Jes
Zion,#2Consumer Comment
Wed, April 02, 2008
I was called for an interview today and I was so excited! I've been job hunting for weeks and was relieved someone finally called. So then I get off the phone and start to do some research, and what do I come to find out? Scam. I wasn't called by "Taylormade", they called themselves "Streamline Executive Group". I couldn't find anything online about Streamline, but I discovered they were one and the same when I called the number back to ask some questions. They answered, "Taylormade Streamline how can I help you?". I asked to speak to the person who had called, "not available". I asked if I could asked some questions and after being on hold for 10 minutes a cheerful voice answered. I asked if they could tell me about the job in more detail and got "That is a great question for the interview". OK. Weird. I asked if it was commission or salary based, and got "I'm not at liberty to discuss that, you'll have to ask during the interview." OK. Weird again. So I asked, anything you can tell me about the job or the specific job duties? And got, "That you'll have to ask at the interview." Um, if you can't answer any questions, why would I go??? Thanks to all of these reports, I'm NOT going to the interview tomorrow!!!
Nessie
Chicago,#3Consumer Comment
Sun, February 10, 2008
I interviewed with this company; both interviews, and I was offered a job. There were small inconsistencies in the back of my mind that started to fire off when I was on the 2nd, day long, observation interview. I pushed them off and gave myself a few days to research the company (and go on other interviews) in the interim and because of my findings I am not accepting the job. What you had written confirmed many of my suspicions. I arrived in an office that had modern decor and logos for companies such as "Disney", "Samsonite", "Marvel" and many other fortune 500 names. These companies were mentioned to me on the 1st interview, as well as Toys for Tots, however when I arrived for the 2nd interview (along with 5 other people) it became clear that the only company that they are working with was the Child Protection Education of America. I spent the day shadowing a Leader who was pitching sales to people and telling them about the mission and the goals of the company and constantly using the phrase "I'm not gonna lie." And then telling the customer that we had arrived at the location with 25 remote control cars and the 3 on the table were all that we had left. Well that was a lie. We came with 5. I was encouraged to ask her questions about the business, but my difficult questions were deflected with answers such as "That is a great question for Katie, you should ask her when we get back to the office!" or she would start answering my question by saying "I'm not gonna lie..." which I already knew was an indication that whatever she said was going to be untruthful. I volunteer my time with a cancer charity, I raise funds for them. On my first interview I was told that they are giving 20% of their price of the products to the charities with which they are working. On my 2nd interview I mentioned that I privately fundraise for a society that contributes over 75% of the funds directly to the cause (as opposed to administrative costs) and the leader that I was working with said that I must work with a rare charity because the "American Cancer Society only gives 2% to the cause." The society with which I volunteer warns against any charity that does not put at least 65-70% of its funds to its cause. The people that work at TaylorMade are brainwashed enough to believe that they are giving more funds to a charitable cause than the American Cancer Society. If you value your integrity and honesty then I would steer away from this company. If you would do anything to make a $ then by all means this could be the job for you. However you may want to take into consideration that they are asking you to work approximately 65 hours a week and you are only going to be bringing home $600, so less than $9.50 per hour- not the real wage for an entry level sales job. Also, you are going to be an independent contractor, meaning you will not have taxes taken out of your paycheck and at the end of the year Uncle Sam is going to want the 20+%, so unless you are setting aside $120 a week to pay taxes then it also isn't going to be the job for you. P.S. There were business cards for Streamline Executive Group on the reception desk when I was there for the 2nd interview. People may already be catching on to the TaylorMade name and they may be moving on to a new LLC to avoid bad reports.