Gary Grossinger of Grossinger Chevrolet contracted with an employee recruiter training organization (Williams & Associates) and their Sam Baker to recruit and train a large staff of new sales people for various roles. Mr. Baker in his sales pitch to recruits identified from Career Builder and Monster that if you made it through his initial interview process you would have a guaranteed job with Grossinger Chevrolet. That job would include a base salary and bonus during a 6 week training program along with a week long in class training program costing $698 to be reimbursed by Grossinger Chevrolet.
Mr. Baker was advised by me that I could not afford the outlay of $698. He told me that after our intitial interview he had a discussion with Gary Grossinger and the General Manager of Grossinger Chevrolet (Jody Adams) and I was assured of a position based on my extensive work history and the initial interview. Grossinger would do a payroll deduction and then reimburse me back at the end of the in store training period. I agrred to those terms.
After the classroom training, I was allowed a 15 minute meeting with the General Manager with Sam Baker present and we discussed the various job possibilities at the dealership. We focused during that very short time on Business to Business Fleet sales. Mr. Adams said that he would call me on the following Monday to set up a more detailed discussion with him and the Fleet Department.
Mr Adams did not call and I began to expedite the meeting by leaving messages with both Mr. Adams and Mr. Baker. Mr Baker told me me in a conversation that Mr. Adams was very busy and he would personally talk to him and Mr. Grossinger. I never heard from Mr. Baker again. After several weeks of trying to get information, I received an invoice for training from Williams & Associates for the full $698. That was followed by a phone call to Sam Baker with multiple emails all receiving no response. I preceeded to contact Gary Grossinger who advised me that Mr. Adams was no longer with the company and that he personally would contact Sam Baker and get this taken care of.
Shortly after that Gary Grossinger discussion I began to get more invoices and called Mr. Grossinger again and he insisted that he would look into this personally and could not understand why they did not stop the invoices as he was one of Williams and Associates' largest customers.
That was over 90 days ago. Since that time I have been harassed at least once a week with phone calls or threatening letters and invoices by Williams and Associates. They have even posted an overdue black mark with the Credit Agencies. Every time I get one of these I call Mr. Grossinger's office with the information and he is no longer returning my calls nor has he confirmed any activity on his part to stop the harrassment.
Having been a past cutomer of Grossinger Chevrolet and having recommended them to friends and associates, I am appalled at this entire series of events. Be careful before considering any job position with the Grossinger Auto Group and especially if it includes a recruiter from Williams & Associates.
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