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  • Report:  #483032

Complaint Review: CORA works LLC - Wharton New Jersey

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RaggedyAnn - , Ohio, USA
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CORA works LLC
www.coraworks.com Wharton, 07885 New Jersey, United States of America
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This company CORA LLC only hires disabled people, the CEO says it's a privilege for us to work there and be paid.  The president/CEO of our company is Neil Romano, who is the former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, who has never once stepped in to intervene, or even address any  situation going on in the company (as there are many), in fact no employee I know has ever seen, heard, or spoken to the man.  In the past when the CEO(Ilene Morris Sambur) was angry at employees she stopped sending checks for at least 2 weeks.

None of the employees have been paid since early June, most of us have had bounced checks.  We were told people who left complaints on our quickbase site would be terminated, and also if you asked too many questions, or emailed about paychecks, and other company problems that you would also be terminated, and in fact people who have openly complained or asked too many questions have disappeared.  After I complained I was locked out of quickbase, (the company intranet), and most of what I was owed was sent to me, with a handwritten note from the CEO, but I received no notification from the company, I can only assume I've been terminated.

Since we haven't been paid, they continue to hire new employees through vocational rehabilitation offices every week.  During a webinar with the entire company after someones check bounced, which bounced their own checks, she said she shouldnt have to pay that person back because they were buying frivolous things from a specific store, which is absurd we should be able to spend our money on anything we want because we earned it, but she acts as if we didnt even earn the money, but she had to pay us.

They finally put most of the employees on furlough until further notice, but expect employees to work in volunteer positions.  It is insisted upon that we have good company morale, and if we choose to go against this she threatens termination.  Since our paychecks started bouncing, and we stopped receiving checks she continually tells us that this is a normal course of business, and not to tell our vocational rehabilitation counselors (their biggest client).

These people are taking advantage of the fact that we are all disabled and most of us can't find employment (took me 2 years), or unemployment, some of us can't even get disability.  Ilene Morris Sambur told us while we're on furlough to apply for unemployment, which is ridiculous, because she won't let but a few employees (management, technical support, etc) work more than 15 hours a week, and in most states you can't get unemployment at such low hours.

We were promised that at the end of our 90 day training period that we would be placed in positions, however there weren't jobs to put us in, so instead she put us on furlough (but some of us haven't worked in 2 months) while every Monday she starts to train a new batch of people that the company is paid $3,500 a piece from the government vocational rehabilitation department.  During this time of furlough we are expected to attend daily webinars, one of which is a prayer meeting for a terminally ill employee, and wants us to work on a volunteer basis in the meantime.  She treats her employees, and the business itself as if they are there to benefit her and her alone, disregarding any ill effects of that her actions have on the lives of her disabled employees.

This does not just effect me this effects hundreds of disabled destitute individuals, their children, and their families.  We can't put gas in our cars, food on our plates, buy school supplies for our children, and so far no organization that has been contacted has attempted to assist.  As disabled individuals the stress of this is making our conditions worse as well as our mental conditions,  if we can't eat right that effects our physical health, and if we don't get assistance we can't pay for our Dr.'s appointments, or medications.  This could be extremely detrimental to the health of all of us.




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