Niko-Laos a so called company lead by two so called "professionals".
Professionals, alright, but "professionals" in lying, misleading, and
conning people who are in search for legit
work.
The so called company Mr. Eddie Sardinha, and Ms. Lisa Walberg created
as a tool to lure honest, humble, hardworking individuals who are in
need of work (more then ever now with this economy) with lies,
dishonesty, and a bogus interview process for those individuals, such
as my self searching for
employment, with an organization that would offer and provide an opportunity to earn an honest living.
The
nightmare began with a phone call I received by an overly excited, and
friendly person by the name of Jaimie, who introduced her self as the
Human Resources
Representative for Niko-Laos. Jamie informed me they had received my
resume and application for a Management position, and based on my
experience and expertise in the Corporate world, I met the
qualifications to apply for an "Account Managing" position. I advised
Jamie, I was out of state, but would be willing to fly to Florida
(across the country from where I was at, at the moment of her phone
call) for an interview. Jamie, again, sounded super excited and
informed me I was scheduled for the following Monday to Interview with
Mr. Eddie Sardinha, and urged me to contact her ASAP once I had arrived
to verify the interview as soon as possible with the organization's top
"executive" Mr. Eddie Sardinha. I logged on to their website
www.niko-laos.com in search to verify the information Jamie had
provided me with over the phone. Once on the www.niko-laos.com site on
the Home Page you see a picture of Mr. Eddie Sardinha and Ms. Lisa
Walberg both with a quick and short bio of themselves. Mr. Sardinha is
made out to look like a former Pro Baseball player, turned into a
businessman. In reality, is more of a former jock, turned into a
con-man.
It is now obvious to me that all the name dropping of
the games big timers such as Barry Bonds, Wade Boggs, Ozzie Guillen,
who supposedly Mr. Sardinha shared the field with, was also a very
cheap tool used to impress REAL
PROFESSIONALS
in the Corporate world, as my self, who have started from the bottom
and with hard work have earned opportunities to advance in ligit
corporations/organizations without having to lie to others to earn an
honest living. On the day of my interview I arrived at a corporate
building, which by the looks it presents niko-laos as a legit
business, however; I now have been informed suite number 425 was rented for a "business" and is not a corporation ran in the building.
To my surprise the person by the name of Jamie, who over the phone introduced her self as the
Human Resources
Representative, was also the front office receptionist, and the
interviewer, because Mr. Sardinha had a last minute "emergency" and
could make it to the interview. After a 30 minute interview, during
which I provided Jamie with another copy of my resume, I was told my
interview went excellent, and she was very impressed with my resume, my
background in the business/corporate world, and that I would be a great
fit for the Account Managing position.
During the first contact I had with Jamie I asked specific questions, such as: If niko-laos was a
telemarketing
company? Jamie said NO. She stated they were a legit Marketing Firm.
LIE. I also asked Jamie, if the position was commission based? She told
me NO. Another LIE. She told me the account managing position was
Salary, not hourly, nor commission based. I asked Jamie what the
job
entitled, responsibilities, etc. She told me as an Account Manager I
would be dealing with multiple account executives for various Fortune
500 companies, such as AT&T, UPS, BellSouth, etc. and handling
their marketing product accounts one-on-one, face to face. Another LIE.
All these same questions I asked
during the interview
I had with Jamie. At the end of the interview she advised she was very
impressed with the interview, resume, etc. and asked me if I were up to
go back to a second interview with one of the "top account executives"
the following day. Of course! I said.
I showed up to the second
interview, and to do you know, again, surprise, surprise. No interview
with a "top account executive" but rather I was assigned to go on the
field with a representative, and my second interview would be at the
end of the day. I was fooled into believing I would be joining a legit
corporation, and as an Account
Manager
I'd have to go to the other Corporations and review the company's
accounts, audit errors, and make sure their accounts were being handled
properly. In reality it was the complete opposite, and what I was
fooled into doing was spending money on a plane ticket, money on a car
rental, and 2 days wasted with other people who have also been trained
to fool, lie, and also take part in such cheap scam.
The reality
of the job was to go out on the "field" meaning, you were assigned an
area, that Niko-Laos knew AT&T, UPS, Bellshouth, etc. had business
with, and go into every single shop, bar, business, and lie to the
business owner into thinking they had better offers and discounts and
have them change their current plan. In reality I was assigned to
shadow a person who was going door to door, business to business, many
which we were kicked out of, yelled at, and humiliated, because the
person who stated was representing a company, that in reality is
working
for Niko-Laos doing Tele-Marketing, solicitation going door to door on
foot, into pressuring people to changing whatever plan, or contract
they had with another legit company.
I find this very
disturbing, and I'm beyond disappointed to see how there is people out
there out to scam money, or hours of work from honest hard working
people, to make their so called business - meaning SCAM - grow. I saw
it on the news with people being scammed by foreclosures, businesses on
the web, yet I never thought in a million years I would be, 1. a person
who would be fooled at such length, and 2. made such an effort, and
investment on a plain ticket, on a car rental, etc. all for a job that
now I see sounded too good to be true. BE AWARE!!! Niko-Laos is a FAKE,
and professionals on misleading people that are in search for
employment, and pray on professionals with excellent resumes, and
background, as well as people who might not have experience in the
corporate world. Again, be WARE. NIKO-LAOS IS A SCAM!!!
Hc
Pembroke Pines, Florida
U.S.A.