Stacie
Lakebay,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, May 09, 2009
I live in the sales area for OPK and they are absolutely relentless. They come to my door twice a week and yes, we go through the 5-6 "nos" EVERY TIME -- and it's a different salesperson EVERY TIME. I feel so harrassed. I finally had to call the sheriff's office to figure out the best way to deal with them. Now I have a sign on my door asking them to leave and indicating that if they knock or ring I will call the sheriff. I'm sorry you went through that -- I feel like answering the door now and sharing your story and telling them to quit before they invest too much time! Thank you SO much for having too much class to engage in those shady tactics or let them take advantage of you.
Thankyou
Tampee,#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, April 23, 2009
As it is with all companies who delegate sales to independent companies, there is the risk of some of them not being on par with good business ethics. You see, there are many hundreds of companies representing Kirby. Some of them are bound to be bad. That is human nature. Perhaps your experience is from a company that does not understand what it takes to build long term success, and concentrated on quick gains, in other words rip-off. Find a better one, that walks the talk. There should be some in your area. With those lies and shady tactics they are ruining it for themselves. They will never attract good employees. You should contact the Kirby head office with the name and street address of said company, so Kirby can remove the license from that company smearing the reputation of Kirby. Kirby itself is owned by a Warren Buffet company. I personally am employed in a small Kirby sales company here in Finland, and I have not met those kinds of lies. We are experiencing growth as people stopped buying houses, cars and holidays, and want to save money by buying things that do not brake within 2-3 years. I was told upfront that my choises are to be a telesales person to book appointments. Part time job, evenings and weekends. Small salary. There was a training period of course, but also then, any booking that was done and home visited, was paid, as promised, from day one. OR I can become controller, helping to manage paperwork plus the sales persons appointments so everything runs smoothly. This includes better pay, but odd hours of work, perhaps sleeping with ones cell phone sometimes lol. OR I can become a salesman for the excellent home cleaning equipment, which basically means working mostly in the evenings and weekends, leaving the daytime for education, family, recreation, whatever. This also gives the freedom to have holidays whenever I want. Also the payment plan was told correctly. When I started, the office was basically a construction site. There was the hired fix-upper, building walls, fixing rough places in the walls etc. The boss was very busy with his fiancee laying the floor etc, alongside with running the company AND hiring more people. Now it looks very nice with fresh painting everywhere, some green plants, and proper working places etc. The boss brought some self development books from home for us to read. His father is a renowned teacher of company management and leadership. All the best, and thank you for posting your report.