saleslady
olathe,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, March 29, 2015
I see so many things wrong with your report. I am an ex employee if this company. First thing i should say, sales and employment of sales are obviously commission based. The fact that you got paid at all surprises me. And your complaint of only making a certain amount of money because you missed days is illogical. If you to work anywhere in reality, would you expect to still be paid for missed days? No. So why should you expect chad to pay for your days missed? In the company they clearly state that you a required to work a certain amount of days to be paid. If you dont, then you dont get paid. When you got hurt, why didnt you file a workmans comp? There are rules and regulations in the state if kansas set in place for a reason. The fact you broke your ankle is not chads fault. Nor is it the home owners. Nor is it yours. Accidents happen. Yes, the hours are long, but the payout is amazing...if you are willing to go the length. Sales are for strong minded and capable people. Its not for everyone. And you are not chads only employee. So yes its understandable that he may forget to do things. Did you even bother to remind him? You are one person and he has sevetal employees he looks over. I say quit your complaining and just face the fact that maybe your not a sales person and move on. And the way i succeeded in the company, i didnt lie to the customer. I didnt tell the customer it would only take a few moments. I told them the truth. You can spend two hours knocking doors with the truth and find your sales or you can spend two hours in one house with no sale.
Bj
Manhattan,#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, January 01, 2009
Angel, the first rule of argument is to never get personal. Brief FYI for you. In any case, Mackenzie is right. The expectations they give at the"hiring" and what actually happen are black and white. I already have a story here on rip-off report so I don't need to go into it, but the deception and manipulation that Chad and his "staff" use is borderline criminal. Luckily I learned there is no such thing as "easy fast money" unless you sell a little bit of your soul to get it. Knowing that I'm happy to be in my career (not flipping burgers) and away from Team One. I know I steer everyone I know away from them.
Jenny
Pittsburg,#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, September 21, 2008
Your rebuttal is ridiculous. She sleeps with people so she shouldn't get paid...She's just stating the problems that she had while working there, and you're bringing personal matters into it. I can understand exactly where she is coming from because I dealt with pretty much the exact same thing. You say that Chad Christianson got where he was because he's smart. Maybe, or maybe he got there the same way many Kirby distibutors get to where they are. They lie and they hardly ever write anything in contracts unless it's a way for them to rip their employees off. The fact is: They shouldn't write us bad checks for the work we do, and then say we didn't earn the money. We earned the money alright-by working our butts off until we are to the point of exhaustion, and then they still want more. You may be getting paid, and you may not have a problem with the company but other people obviously do. I highly doubt this person is lying because if you check all the other posts dealing with the same thing, then you would see that it's a very common thing in Kirby: people not getting paid and people getting lied to. No doubt, Kirby is a good product, but the Kirby "family" is not a family anybody would want to be a part of.
Angel
Topeka,#5UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, September 08, 2008
You see, what this girl has failed to mention is that chad is one of the highest ranking business men in topeka ks, and he is that way for a reason. He is smart. Lets just lay it all out there on the line for everyone to hear. KIRBY IS A SALES BASED JOB, MEANING NO SALES, NO PAY CHECK. If you are not a salesmen, don't work there, but remember this, WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT. Kirby brings you in the door by offering you so much money a month for doing 60 demos, but here's the thing, if you did 60 demos, odds are you are going to make more the your guarentee in commision, or if you are an idiot, you will weed yourself out within a week leaving the people that want to go to work and really make the money. The problem with makenzie here was that she was a s**t and was sleeping with several different people. Hard to get back your dignaty when you have the rep as the office s**t. and those nude photos of you on the internet don't help either. I woked for the company for three years, and the only reason I left is to finish med school, other wise i would still be there. the money was good, paid for me to buy 4 vehicles, a house, and lots of spending cash. all these people that are on here that say kirby dealers a rip offs are lazy and just don't want to work. news flash, just cause you showed up doesnt mean ya get paid. go work at mcdonalds, stand by the fryer all day, don't actually move, then tell the manager you want your paycheck, see what happens