1, Report:
#102898
Posted Date:
Oct 08 2012
Kelly Advertising, DS-Max, Branch Davidians Cult. Bad, Bad company!!!!! Be careful. Big waste of time. Freaks. ripoff Anaheim/Orange California
Went in for what I guess you could call an interview with these guys. Oh man, where do you begin!! :)
Right when I walked in, alarm bells start ringing in my head! It is a mass interview with about 7-8 people in the lobby. Maybe its a good job with several interested people. Wis...
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Categories: Cult Organizations
2, Report:
#411032
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2010
Scanno Advertising, Attempted scam, caught! Anaheim California
After responding to an ad on one of the job boards, I got a call from Kristin Hadji who was very interested in having me come in for an interview. I did a web search on Scanno Advertising, but nothing came up other than a Facebook entry and their job board postings. For some reaso...
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Categories: Employers
3, Report:
#109004
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2009
Elite Marketing - Atlantic Consultants - KGV Advertising - WRS Promotions This ripoff company goes by many names, they are a part of DS-Max, Quantum, Innovage, Cydcor, and Granton, employment search for jobs ripoff too many to list! Livonia Michigan
I was doing a search for jobs, not for myself, but to protect others. I have found many companies that seem like more of the same. Based on the employment ads, these companies all seem to be related. If I am wrong on any one of them, please feel free to write a rebuttal and let m...
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Categories: Employers
4, Report:
#297710
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2009
The Landers Group IS Kelly Advertising,Granton Marketing,DS Max, Etc & Is Pyramid Sham W/many Faces This company has very unethical hiring practices.... employees BEWARE!!! Nationwide
his is a company that prays on high school, college, and recent college grads trying to break into sports and entertainiment marketing. It is not really either, it is strick hard core, commission only sales! and while marketing is sales, sales is NOT marketing!
A report previousl...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
5, Report:
#394233
Posted Date:
Nov 23 2008
SPORTS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL is formerly The Landers Group, Kelly Advertising, Granton Marketing, DS Max, Etc & Is Pyramid Sham W/many Faces This company has very unethical hiring practices.... employees BEWARE!!! Nationwide Sherman Oaks, California
This is a new company, that probably went out of business as the Landers Group in September or October of 2008. It is a company that prays on high school, college, and recent college grads trying to break into sports and entertainiment marketing. It is not really either, it is stri...
Entity
Categories: Employers
6, Report:
#356536
Posted Date:
Jul 28 2008
The Landers Group - Kelly Advertising - The Jane Landers Foundation SCAM Misleading Employment Ads Management Training Program?!?! Don't Be Fooled Like I Was, These People Are No Better Than Criminals Sherman Oaks California
I feel so stupid now that I finally got away from this company! Please beware, and learn from my sad tale.
I answered an ad on Monster for a Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Management Training position with The Landers Group. I was contacted immediately and set up an interv...
Entity
Categories: Employers
7, Report:
#306940
Posted Date:
Feb 07 2008
DS-Max Is Parent Company To Cyndor - Granton Marketing - Kelly Advertising - The Landers Group Employment Ad are Deseptive Dishonest and YOU pay to work for this company that is why the CEO's smile so much Nationwide
I have now read about 400 + complaints from people reporting from all over the world, the US---- Canada, in Asia, and Africa that they ALL have had the same experience.
I am upset because I needed my son to come home and work while I deal with a disability from an auto acciden...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
8, Report:
#280220
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2007
Avalon Advertising Group, sham advertisers Milwaukee Wisconsin
I was actually planning on relocating my family to pursue a career with this so called rapidly growing company . It looked like a fabulous opportunity as I was interested in getting into marketing. When I decided to call the office and speak to the unsuspecting receptionist to find...
Entity
Categories: Employers
9, Report:
#260934
Posted Date:
Jul 15 2007
The Landers Group - Kelly Advertising - Granton Marketing - DS Max - Cydcor Pyramid Sham False Emploment Advertising ripoff Sherman Oaks California
The Landers Group is the same exact sham company formerly known as Kelly Advertising, which is run by Matt Kelly and Beth Curly. They maintain the same hiring practices through deceptive advertising. For example, they post ads on Careerbuilder, Craigslist, Monster, as well as additi...
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Categories: Employers
10, Report:
#148692
Posted Date:
Nov 17 2006
Kelly Advertising Group - Granton Marketing Ripoff Peddling, Pyramid Scheme, Bulls**t Burbank, Denver California, Colorado
I was offered a position with this company but I didn't take it because I have done work like this before and didn't go anywhere. It was not for a lack of trying but I could totally see right through to the scam.
Unfortunately, my fiance got sucked into this and there is just n...
Entity
Categories: Employers
11, Report:
#163554
Posted Date:
Nov 07 2005
Kelly Advertising And Advanced Advertising Concepts Worst decision of my life. Company heads should do prison time Anaheim, Thousand Oaks, All Over California
I don't need to be redundant as everything that needs to be said about this horrible excuse for a company has been.
As a UC college grad who couldn't get a job in this state I was ecstatic to hear from this company who wanted me soooo bad. Upon arriving they said, move here in 1 ...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
12, Report:
#145329
Posted Date:
Jun 07 2005
Innovative Marketing Group - Key Markeing Concepts - Granton Marketing Ripoff, Deceptive practices, LYING, Cheating, Sexual Harassment, PIMPS Denver & Colorado Springs Colorado
So much has been written concerning the pain and anguish caused by these types companies that I was tempted not to add to this parade of broken promises and real human suffering. Yet these companies persist even after all of the testimonies, some even two to three years old. Certa...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
13, Report:
#57290
Posted Date:
May 04 2005
Kelly Advertising AKA Granton Marketing a waste of time organization Orange California
I answered and ad placed in the newspaper for Advertising. The ad was...Advertising Career 28K-32K, start in our entry-level customer service department and learn a career in advertising working with pro sports teams and entertainment industries. No experience necessary. Paid Traini...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
14, Report:
#84351
Posted Date:
Mar 18 2004
DS-MAX, InnovageDS-MAX, Innovage, Kelly Advertising Group, Cydcor destructive to your life, fraud, tricks unwitting individuals, scam Farmingdale, Los Angeles, Maimi, New York, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Huston, Portland, Seattle, San Antonio, Phoenix, Chicago, Newark, ETC. New York, All States
DS-MAX (or Innovage, Cydcor, Granton, and all other alias) is a company that takes unexpecting individuals and turn their worlds upside down. In the time that I spent at one of their company's I saw it all.
They would recruit people by placing classified advertisments in various...
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Categories: Employers