World Perfume "Bayside Enterprises & Gem Enterprises" New Job Fraud in Maryland fraudulent ripoff business
Bayside Enterprises
260 Gateway Drive, Suite 7-8B,
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
Gem Enterprises
2416 Mountain Road,
Pasadena, Maryland 21122
Like many folks living in the Baltimore, Maryland area, I am unemployed. I searched through the newspaper weekly to find job openings that would suit if not fulfill my financial problems. I stumbled upon a new job fraud front from World Perfume owned by John Whitworth from Texas. After scanning the sunspot newspaper from Sunday, November 24; I found several openings under the General Help section.
What began as an honest job hunt turned into a huge PYRAMID scam. My first interview was very short and looked straightforward enough. I was informed that the job paid 50k a year with a Management position. No experience necessary, will train Managers and Assistants! I was ecstatic because of the promise of such wages with full training.
I was invited back for a second interview which turned out to be a group multi-level pyramid sales pitch by a Mr. Don Goff from Bayside Enterprises in Bel Air, MD. I had gone to interview with 2 other locations who went under different names. The other company was GEM Enterprises with a Becky Weiss in Pasadena, MD and a Reisterstown, MD location with a different sounding name but with the same promise.
After interviewing with all 3 locations and still thinking they were all different companies, I went to my second interview with Mr. Goff from Bayside Enterprises. It turned out to be a group interview with 11 other people seeking employment. The offices was scarcely furnished and provided little room for what appeared to be too many people applying for the positions but my search for work kept me seated and willing to invest the time to find out more about what I thought was a valid job lead. Mr. Goff and his associate then gave us the scam's speech. After sitting through 3 hours and still ecstatic because I really needed the job I signed on for the position and agreed that on Monday at 10 am I would be there for training.
The way they explained the training was that they would teach us the skills we would need to succeed as managers. "the harder you work, the faster you grow, the more money you make". Sounds too good to be true and it was. From my understanding over 200 people called for these positions and only 12 of us were asked back for the second interview. The time and energy I wasted attending and seeking what I thought was a career, I can't
get back. I don't want others to fall prey to these companies associated with World Perfume, Inc.
When I came home, I searched through the internet since I was previously employed as a Security Analyst and with a my background in Cyberterrorism and Internet-related crimes, I have a curious mind. With the lack of work in my field I had pursued other avenues of employment. I even worked at a horse farm which promised me
job security if I stayed loyal and remained with them long enough, only to find myself laid off 3 months into the position.
In turn, in Maryland, since I worked for a Farm, they were not required to pay unemployment benefits, thus I could not get my unemployment checks. This job market is frustrating enough to find yourself unemployed in without companies such as Bayside Enterprises promising you opportunities that you just can't profit from. I found some information on World Perfumes from the net and I've listed the sites below.
They promise a salary after 12-13 weeks of unpaid training. They state that you will make between $200-300 the first week and challenge would-be employees a task of selling 50 bottles the first week, but how I asked? They basically train you in sales, make you do the selling for them while your under training as managers, with the pitch of how can you train other would be employees once you are branch managers or owners of your own company.
With starting salaries at $35k a year and under-the-table incentives of up to $15k a year tax free. Sounds too good to be true, yes, but many folks from Maryland are desperate enough to unknowingly attend these interviews in hopes of a new challenging career path, one such as myself. Mr. Goff stated that he trained these other folks to open their own locations and there are approximetly 8 other such offices in the area. I know of one in Reisterstown and in Towson. Please help stop these companies from wasting honest job seekers time and money we could use paying our way to go to real interviews.
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Bayside Enterprises
"Designer Fragrances from around the world"
President: Don Goff
260 Gateway Drive, Suite 7-8B
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
(410) 399-9898
(410) 399-9899
Gem Enterprises
Becky Weiss
"Designer Fragrances from around the world"
2416 Mountain Road
Pasadena, Maryland 21122
Liza
Baltimore, Maryland
U.S.A.
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