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Complaint Review: Universal Limousine And Private Car Inc - Saint Charles Illinois
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Universal Limousine And Private Car Inc
103 Main St Saint Charles, 60174 Illinois, U.S.A.
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Universal Limousine And Private Car Inc Hires drivers with no experience and runs them to exhaustion claiming they'll make big bucks Saint Charles Illinois
This company hired me claiming I would make $700 to $800 a week free and clear. I had no experience, I am female and have been a hairdresser for 18 yrs.
My first day I was picked up at my house and taken around to both major airports in the Chicago area and was shown arrival and departure procedures. This day of training was not paid. I was given a Lincoln Towncar Sedan to take home that night which by then had no gas in it.
So that evening I put $50 of gas in the car, I was told I needed an Ipass which was $52 and the "Change Oil Light" was on and I was insrtucted to go to Jiffy Lube which cost another $39.
I worked for this company for a total of 5 days, early morning (4:15) and late nights (9:30) I worked to exhaustion until I didnt feel safe driving as tired as I was.
The car had dash lights on that I didnt know what they were, and the back tire had a quarter size bubble protruding out of it that scared me alot and nothing was done about it so I ended up quitting.
My total expenses for these 5 days were $371.00
Gas
IPass tolls
Car washes
and I have a charge card that proves it!
I counted at least 68 hrs that I worked that week and when I got paid I realized I made $3.48 hr after deducting expenses.
So what the say is true. Never take a job where you have to put out money first!!
Beware dont be fooled like I was.
And I didnt even mention the 3 trips downtown Chicago to Wrigley Field when the Sox were Playing the Cubs...
Sue
LaGrange, Illinois
U.S.A.
My first day I was picked up at my house and taken around to both major airports in the Chicago area and was shown arrival and departure procedures. This day of training was not paid. I was given a Lincoln Towncar Sedan to take home that night which by then had no gas in it.
So that evening I put $50 of gas in the car, I was told I needed an Ipass which was $52 and the "Change Oil Light" was on and I was insrtucted to go to Jiffy Lube which cost another $39.
I worked for this company for a total of 5 days, early morning (4:15) and late nights (9:30) I worked to exhaustion until I didnt feel safe driving as tired as I was.
The car had dash lights on that I didnt know what they were, and the back tire had a quarter size bubble protruding out of it that scared me alot and nothing was done about it so I ended up quitting.
My total expenses for these 5 days were $371.00
Gas
IPass tolls
Car washes
and I have a charge card that proves it!
I counted at least 68 hrs that I worked that week and when I got paid I realized I made $3.48 hr after deducting expenses.
So what the say is true. Never take a job where you have to put out money first!!
Beware dont be fooled like I was.
And I didnt even mention the 3 trips downtown Chicago to Wrigley Field when the Sox were Playing the Cubs...
Sue
LaGrange, Illinois
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Universal Limousine Accountant, Cpa
St. Charles,Illinois,
U.S.A.
Universal Limousine an Upstanding Company - "Fair - Honest - Non-Discriminatory
#2UPDATE Employee
Mon, July 21, 2008
Universal Limousine prides itself on customer service and professionalism from our Customer Service Reps to our chauffeurs, we give 100% towards customer satisfaction. Therefore, it is imperative that our staff and chauffeurs are the proper individuals to provide that service. In response to Sues complaint, we do not discriminate by age, gender or race as it seems she is going to try every angle possible to cover up her shortcomings. Sue's job references showed a pattern of her coming into conflict with managment and her previous employers in addition to quitting various jobs within the first 2 months. Management offered Sue an opportunity because she had a great driving record, no criminal background, her personality was pleasant and she had been unemployed since 2007 and seemed eager to work. No experience is required to be a chauffeur. However, a clean driving record is required and a full background check is done in addition to considerable training. All of our vehicles are new 2007 and 2008 and are in impecable condition. Sue is supposedly licensed as a hair dresser, however she isn't happy with that profession either and was looking for a change.... Our accounting records show that Sue executed 15 rides within a six day period. Each ride generally taking an hour and a half to complete. This comes to approximately 22.5 hours to complete. Within this timeframe Sue's rides grossed $1456.80 which yes she pays gas and tolls, as do all limousine drivers (explained to her initially). Her take home amount (which includes all her cash transactions as well as credit card payments) was $728.00 in six days and 22.5 hours it took to execute these rides. Sue was unfortunately already in financial trouble, and although our staff tried to assist her in understanding her calculations that were always off, she was not grasping standard mathematics. We are a very dedicated company and we wish Sue only the best of luck in the future and hope that she finds the profession that will suit her. Universal Limousine
