- Report: #299046
Complaint Review: Executive Advertising / Global Marketing Solutions - London Other
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Executive Advertising / Global Marketing Solutions
1 Bath Street London, Other, United Kingdom
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Executive Advertising / Global Marketing Solutions This company is not what is says it is, and is exploiting jobseeking graduates. Is not graduate training at all, is just door to door selling with poor pay and no prospects. London Other
My girlfriend recently moved to London. She is a graduate of a top university, and is looking for a graduate role. She was naturally happy when after only one day of applying for jobs, she received a call from Executive Advertising and went in to do a first round interview.
They were quite hard-sell on the company, and made it seem like there were some excellent opportunities available to her. She would have to go and do some direct marketing (ie door to door sales) for a couple of weeks, but after that her proper training would begin, and she could embark on an exciting new career.
Alarm bells started ringing when on the second round interview day every single person called in for a first round interview the previous day was there for the second day too. On this second interview day she was forced to walk the streets of London (using her own money to pay for transport) going door to door while some guy tried to extol the virtues of the company, saying how much money she could make, and what great opportunities there were.
The basic pay was so low that it was probably illegal, and it clearly became clear that the company was not what it had made itself out to be. She called me and after a bit of research, it quickly became clear what was going on. I called her and told her to abandon them, which she did, and I then called the owner to tell him not to contact her again.
The owner was an American guy who I reached on the number 02072519028, not the fake number on their website who was initially defensive, and then rude, and then eventually defeatist. Hopefully we will not hear from them again.
This company is clearly not what it says it is, and this is not a graduate role involving any kind of graduate training etc. It is door to door selling, with a success rate of less than 1% per knock according to someone who worked there. Avoid!
How frustrating for graduates looking for work to have to go through experiences with dodgy companies like this who are nothing but glorified pyramid scheme operators misrepresenting themselves and looking to exploit people looking for their gain.
It does demonstrate the need for jobseekers to remain vigilant and always investigate the company both on the web generally and not just from their own website to ensure they are legitimate. Other things that appeared dodgy about the company was that the email address of the person sending details of the interview etc was from a yahoo account. No big company would do this. Beware!
King of london
London
United Kingdom
They were quite hard-sell on the company, and made it seem like there were some excellent opportunities available to her. She would have to go and do some direct marketing (ie door to door sales) for a couple of weeks, but after that her proper training would begin, and she could embark on an exciting new career.
Alarm bells started ringing when on the second round interview day every single person called in for a first round interview the previous day was there for the second day too. On this second interview day she was forced to walk the streets of London (using her own money to pay for transport) going door to door while some guy tried to extol the virtues of the company, saying how much money she could make, and what great opportunities there were.
The basic pay was so low that it was probably illegal, and it clearly became clear that the company was not what it had made itself out to be. She called me and after a bit of research, it quickly became clear what was going on. I called her and told her to abandon them, which she did, and I then called the owner to tell him not to contact her again.
The owner was an American guy who I reached on the number 02072519028, not the fake number on their website who was initially defensive, and then rude, and then eventually defeatist. Hopefully we will not hear from them again.
This company is clearly not what it says it is, and this is not a graduate role involving any kind of graduate training etc. It is door to door selling, with a success rate of less than 1% per knock according to someone who worked there. Avoid!
How frustrating for graduates looking for work to have to go through experiences with dodgy companies like this who are nothing but glorified pyramid scheme operators misrepresenting themselves and looking to exploit people looking for their gain.
It does demonstrate the need for jobseekers to remain vigilant and always investigate the company both on the web generally and not just from their own website to ensure they are legitimate. Other things that appeared dodgy about the company was that the email address of the person sending details of the interview etc was from a yahoo account. No big company would do this. Beware!
King of london
London
United Kingdom
