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New York,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, May 05, 2009
I, like the writer above me, had the same exact experience in the workplace. It was almost humorous, because after a 14 hour work day (including commute), I got home and talked with my roommates about it. They were like, "Oh my gosh, that's horrible!" Then, I got suspicious, and searched on the internet for "ECS, scam, vast marketing," and this posting came up. Sure enough, it explained in exact detail the same horror story that was my day at ECS. I was even wearing the same suit I wore to my interview, AND it got ruined because it was raining all day! After reading this, I decided then and there to quit the job-- Here's a sample of my day: I go out with 2 guys selling posters door to door for "compliance4less.com," some kind of company that makes labor law posters for small businesses to keep in compliance with state and federal law regulations. The guys only get money on the job if they successfully sell posters to small business owners. There is no customer service. The small-business's worker asks "can I call you later when my boss is here?" "is there a website I can buy the posters at?" and of course, since the salesmen doesn't make any money off of those sales, he is reluctant to give a business card, which has the 1-800 number for compliance4less, and hassles the person working behind the counter to buy these posters right here, right now. A pretty bad business model I think-- and it's not fair to the employees who walk around all day (12 hour work days) and sell these stupid posters, and are basically spreading the "compliance4less.com" brand name everywhere for chump change. While I was out with the two employees, they sold a total of 8 posters. On each poster the salesman makes $9. So, that means total, they made $72 on the day, and both of them had been working about 6 months.. when they're supposed to be making $1000 a week in the assistant director transitional phase (according to the interviewer). 12 hour day, $36 per salesman, that's about $3 an hour-- and that doesn't include the fact that one of the employees' personal cars was used to drive to the location. I would be surprised if that guy can even pay for his gas. Don't be fooled. This is a scam-- they are taking advantage of unsuspecting young people. I was there for one work day, and even that was too long.