I was called for an interview by a Miss Sofia at Empire Promotional Events in Secaucus. She said to me that after going through my resume, the company is calling me for an interviiew the next day for customer service and administrative positions ( note, the word positions has been used in plural). Then Miss Sofia asked me if I were looking for part time or full time position. I told her, full time. She said that she would email me the address to Empire Promotional Events. The next day I started out one hour earlier because I was going to Secaucus from Woodbridge. The G.P.S. would only take me to the Meadowlands Parkway. The number, 600 Meadowlands Parkway,as the address said, was not in the G.P.S. system. I called at the interview office for directions and let them know that obviously I would be late since I was lost trying to reach the location of the interview. I was told, that was not a problem. After almost two hours of driving around asking for directions again, and again from a Miss Sofia and the H.R. manager Miss Ricky or Vicky, I finally reached the office of Empire Promotional Events in Secaucus. I was called for an "interview", as it was called, by a Miss Darlene. In two seconds after she brought me to her office she was showing me the door to leave saying that candidates with only managerial experience were being considered, they had already interviewed thirty five candidates whereas only five candidates were needed. Since I did not have managerial experience, I should not expect to be called for the second interview. After I left that office in complete shock I called for the manager of the business. Miss Vicky said she was the H.R manager. I asked Vicky that I was called for interview by Sofia because she claimed the company is hiring for administrative and customer service positions. I did not apply for a managerial position, neither was I called for a manegerial position. I was called for Customer Service position. While I paid for the fuel and the toll to reach there after an extensive two hour search I was told that only candidates with managerial position were being considered. Vicky claimed that in two hours that I was late the customer service positions had alreay filled out, and now only the manegerial positions were being considered. In all honesty, does anyone in the justice system believe that? This is plain manipulation, dishonesty, misleading, without the least regard for someone's time and money in a time of recesion and unemployment like this. I am being called for an interview for positions that are not even available, and I am being shown the door out after the so called 'interview", for a position that I did not even apply for, nor was I called for. While I was lost trying to find my way to the interview office I am bieng told it is not a problem if I am late. I could have been told the position I was called for, has, or have , already filled out. In all honesty, how can the hiring decesions have been made without interviewing all the candidates who have been called for interview. It was not even noon yet, and the decesion to hire candidates for customer service positions has already been made without even interviewing the candidated who have been called for interviews. In my fifteen years of work experience I have never seen something as awkward, unethical and fraudulant like this.The company is a scam. I was expecting a business that promotes services and events to generate revenue for non profit and profitable organisations. A mention of charity event for a school was made when I was called for interview by Sofia. That is not what they do. They sell office supplies by hiring people to market in door to door campaigns. I don't believe they had any customer service or administrative positions. To call people for interview and then to show them the door out for a position that they did not even applly for , nor called for, is dishonest, obnoxious,fraudulent.
Anonymous
secaucus,#2
Mon, September 14, 2009
ok so let me get the facts straight, you were rushed through an interview, didnt get any info abou the company, yet you still jump online to slander this company? So since the company was lookingfor people with management experience and you didnt qualify you are upset? The only thing that should upset you is that you have been working for 15years and can only apply for a customer service position. The fact that it took you hours to find Secaucus from Woodbridge is ridiculous, that alone you disqualify you from even getting a job as a pizza delivery person!!! It doent tak a harvard graduate to understand that if you are 2 hours late for an interview, chances are that you would not be seriously considered for an position anyway, you should have used mapquest, google or any other of the many ways to get proper directions. And let me just ask you a question, how long have you been looking for work?? you should be grateful you even got an interview with this company in the first place!! how long have you been unemployeed sitting on your lazy a*s collecting unemployment, while the rest of us hard working peple support you, this company is not a scam YOU ARE THE SCAM!!! If the position you applied for was filled, they did u a favor brining you in for an interview anyway, even though you are clearly not qualified to do any more than just sit on your a*s and awnser phone calls. And im sure you will say that you are a big shot and made money before cause you are a professional, and if that is the case why are you looking for work? The point is that you shouldnt be bitter toward people because they wont hire you, you should just keep looking and maybe you will find a compnay tha will hire you for the minimum wage customer service position that you have set your sights on. Best of luck to you in your quest for that dream job. And just to set the record straight this compnay does not go door to door or business to business as you stated, you didnt even make it past the first round interview so how would you know what they do. I have worked for this company for four months and i have never done that, so if you are reading this doing "research" on our company just understand that we work with many clients, none of which have u going door to door or business to business. All i can say is come in for yourself and make up your own mind, unless you are a mindless dronw who believes everything you read on the internet.