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Complaint Review: Safety Technologies LLC AKA Unique Worldwide Services - Birmingham Alabama
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Safety Technologies LLC AKA Unique Worldwide Services
Arkadelphia Road (SandyView Lane) Suite 103 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
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Safety Technologies, LLC (AKA Unique Worldwide Services) Job Ripoff rip off scam con artists Birmingham Alabama
I read the article in The Birmingham News on June 8, 2003. I live in Dalton, Ga, but I have family in Birmingham. We were looking to move back to there. I was very excited when I read the article which stated "Office Help $15 hour no experience will train" and another article stated "Manager No Experience Required Will Train $38 - $48 K". I called and scheduled an interview on Friday June 13 at 3:00 P.M. That morning I drove 180 miles to this "so-called" job opportunity.
I arrived 10 minutes early with my 3 references, job history, and photo ID as asked. I was sent in a conference room where Julie Ann demonstrated a fire in a plate and then put it out with a halonaire fire extinguisher (I am unsure if this name of the extinguisher is right).
She then explained the Sales position and the manager position. I was told that with the manager position that I could Pick A City to work in. There were several cities that they were building offices in within the next 60 - 90 days. The minimum salary was $4000 a month and I would recieve a $500 sign on bonus at the end of the 2 - 4 week training.
At the end of this demonstration I was VERY excited. I then answered several questions on the back of my application, like am I my favorite person, etc. I followed Julie Ann into her office for an interview. She then asked more strange questions like: Did my neighbors like me? Did I like my neighbors? Did most people like me?
After about 15 minutes of this she looked at my resume and strangely stated with no extra emotion "Well, after reading your resume and talking to you I have decided that there is no reason to not give you the job. Congratulations." She then told me that I had to meet the President the next day (Saturday) and begin training Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9-11 AM and Wednesday from 5-8 PM for the next 2 - 4 weeks. She then handed me another application and at the bottom it stated that I had to pay $75 for a background check. I thought this was strange.
I questioned her for 10 minutes finding out that for the training I would recieve no pay except for 10% in commission and I decided that this was probably a fraud because all companies pay you a salary during your training. I then told her I had to discuss this with my husband since we would be relocating for this job.
She tried to convince me to sign saying that if I didn't that I could not begin until the next week. She finally said I could come back Monday before 11:00 which was the next interview and I could continue. I checked the internet and just happended to find all this information.
Since Safety Technologies was previously Unique Worldwide Services it was hard to come across this information under Safety Technologies. Is this a coincidence that they could not be traced to each other, I think not. Some wonderful person had happened to add in there rip-off report that they had changed names.
I wrote my report hoping that someone would see that Safety Technologies is the same as Unique Worldwide Services. Now, this may not be a fact, but I don't see how it could not be. Everything that everyone has written about there experience is the same as mine. If I would have paid the $75 and reported to see the president the next day, then I'm sure I would have had to pay $95 to get a start up kit because I was told that I had to finish training and I would make commission of my demonstrations. I'm sure the kit was part of my demonstration and if I did not pay for this then I could not complete my training. I'm sure this is an ongoing cycle of having to pay an ammount to continue to the next step.
Anyone who has had this same experience please report so I can know I made a difference. Thank you for those who made a difference for me.
Misty
Dalton, Georgia
U.S.A.
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I arrived 10 minutes early with my 3 references, job history, and photo ID as asked. I was sent in a conference room where Julie Ann demonstrated a fire in a plate and then put it out with a halonaire fire extinguisher (I am unsure if this name of the extinguisher is right).
She then explained the Sales position and the manager position. I was told that with the manager position that I could Pick A City to work in. There were several cities that they were building offices in within the next 60 - 90 days. The minimum salary was $4000 a month and I would recieve a $500 sign on bonus at the end of the 2 - 4 week training.
At the end of this demonstration I was VERY excited. I then answered several questions on the back of my application, like am I my favorite person, etc. I followed Julie Ann into her office for an interview. She then asked more strange questions like: Did my neighbors like me? Did I like my neighbors? Did most people like me?
After about 15 minutes of this she looked at my resume and strangely stated with no extra emotion "Well, after reading your resume and talking to you I have decided that there is no reason to not give you the job. Congratulations." She then told me that I had to meet the President the next day (Saturday) and begin training Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9-11 AM and Wednesday from 5-8 PM for the next 2 - 4 weeks. She then handed me another application and at the bottom it stated that I had to pay $75 for a background check. I thought this was strange.
I questioned her for 10 minutes finding out that for the training I would recieve no pay except for 10% in commission and I decided that this was probably a fraud because all companies pay you a salary during your training. I then told her I had to discuss this with my husband since we would be relocating for this job.
She tried to convince me to sign saying that if I didn't that I could not begin until the next week. She finally said I could come back Monday before 11:00 which was the next interview and I could continue. I checked the internet and just happended to find all this information.
Since Safety Technologies was previously Unique Worldwide Services it was hard to come across this information under Safety Technologies. Is this a coincidence that they could not be traced to each other, I think not. Some wonderful person had happened to add in there rip-off report that they had changed names.
I wrote my report hoping that someone would see that Safety Technologies is the same as Unique Worldwide Services. Now, this may not be a fact, but I don't see how it could not be. Everything that everyone has written about there experience is the same as mine. If I would have paid the $75 and reported to see the president the next day, then I'm sure I would have had to pay $95 to get a start up kit because I was told that I had to finish training and I would make commission of my demonstrations. I'm sure the kit was part of my demonstration and if I did not pay for this then I could not complete my training. I'm sure this is an ongoing cycle of having to pay an ammount to continue to the next step.
Anyone who has had this same experience please report so I can know I made a difference. Thank you for those who made a difference for me.
Misty
Dalton, Georgia
U.S.A.
Click here to see Rip-off Reports filed where consumers say thank you Rip-off Report & badbusinessbureau.com, that we saved them money. Not included are the thousands of thank you e-mails we get every week.
Click here to read other Rip Off Reports on Unique Worldwide Services
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Guyeav
Ann Arbor,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Safety Technologies running the same scam in Ann Arbor MI
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, October 11, 2007
I had exactly the same experience here in Ann Arbor yesterday, nearly to the letter. I interviewed for the same office manager position, saw the very same demonstration with the halon extinguisher in the tin pie plate, was offered my choice of cities, told I'd be meeting the president, told I'd be making $4000 a month, etc. The difference here is that they wanted $165 deposit for the sales kit, so they are getting greedier. When I was told I had the job I was very happy, until I started thinking it all over. At no point was I asked for valid identification, a resume, or references. Then there was the money up front thing. I've learned the hard way that any job that requires YOU to pay THEM as a condition of employment is a scam, plain and simple. I was to attend my first "training" session tomorrow at 3:00, but obviously I won't be going. The man who interviewed me used the name Jason Arbogast, and their office is at 3131 S. State St. in Ann Arbor, office 19. On his business card is AJR & Associates, a division of Safety Technologies. Jason and his ebullient secretary were the only people there in a cheaply furnished office suite. They had a map of the U.S. on the wall with colored push-pins all over the place, a couple hundred of them at least in three different colors. I was told what the colors meant, that some were offices established, others were offices they were just opening, and others places they wanted to open offices. Their office phone here is (734) 622-8377, and Jason's cell phone is (734) 345-1871. Jason looks to be in his 30's, stocky, about 6' and 220 lbs. having a goatee and moustache. Misty's report exactly matched the scam that they presented to me, and clearly this bunch is organized and working the scam all over the country.
