Complaint Review: VMI Marketing - Subsidiary Of CYDCOR - Oak Brook, Illinois Nationwide

The intent of this letter is to address the various reports that have been written about VMI and Marketing Sessions on ripoffreport.com. To clarify, VMI and Marketing Sessions are separate companies owned by Jonathan Kline and Michael Sessions, respectively. Both companies operate out of the same Oak Brook, IL location and were established in 1999. Both VMI and Marketing Sessions have decided to advertise under VMI to prevent confusion amongst prospective candidates. Since opening our doors, VMI has grown to have multiple partnerships and various clients, including AT&T (contracted with Marketing Sessions) and Quill (contracted with VMI). AT&T has been in our portfolio since 1999 and Quill (Staples) since 2000, along with various other Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies. Cydcor, the largest outsourced marketing/sales firm in the world, is where our clients come from. As a result, we have been able to expand to over 30 offices nationwide in the past 10 years. The purpose of our business is to train and educate executives and consultants to implement sales, marketing, and consulting services/strategies for our clients in various markets through out North America. We do direct, face-to-face marketing and sales for our clients to their small and mid-size business accounts. The entry level is a business to business position and individuals are expected to grow into a managerial/executive role within the company. The entry level offers a base/salary plus commission. Regardless of the different career paths available to our employees, we go above and beyond to provide opportunity for growth and advancement based upon hard work, a strong work ethic, integrity, and vision. Having been in business for over 10 years, there have been employees that have gotten frustrated, weren't happy, were let go due to ethics/fraud issues, and/or had other various reasons that resulted in a parting of ways. As an unfortunate result, some have posted derogatory and libelous statements about us. This is a situation that we have taken very seriously and are working with the state's attorneys office and private attorneys to handle. For us, it is very hard to accept that we would have the growth and client list we do if we were involved in unethical practices such as fraud, lying to the IRS, and the variety of other negative accusations. The companies we represent are the largest in the world and have every option to work with companies that provide only the best for themselves and their clients. We encourage prospective applicants and employees to do credible research on our company by going to our website at www.vmi-usa.net and reviewing our clients via their provided website addresses. We also encourage individuals to look at our philanthropy website www.vmioakbrook.com and see the different organizations we work with and what we do to give back to our communities. Researching prospective employers through their actions and clients is the best way, we feel, for an individual can make a clear and concise decision. We hope this letter has at least partially combated the shredding of our reputation based on a few individuals' opinions out of many. With Sincerity, The Executive Team at VMI & Marketing Sessions