyway, I've had a great experience with this company and had to add my rebuttal, especially since this was written in 2003. Things have changed!

I just wanted to write a rebuttal about this report as this comment was written in 2003 and as of 2008, the company has changed. First off, I always get a break on my shift; considering how many people are working a night, I find it pretty cool that my manager always comes on at the same time every night to ask me if I want to take a break. Also....it's working from home so I consider taking a break a luxury just to eat a little something, get out of character for a second, etc.

Second, my supervisor has incredible attention to detail. She's been working for the company for 13 years and she truly cares about her employees. She remembers if I need to be off early for any reason, she gives loads of encouragement and is always willing to answer my questions regarding different types of calls, etc. This job, in all honesty, is like any other; if you work hard and express interest in what you are doing, you job will pay you back and not just monetarily!

In terms of feeling uncomfortable about some of the calls; you are a phone actress. You are not your character. Part of being an actress is taking on a role other than yourself. If this is something you can't do (and a lot of people can't....if they could, Hollywood would be even more ridiculous than it is now! LOL) then this is not the job for you but you shouldn't look down on the company for it. The contract states that you WILL be discussing taboo issues-do you think an actor who plays a rapist really thinks that he is indeed a rapist? My point being, you are not your character. That's not your job.

Anyway, I've had a great experience with this company and had to add my rebuttal, especially since this was written in 2003. Things have changed!