Steven
San Antonio,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, April 20, 2005
I think Nathan needs to take off the rose colored glasses and see what this company is really about. I used to work for Only Impulse, Inc.(DS MAX) here in San Antonio, Texas. I was in the Novelty and Books Division for 4 months, and never saw more than $75-150 per week compared to what they told me about 300-500 per week. I eventually had to leave to find suitable work. Then I got "hired" ( a term in itself is a false staement- because you sign a independent contractors agreement.)with the Communications division with Kelly Marketing, Inc. I was constantly told I was a canidate for the leadership program, but I need to button my top collar button. WHAT!?? My top collar button? I was also told that my shirt collars needed to be smaller to fit around my neck. I suffer from a condition that puts my nerves in the sides of my neck in a ultra sensitive state that makes me choke. I needed to be relaxed so I didn't upchuck on anyone. But, I found this to be an elitist club of ultra ambitious wannabe success stories. While I wasthere three of their top Leaders ran off to find other jobs that appreciated their hard work. I would never work with any company that would have people built up on pipe dreams only to tell them they didn't qualify or were not up to standards. As far as what Steph did to the rep for DS Max- she was in her right to do what she did. She was angry and fustrated with the whole process. I Just state no thank you to those who sell me useless wares and move on.
Nathan
London,#3UPDATE Employee
Mon, January 03, 2005
Ok hun give me a break. Ya you lost your touch and i feel bad for you and honestly it does take a lot to make it in this company. Hey i wasn't even going to write anything untill i saw what you wrote about someone knocking on your door. You no what its like and you no how hard it is so when someone comes to your door dont slam it and be rude let them find out and decide on their own withought an old prune like your self telling them what to think. People that write this stuff think about it this is a multi-billion doller company and it only got theire how? Belife in the system and belife in yourself. If you dont think you can do it and cant strive to succed your in the wrong place. Also it has changed since then and the owners arent as cut throught to people that need a break. To Jason the owner that treated this girl like this be ashamed. Your an insult to our company and what we stand for and you should not be permitted to run an office. Well thats it for me and steph try to forgive and forget and give new people a chance. You were there and we are here now. You may not be with us anymore but theires nothing wrong with helping out and giving advice. You treat people like the way you do now all your being is jason...
Mike
Fairfax,#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, February 09, 2004
Stephanie, I hate to hear stories like yours. So many good people with so many good intentions, only to be ruined by the greed and avarice of man. Well, feel comforted by the fact that for every owner they tell you exist in Cydcor, there are countless other who have found out as you have, the hard way, that Cydcor is a brutal and unforgiving place. You mentioned one thing in your piece I wanted to comment on. Your taxes. I assume all of this happened last year. Hopefully you kept receipts from your "days of o". If so, you can claim all of that as a deduction. Also, claim any miles you put on your car (if you have to, approximate the distance you travelled to/from the office to the field each day; usually between 25 and 100 miles depending on how far your territory was; then make up a little log showing "start mileage"/"end mileage"). The way I figured it, I was writing off $100 for every tank of gas I consumed. You can also right off any and all travel expenses (road trips), costs for dry cleaning, etc. because you were paid on 100% commission. I know this doesn't replace the embarrassment of buying into these creeps, but you can at least recoup some of your losses. Find yourself a good honest accountant who knows what he's doing, tell him you were 100% commission and ask him what you can claim. Mine costs me $200, but I GOT BACK $4500 last year. You can too.