Re: Deceptive Hiring Practrices

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I was referred by a friend who knew the mgr. and said he was told
the salespeople made alot of money there. We were enticed during
the interview process and led to believe that there was a lot of
walk in business. I am good at prospecting so they said I would do
even better if I could generate some of my own business. I've done
that and still had to scramble each month. They don't advertise
and we are in a poor location. I have always been a top
producer... in fact, am at the top of the pack most every month but
that's not saying much. They just hired on another person to
replace 2 that recently quit and led her on too. She is a single
mother and thinks she will be able to support herself and family
here. It isn't possible at the present time. I just hate to see
other people get into the same financial bind that I am in. It
forces you to work another job and also dip into your savings just
to pay bills. One person already depleted her savings and I think
that is just evil of a company to put people in jeopardy just to
try and grow their business. It might be a good place to work in
the future, but right now, and the past 2 yrs., it's been been
very slow. They continue to churn thru people. Just wondered if
they could be told to stop lying in the interview.?

On 4/16/06, v wrote: >
> No! no interview. How did you find
> this job? Where is the writing that
> enticed you? and led the rest of the
> sales team on? Nothing in writing?
> There has to be somthing.
>
> On 4/13/06, val wrote:
>> well, we actually did sign a
> contract that offered a small
>> hourly guarantee vs the commission
> rate we would be paid,
>> whichever was greater. As it
> turns out, most of us have been
>> making the hourly since Nov. which
> equals about $1300 a month
>> since there is no traffic in our
> showroom. We were told not to
>> worry, we would make much more
> than the hourly. they simply
>> exaggerted the amount of existing
> business that was there, and
>> I just wanted them to stop so
> other people wont' be sucked in.
>> Even though they didn't advertise
> an amount in the newspaper,
>> do you consider statements made in
> an interview "advertising"
>> the salary range for the company?
> thanks so much!
>>
>> On 4/13/06, v wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not sure about this one. I
>>> think you could get them in the
>>> truth in adverising laws. Other
> then
>>> that, i can't think of any thing.
> No
>>> contract? SOL.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/12/06, Val wrote:
>>>> I was enticed to this company 8
>>> months ago with hugely
>>>> overstated income expectations.
>>> The manager used as an
>>>> example, the top salesperson who
>>> made $6000 the lst 2
>>>> months of the year, but
> neglected
>>> to share, and none of
>>>> were distrustful to ask if the
>>> figues would be the same for
>>>> the rest of the year. We all
> were
>>> led on with no
>>>> exceptions. The actual income
> is
>>> somewhere beween $1200
>>>> and $3000 a month for the
>>> majority of the year. Mgr. has
>>>> done that with all 9 employees,
>>> and several are
>>>> experiencing dire financial
>>> hardships as a result of
>>>> accepting this postion. I
>>> personally left a secure
>>>> position because they assured me
>>> I'd make much more than I
>>>> was making. They stated they had
>>> plenty of business to
>>>> support our effots. Is there
> any
>>> recourse, so they can be
>>>> made to stop exaggerating the
>>> earnings potential and luring
>>>> people away from viable
> postions?
>>> I am planning on
>>>> leaving, as am most of the
> staff,
>>> but we are angry to have
>>>> been misled and want to put a
> stop
>>> to this, so any future
>>>> employee doesn't fall into this
>>> trap. We are basically
>>>> building their business and
>>> practically working for nothing.