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Unique Worldwide Services Inc. aka UWSI UWSI is the BIGGEST ripoff I have ever seen !! cheated employees and screwed the customers even more Montgomery Alabama is the corporate office
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Oh man, is this ever the truth !
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Stop Blaming other People For Your Bad Discussions
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*UPDATE Employee: secretary for the Florence, Alabama office.
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Orders are filled ?
I have been away from UWSI for a few months now (7) to be exact, and I just wanted to tell the truth about the company. I have seen some of the reports and rebuttals that have been posted and most of the ones that are posted by the so called "Office Managers" are totally and completely ridiculous.
The company's Vice President, Mr. MacAdams, tells his "managers" what to say in these rebuttals. Of course, they are going to deny all of the allegations against the company, because they are still employed there.
IF, and I say again, IF they have completed their training, and have paid the 6 to 10 thousand dollars...... yes that's correct, I said $6000.00 to $10,000.00 "deposit" money to buy into the franchise or whatever you want to call it, then of course they are going to defend the company because their income depends on how well they cover the big lie of what the company is all about.... let me share with you EXACTLY what happens.
The company places ads in the paper stating that they are looking for potential "office manager trainees". Stating that an income of 35k to 65k is possible to attain. "Be your own boss" and things of this nature.
Well, the real truth is as follows......
The company is no more than a scam, bleeding each and every potential employee of every cent they have.
The interview : Once you call in and set an "appointment" for an interview, you are told to bring a few items with you. I, myself have the secretary's script here and know it by heart still. Her job is to get these "potential manager trainees" to show up WITH the $75 "security fee" which is necessary because , and I quote, "because you will be handling large sums of the company's money, the company requires that you come prepared with a $75 security fee".
After she works her "magic" on you and you show up for your interview, you are given a very generic application to fill out, and then the manager, or one of the manager's "trainees" will come into the conference room ( where several people are showing up for interviews ) to present your "orientation" .
This orientation is nothing more than just blowing some thick smoke up your wazoo about how quickly you can advance in the company and all the money and benefits you will have "upon completion of your training and becoming a manager".
They mislead you into believing that you will only be required to do $2000 in sales because, and again I quote, "the company wants it's managers to know EVERY aspect of running an office and you are going to have anywhere from 50 to 70 people working under you in YOUR office, and you want to be able to answer all of these people's questions when they come to you, right ?"
After you are sucked into thinking that in just "a couple of weeks" of training that you are going to be opening an office in the location of YOUR choosing, this is the point where they collect the $75 security fee, only after they have totally snowed your brains out with champagne dreams of all the money you are going to make. While you are signing the "contract" that is required, they tell you about the $95 dollar "kit fee" that is required at your initial training session.
This fee is to offset the cost of the demonstration kit that you will be issued which is nothing more than a small halonaire extinguisher, a pack of paper matches, a small drinking glass, a pie plate, and a bottle of ronsonol lighter fluid.
Then they send you out on your training adventure, to sell these products to your family and friends, because they dont want you doing door to door sales....and besides all that... who better to help you get a leg up than your family and friends, right ?
Well, after you make your first $2000 in sales , then they inform you that you are doing wonderfully have almost reached your goal, but...... every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday you are give MORE "goals" to reach as a part of your training. What they neglect to tell you is that you are going to be strung along with the idea that only $500 more and you are "there" or $1000 more and you are "there". "There" being the completion of your training.
And then there are the little "classes" and meetings that they have along the way to get you "excited" about the company again.
In each of these "classes" you are told the same thing, even tho , supposedly, they are all pertaining to a different subject. It is nothing more than a brainwashing session where once again, all they talk about is the HUGE amounts of money you will be making and what all you are going to be able to do with it.
In one certain of these so called "classes" , all the trainees are put on a "special schedule". No matter if they have been with the company for a month or for one day.... they are all put on that same "special schedule" . This schedule will allow them to complete their training even faster than all the other trainees in the company who are not at this class. This class is called EDS or Executive Development School.
On this "special schedule" you are given very strict sales goals to meet every two or three days for a little more than a week. For example, my particular schedule was as follows:
Mondays sales goal was $750 .... I reached this goal with ease only to be lied to once again and told that NOW I had a $600 goal for Wednesday.....
I struggled to meet this goal and met it.....only to be lied to again and told " Wow, you are almost there now !!" If only I met the Friday sales goal of yet another $600.
Well, needless to say, thinking that I was "there" I put up yet another $600 of MY OWN MONEY, which I had done several times because they keep telling you , " You are almost there, just $500 more and you are there" .
After completing this supposed "final sales goal" on Friday, I came in on Saturday to help with the Saturday training class of new trainees initial training. After the training session was over and all the new trainees were gone... my manager took myself and another trainee ( who had attended the same EDS class as myself and had stayed on the "special schedule" the same as me) into his office and told us that we only needed about $2500 more in sales to get to meet with the Regional Director for our final step in our training.
Well, being stubborn as I am, and still clinging onto those champagne dreams that they had painted so well for me, I stuck it out and BOUGHT another $2500 of their products , thinking that would be it and I could get into my office and start making all this glorious money that they had been flashing and telling me about.
Once again, I discovered that I had been lied to when I was told.... Oh, well you are at $6000 in sales and Mr MacAdams won't meet with you until you have at least $8500.00 in sales.
At this point, I hit the roof because I had been dragged along by the hair of my nose in this little adventure for several months and had spent ALL of my savings trying to get "there" in my office.
and the real kicker to all of this is.... even after you get your $8500.00 in sales, you are sent back to sell another $1500.00 and THEN and only then you are told that you must pay from $6000.00 to $10,000.00 deposit to get into your office.
Ya see, after some investigation, I discovered.....they really do perform a background check on you, they pull a credit report on you to see if you have the potential to buy into their little scam......and tell lies like they do.
So come on people......wake up, all you "managers" with the company, How can you lie to people and take their money like that.... just cuz you were like me and got sucked into it so deep, Does that mean that you have to continue to suck others in and ruin their lives too ?
And another thing...... the products that I purchased over 8 months ago....... have STILL not been delivered....
you do the math........
Hugh Jorgon
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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The company's Vice President, Mr. MacAdams, tells his "managers" what to say in these rebuttals. Of course, they are going to deny all of the allegations against the company, because they are still employed there.
IF, and I say again, IF they have completed their training, and have paid the 6 to 10 thousand dollars...... yes that's correct, I said $6000.00 to $10,000.00 "deposit" money to buy into the franchise or whatever you want to call it, then of course they are going to defend the company because their income depends on how well they cover the big lie of what the company is all about.... let me share with you EXACTLY what happens.
The company places ads in the paper stating that they are looking for potential "office manager trainees". Stating that an income of 35k to 65k is possible to attain. "Be your own boss" and things of this nature.
Well, the real truth is as follows......
The company is no more than a scam, bleeding each and every potential employee of every cent they have.
The interview : Once you call in and set an "appointment" for an interview, you are told to bring a few items with you. I, myself have the secretary's script here and know it by heart still. Her job is to get these "potential manager trainees" to show up WITH the $75 "security fee" which is necessary because , and I quote, "because you will be handling large sums of the company's money, the company requires that you come prepared with a $75 security fee".
After she works her "magic" on you and you show up for your interview, you are given a very generic application to fill out, and then the manager, or one of the manager's "trainees" will come into the conference room ( where several people are showing up for interviews ) to present your "orientation" .
This orientation is nothing more than just blowing some thick smoke up your wazoo about how quickly you can advance in the company and all the money and benefits you will have "upon completion of your training and becoming a manager".
They mislead you into believing that you will only be required to do $2000 in sales because, and again I quote, "the company wants it's managers to know EVERY aspect of running an office and you are going to have anywhere from 50 to 70 people working under you in YOUR office, and you want to be able to answer all of these people's questions when they come to you, right ?"
After you are sucked into thinking that in just "a couple of weeks" of training that you are going to be opening an office in the location of YOUR choosing, this is the point where they collect the $75 security fee, only after they have totally snowed your brains out with champagne dreams of all the money you are going to make. While you are signing the "contract" that is required, they tell you about the $95 dollar "kit fee" that is required at your initial training session.
This fee is to offset the cost of the demonstration kit that you will be issued which is nothing more than a small halonaire extinguisher, a pack of paper matches, a small drinking glass, a pie plate, and a bottle of ronsonol lighter fluid.
Then they send you out on your training adventure, to sell these products to your family and friends, because they dont want you doing door to door sales....and besides all that... who better to help you get a leg up than your family and friends, right ?
Well, after you make your first $2000 in sales , then they inform you that you are doing wonderfully have almost reached your goal, but...... every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday you are give MORE "goals" to reach as a part of your training. What they neglect to tell you is that you are going to be strung along with the idea that only $500 more and you are "there" or $1000 more and you are "there". "There" being the completion of your training.
And then there are the little "classes" and meetings that they have along the way to get you "excited" about the company again.
In each of these "classes" you are told the same thing, even tho , supposedly, they are all pertaining to a different subject. It is nothing more than a brainwashing session where once again, all they talk about is the HUGE amounts of money you will be making and what all you are going to be able to do with it.
In one certain of these so called "classes" , all the trainees are put on a "special schedule". No matter if they have been with the company for a month or for one day.... they are all put on that same "special schedule" . This schedule will allow them to complete their training even faster than all the other trainees in the company who are not at this class. This class is called EDS or Executive Development School.
On this "special schedule" you are given very strict sales goals to meet every two or three days for a little more than a week. For example, my particular schedule was as follows:
Mondays sales goal was $750 .... I reached this goal with ease only to be lied to once again and told that NOW I had a $600 goal for Wednesday.....
I struggled to meet this goal and met it.....only to be lied to again and told " Wow, you are almost there now !!" If only I met the Friday sales goal of yet another $600.
Well, needless to say, thinking that I was "there" I put up yet another $600 of MY OWN MONEY, which I had done several times because they keep telling you , " You are almost there, just $500 more and you are there" .
After completing this supposed "final sales goal" on Friday, I came in on Saturday to help with the Saturday training class of new trainees initial training. After the training session was over and all the new trainees were gone... my manager took myself and another trainee ( who had attended the same EDS class as myself and had stayed on the "special schedule" the same as me) into his office and told us that we only needed about $2500 more in sales to get to meet with the Regional Director for our final step in our training.
Well, being stubborn as I am, and still clinging onto those champagne dreams that they had painted so well for me, I stuck it out and BOUGHT another $2500 of their products , thinking that would be it and I could get into my office and start making all this glorious money that they had been flashing and telling me about.
Once again, I discovered that I had been lied to when I was told.... Oh, well you are at $6000 in sales and Mr MacAdams won't meet with you until you have at least $8500.00 in sales.
At this point, I hit the roof because I had been dragged along by the hair of my nose in this little adventure for several months and had spent ALL of my savings trying to get "there" in my office.
and the real kicker to all of this is.... even after you get your $8500.00 in sales, you are sent back to sell another $1500.00 and THEN and only then you are told that you must pay from $6000.00 to $10,000.00 deposit to get into your office.
Ya see, after some investigation, I discovered.....they really do perform a background check on you, they pull a credit report on you to see if you have the potential to buy into their little scam......and tell lies like they do.
So come on people......wake up, all you "managers" with the company, How can you lie to people and take their money like that.... just cuz you were like me and got sucked into it so deep, Does that mean that you have to continue to suck others in and ruin their lives too ?
And another thing...... the products that I purchased over 8 months ago....... have STILL not been delivered....
you do the math........
Hugh Jorgon
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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8 Updates & Rebuttals
Ben
Chattanooga,Tennessee,
Orders are filled ?
#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, July 16, 2002
I will be the first to agree that the invoice that is handed to the customer upon purchase of the products states that it takes a minimum of 8 to 10 weeks. I had no problem with this at all. 8 to 10 weeks is about 2 to 2 and 1/2 months, correct ? What about 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 months later when the orders STILL haven't been received ? What is your answer for that ? I trained in one of the offices for several months, and I saw not ONE..... not ONE trainee become a manager from the offices that I trained out of. I did see one man become a manager the first week that I was with the company at a corporate meeting. But, he wised up and quit the company within 3 or 4 weeks of reaching his management status. Any responses to this ? Wake up people, UWSI, Executive Plus, SPINX, and all the other names that they will change the company to is a HUGE scam. One day you will wake up and see this.
Jessica
Rogersville,Alabama,
secretary for the Florence, Alabama office.
#3UPDATE Employee
Mon, July 15, 2002
I am a secretary for the Florence, AL office. I understand how someone would be skeptical upon interviewing with the company. Of course, there are scam artists everywhere, and you have to be careful. I have worked for the company for four months now, and in this time, I have seen several people complete their training and become managers. The people who have complained that they had to put forth their own money to reach their goals, forgot to mention that this was a decision they made on their own in order to complete thier training. This is not required! Also, as for customers not recieving orders on time--It clearly states on the order form (RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE CUSTOMER'S SIGNATURE)that it takes a minimum of eight to ten weeks. I think some of the people are a little bitter because they didn't complete their training!
Ben
Athens,Tennessee,
Little do you know.... *EDitor's Note to the author of the above comment:
#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, July 15, 2002
what was not mentioned in the earlier reports are these facts... out of 1000 people that apply for this too good to be true scheme... 1 person might make it to manager status. EVERYONE buys the products because they tell you that you have almost made it to your goal of being an office manager. I made it to the top of their pin program and sat in on some of the meetings where they tell you NOT to tell what happens because that would create chaos in the company and the money flow would stop. Thus, the parties and orgies and drugs and sex would stop also. Much to the disappointment of Mr Mingolo and Mr MacAdams. These two are nothing more than sex mongers who are using this business to suck up all the money that they can and to seduce young attractive females into thinking that if they party with the President of the company, they will advance in the company. I have SEEN this take place. I am NOT some young inexperienced fool who happened to get taken by this scam. And secondly, yes, I have been scammed before. The only reason I went as far as I did in the company was because I busted my a*s to sell the company's products. Which I did quite well. I had worked in sales and management for quite a few years and am quite accomplished at it. But, the fact still stands that they lead you by your nose and tease you with all of the big dreams of mega money that you will make, and NOONE makes it there...I was with the company for almost 5 months and I saw 1, that's ONE, manager out of all that time. This leaves the countless thousands that came into the program with these same dreams and were bled dry or sucked into the party scene and into having sex with either the president or the Regional manager and were then shunned and treated like the masses and never returned after that. So, I suggest to you that you do a little investigating into this, rather than just accepting the opinion of your daughter who is probably too ashamed or embarassed to tell you exactly what it was that she had to go through to get her management status. This company has been BANNED from the state of Georgia. Yet when I applied to the company, they were still soliciting for people to open new offices in that state. Explain that one, Mr. Salesman
Ben
Athens,Tennessee,
Little do you know.... *EDitor's Note to the author of the above comment:
#5UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, July 15, 2002
what was not mentioned in the earlier reports are these facts... out of 1000 people that apply for this too good to be true scheme... 1 person might make it to manager status. EVERYONE buys the products because they tell you that you have almost made it to your goal of being an office manager. I made it to the top of their pin program and sat in on some of the meetings where they tell you NOT to tell what happens because that would create chaos in the company and the money flow would stop. Thus, the parties and orgies and drugs and sex would stop also. Much to the disappointment of Mr Mingolo and Mr MacAdams. These two are nothing more than sex mongers who are using this business to suck up all the money that they can and to seduce young attractive females into thinking that if they party with the President of the company, they will advance in the company. I have SEEN this take place. I am NOT some young inexperienced fool who happened to get taken by this scam. And secondly, yes, I have been scammed before. The only reason I went as far as I did in the company was because I busted my a*s to sell the company's products. Which I did quite well. I had worked in sales and management for quite a few years and am quite accomplished at it. But, the fact still stands that they lead you by your nose and tease you with all of the big dreams of mega money that you will make, and NOONE makes it there...I was with the company for almost 5 months and I saw 1, that's ONE, manager out of all that time. This leaves the countless thousands that came into the program with these same dreams and were bled dry or sucked into the party scene and into having sex with either the president or the Regional manager and were then shunned and treated like the masses and never returned after that. So, I suggest to you that you do a little investigating into this, rather than just accepting the opinion of your daughter who is probably too ashamed or embarassed to tell you exactly what it was that she had to go through to get her management status. This company has been BANNED from the state of Georgia. Yet when I applied to the company, they were still soliciting for people to open new offices in that state. Explain that one, Mr. Salesman
Ben
Athens,Tennessee,
Little do you know.... *EDitor's Note to the author of the above comment:
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, July 15, 2002
what was not mentioned in the earlier reports are these facts... out of 1000 people that apply for this too good to be true scheme... 1 person might make it to manager status. EVERYONE buys the products because they tell you that you have almost made it to your goal of being an office manager. I made it to the top of their pin program and sat in on some of the meetings where they tell you NOT to tell what happens because that would create chaos in the company and the money flow would stop. Thus, the parties and orgies and drugs and sex would stop also. Much to the disappointment of Mr Mingolo and Mr MacAdams. These two are nothing more than sex mongers who are using this business to suck up all the money that they can and to seduce young attractive females into thinking that if they party with the President of the company, they will advance in the company. I have SEEN this take place. I am NOT some young inexperienced fool who happened to get taken by this scam. And secondly, yes, I have been scammed before. The only reason I went as far as I did in the company was because I busted my a*s to sell the company's products. Which I did quite well. I had worked in sales and management for quite a few years and am quite accomplished at it. But, the fact still stands that they lead you by your nose and tease you with all of the big dreams of mega money that you will make, and NOONE makes it there...I was with the company for almost 5 months and I saw 1, that's ONE, manager out of all that time. This leaves the countless thousands that came into the program with these same dreams and were bled dry or sucked into the party scene and into having sex with either the president or the Regional manager and were then shunned and treated like the masses and never returned after that. So, I suggest to you that you do a little investigating into this, rather than just accepting the opinion of your daughter who is probably too ashamed or embarassed to tell you exactly what it was that she had to go through to get her management status. This company has been BANNED from the state of Georgia. Yet when I applied to the company, they were still soliciting for people to open new offices in that state. Explain that one, Mr. Salesman
Ben
Athens,Tennessee,
Little do you know.... *EDitor's Note to the author of the above comment:
#7UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, July 15, 2002
what was not mentioned in the earlier reports are these facts... out of 1000 people that apply for this too good to be true scheme... 1 person might make it to manager status. EVERYONE buys the products because they tell you that you have almost made it to your goal of being an office manager. I made it to the top of their pin program and sat in on some of the meetings where they tell you NOT to tell what happens because that would create chaos in the company and the money flow would stop. Thus, the parties and orgies and drugs and sex would stop also. Much to the disappointment of Mr Mingolo and Mr MacAdams. These two are nothing more than sex mongers who are using this business to suck up all the money that they can and to seduce young attractive females into thinking that if they party with the President of the company, they will advance in the company. I have SEEN this take place. I am NOT some young inexperienced fool who happened to get taken by this scam. And secondly, yes, I have been scammed before. The only reason I went as far as I did in the company was because I busted my a*s to sell the company's products. Which I did quite well. I had worked in sales and management for quite a few years and am quite accomplished at it. But, the fact still stands that they lead you by your nose and tease you with all of the big dreams of mega money that you will make, and NOONE makes it there...I was with the company for almost 5 months and I saw 1, that's ONE, manager out of all that time. This leaves the countless thousands that came into the program with these same dreams and were bled dry or sucked into the party scene and into having sex with either the president or the Regional manager and were then shunned and treated like the masses and never returned after that. So, I suggest to you that you do a little investigating into this, rather than just accepting the opinion of your daughter who is probably too ashamed or embarassed to tell you exactly what it was that she had to go through to get her management status. This company has been BANNED from the state of Georgia. Yet when I applied to the company, they were still soliciting for people to open new offices in that state. Explain that one, Mr. Salesman
John
auburn,Alabama,
Stop Blaming other People For Your Bad Discussions
#8UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, July 15, 2002
Perhaps my opionion is not valid but i am going to submit it anyway. My duaghter used to work for this company and I can certainly understand anyone that was or is skepical about this business. The reason I say this is because I have worked in International Marketing for over 20 years and I have never heard of a company that conducts business the way that Unique does and when my daughter first accepted the position I was truly hesitant to support her but I did tell her to go with her best judgement and we would see what happened. Not only did my daughter complete the training but she also became an office manager for the company. It is only because of her personal problems that she was not able to continue her association. During her time with the company she learned so much about sales and general business procedures that it blows my mind. I realized that Uniques procedures were different but effective. About a week ago she showed me these reports and said that these people just do not realize how many positive, life changing things that this company does for people everyday. She went on to say that she learned just as much about life, goals and motivation as she did business and that all those things have assisted her in her aspirations since then. When I was searching the web tonght i decided to pull up the sight for myself, when I read this report a couple things stood out to me. The first thing was that this angry person has obviously not experienced a scam company because if they had they definitely would not be calling unique the biggest scam ever. I had the opportunity to meet affiliates with Unique, that all went through the process that my daughter did, that were very happy. I have also seen alot of corrupt companies and Unique is far from one my daughter did everything she was told Unique gave her everything she was promised. The second thing that I noticed, which is what sparked the title of my speech, was that in reading this complaint I noticed that this person continually said MY OWN MONEY , BOUGHT, SPENT ALL MY SAVINGS. I think that this is the root of the problem if this person had done as any sales company asks which is sell to custumers and not buy your way to success maybe you would not be so angry right now. I know for a fact that my daughter specifically told me that the comapny told her that there was no problem with her helping herself but buying her way through she would never make management. I told know where you confused sales goals with draining your savings. Seems to me you made a bad discussion and it was not working for the company it was trying to take the easy way to success. Any real company is going to make you work for what you get, if they did not then it would be too good to be true. A final thought, it is only because at this stage at my life I have time to sit and surf the net that I am even replying to this but the reason I am financially secure at this point in my life is because I did not listen to the negative people that tried to discourage me from my dreams. I learned from my daughter that anything you set your mind to you can accomplish and she proved to me that Unique is a good company. Always ask youself why are people so angry is it because they are looking for someone to blame because they are really made at themselves for the irresponsible things that they did?
Ben
Chattanooga,Tennessee,
Oh man, is this ever the truth !
#9UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, July 14, 2002
I totally agree with Hugh Jorgon, this company will drag you through the dirt till you have nothing left they bled me dry to the point of bankruptcy Its unreal how these people are getting away with all of this How could this be legal ? Somebody out there please respond here and help those who are down and out and busted withut a doubt Ben Dover
