I am only going to tell you what I observed in the presentation I was given today, plus a few things you should be careful about if you are thinking about working here. I don't know if the company is legit or not, but I see a few red flags that would really dissuade me from doing business with them. I'm going to report the recruitment to the dean's office because I don't think this is legit. Here is why:
1) I got a phone call about an internship opportunity that used the word management right away. I have management experience, and right now I'm busy with a few other businesses. The way it gets thrown out is a bait situation. The person told me they could hire painters on Craigslist, which might be true, but they do want you to do your own recruitment work. The phone call was placed at 7:30 pm and was just about meeting for a summer internship opportunity.
2) The presentation I was given was in a food court on the college campus, in the back of the dining room where no one else was around at the time. Most recruitment and internship hiring opportunities happen in a more public area with more than one company. The idea that this was conducted outside of that environment smells fishy to me.
3) They request door-to-door sales to get painting jobs done. They have some other suggestions as to how to go about doing this, and they don't seem to care how you get them, but the bottom line is you are probably going to be the one hustling to get the sales on top of your homework.
4) I recognize the card I filled out during an orientation session at Oregon State, but was it obtained under a different business name or a different motive at a booth? I don't know, but I do know that when I fill out a summer internship opportunity card, I'm expecting to spend the summer working in an environment where I am not getting paid.
5) The business card I received today contains a long distance phone number with an Irvine, California address, a cell phone number with an Oregon area code, and a fax number with a 714 area code. They do have a license number on the card, but is it an Oregon one or a California one?
6) I have been duped by a few of these business opportunities before (if you look at my profile page). I'm probably a bit older and wiser now than when the last company burned me doing "independent sales work". My advice: if it smells like a rat, it probably is a rat.
I would hope that you don't have to pay for the trip to Eugene to stay in a hotel and listen to the pitch the whole weekend. What happens if you can't meet a certain quota of sales calls? I wouldn't be surprised if you won't be painting during the summer for them.
I see four complaints on the company on this site. Are there going to be some more?
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