Complaint Review: Moxie Pest Control - Corona California

take your lawsuit and sick it in your wifes a*s!

It amazes me at the level of stupidity some people in top positions have.

Obviously if this post was of an "ex-employee", that person is most likely near broke and /or unemployed, and that may be the reason for venting about some very believable workplace issues.

You cannot get blood out of a stone. So, you are going to spend time and money to sue someone, where there is no chance of getting anything in return.

You are, in my OPINION, the typical BLOWHARD BULLY.

Or, maybe just an idiot.

Even if you did win and get a judgement, that person can simply file BK and tell you to take a hike.  Ever think of that??

That's exactly what I would do.  You get NOTHING.

Hey! I have an idea! Why don't you sue me???  I can demonstrate my strategy to you first hand.

FYI...It's NOT "libel" if it's true.  I saw nothing libelous in the above posts.  I don't think a jury would either.

You need to get a serious grip on reality.

Warning to Author: Please take notice that EcoSure Pest Control, LLC has initiated legal action in the United States District Court, District of Utah, Case No. 2:09-cv-01108-DB due to false statements made by the person responsible for this post.  In this action, EcoSure seeks to subpoena the records of Xcentric Ventures, LLC for your contact information and any other messages that you have posted on the website ripoffreport.comunder the pseudonym IPM professional- Orange County California or any other fictitious name about Moxie Pest Control.  If you do not respond to this posting within five (5) business days with your true and correct contact information to: R. Brett Evanson, Esq. via email at [email protected] or facsimile at (801) 374-1724, we will subpoena that information as outlined above.  You may have the right to respond to the above referenced subpoena.  If you intend to respond to the above referenced subpoena, please notify us of your intent to do so.  Please note that EcoSure recently won a lawsuit against Johnny Hebda who also posted libeled online about David, EcoSure, and Moxie Pest Control.  The judge awarded David $1.9 million in damages plus attorney's fees.  If you do not remove this post at once, we will seek a judgment against you for a similar amount of damages and request from the court that you also pay all attorneys fees.  Thank you for your presumed cooperation and willingness to resolve this matter amicably.

Warning to Author: Please take notice that EcoSure Pest Control, LLC has initiated legal action in the United States District Court, District of Utah, Case No. 2:09-cv-01108-DB due to false statements made by the person responsible for this post.  In this action, EcoSure seeks to subpoena the records of Xcentric Ventures, LLC for your contact information and any other messages that you have posted on the website ripoffreport.comunder the pseudonym Sean Nichols - Corona (U.S.A.) or any other fictitious name about Moxie Pest Control.  If you do not respond to this posting within five (5) business days with your true and correct contact information to: R. Brett Evanson, Esq. via email at [email protected] or facsimile at (801) 374-1724, we will subpoena that information as outlined above.  You may have the right to respond to the above referenced subpoena.  If you intend to respond to the above referenced subpoena, please notify us of your intent to do so.  Please note that EcoSure recently won a lawsuit against Johnny Hebda who also posted libeled online about David, EcoSure, and Moxie Pest Control.  The judge awarded David $1.9 million in damages plus attorney's fees.  If you do not remove this post at once, we will seek a judgment against you for a similar amount of damages and request from the court that you also pay all attorneys fees.  Thank you for your presumed cooperation and willingness to resolve this matter amicably.

I assume im talking to either Heath or Joey. Moxie is dishonest if not illegal in their hiring methods. techs are given the answers to the state tests that are given to ensure that a tech is qualified to handle pesticides. This is fact, because they gave me the book of answers. and as for the "great pay" in the winter. Its true, unless your in the 70percent that is supposedly rightfully fired in the winter. I saw upwards of fifty employees in the summer drop to eleven in winter. And when I was one of those, the first time I was "let go" because they just needed better employees at the time, I couldn't even get unemployment. This manager is spending a lot of time trying to explain away things that everyone who has ever been employed by moxie already knows. Just look at some more employee blogs and you will realize that we are all saying the same thing. Im not bitter, but the things these managers are saying are deceptive to the point that I have to say something. They know me and still have my number, I doubt they will call. I would still be an employee, if the company still existed. Good pay means nothing without job security. The owner sold the company and took away my job, and is now selling the same lies to someone else under a different company name and these managers have followed him.

I assume im talking to either Heath or Joey. Moxie is dishonest if not illegal in their hiring methods. techs are given the answers to the state tests that are given to ensure that a tech is qualified to handle pesticides. This is fact, because they gave me the book of answers. and as for the "great pay" in the winter. Its true, unless your in the 70percent that is supposedly rightfully fired in the winter. I saw upwards of fifty employees in the summer drop to eleven in winter. And when I was one of those, the first time I was "let go" because they just needed better employees at the time, I couldn't even get unemployment. This manager is spending a lot of time trying to explain away things that everyone who has ever been employed by moxie already knows. Just look at some more employee blogs and you will realize that we are all saying the same thing. Im not bitter, but the things these managers are saying are deceptive to the point that I have to say something. They know me and still have my number, I doubt they will call. I would still be an employee, if the company still existed. Good pay means nothing without job security. The owner sold the company and took away my job, and is now selling the same lies to someone else under a different company name and these managers have followed him.

Wow. This is either the most disgruntled employee I have ever seen or a competitor who is trying to bad mouth our company to acquire new business. Probably the latter. So much of the complaint is blatant lies I don't know where to begin. First, the comment about an RA license. This is the standard required license required by California state law to perform pest control services by a technician. If you check any company, including Orkin and Terminix, you will find their technicians have the same RA license. Unfortunately this person is trying to make a big issue out of the state's standard license. The one other license available is the FR license of which many of our inspectors/technicians have. In fact if you look at the other well known companies I mentioned you will notice many of them do not have hardly any FR licenses. Therefore we are doing very well in this department. As for compensation, we do believe we have the highest paid compensation in the industry. Do some homework and compare us to Orkin or Terminix and you will see for yourself. Our technicians, and sales representatives, are paid well because we do more for our customers than the majority of our competitors including the de-webbing of overhangs/eaves and yard treatment to name a few. We are very up front about our compensation and every employee signs paperwork that clearly states their compensation and that they understand the compensation structure. In our industry, it is very rare to find a company that will start a new technician at $2500 per month. It is true that our technicians generally work Saturdays (or every other Saturday), but this is why our company pays more. Senior Technicians at Moxie can make as much as $5000 per month. I personally have worked in the Pest Control industry for 6 years now and have never found a company that will pay that much to a residential pest control technician (however i'm not saying it is impossible, just rare). Our job postings online for help wanted do state $2500 per month, and technicians make great commissions for finding referral business or signing up friends and family. Technicians are also given a company vehicle to get to and from work, a nextel phone, and medical/dental insurance (half of the insurance premium is paid for by the company). The claims made about working over 60 hours are bogus. Perhaps once a summer during the peak month of August is when this might occur. Techncians are obviously paid overtime for this extra work. Our pay structure is similar to a salary. If technicans finish early (average finish time in the summer is 5:30 and the fall/winter/spring is 3:30) they are still considered on call until 6:30 and are paid for that time. So generally the hourly rate does look lower but they are guaranteed $2500 per month. If you actually calculated the amount of time worked and compared the monthly rate it would be $12.82 per hour during the fall/winter/spring just as an apprentice technician to start! This is practically unheard of throughout our industry. What is even better about Moxie is that we offer the salary throughout the slow times of the year when many companies limit the amount of work available to techicians in the winter and pay them less due to less hours of work. If anything, Moxie's pay structure is overly generous and guarantees pay/work while other companies are cutting hours/pay. As far as the personal attacks against the managers and owners, this is unprofessional, prejudice, and dishonest. I have known both of them for years and found them to be very honest and caring men. They encourage us to be forthright with our customers and place the highest importance upon reputation. Although I know they were both disappointed to read this, unfortunately this is the price good people pay for owning/managing a multimillion dollar company. Moxie Pest Control has been the fastest growing pest control company in Southern California for 4 years running. The company was listed 64th largest pest control company out of the 20,000 in the United States after just 3 years. It's hard to argue with 40,000 customers in Southern California after just 3 and a half years of doing business here. Hey, we must be doing something right!