I found this job opportunity in the Miami Herald. They say they are looking for people who want to have fun and manage your own business. Your first interview is a joke basically for the purpose ofmaking certain that you are not going to be a bother to them by asking some questions like: pay, benefits, and what exactly does this job entail. Then you are set up for a second interview, you and a group odf about 20.
Here is when you meet this guy named Steve Tejada. He talks big and talks about how you should be ready after proper training to open up a wholesale business of your own selling perfumes and fashion jewelry. Now I am 18 years old and just out of High school and I have got this guy who comes off looking like he really knows what he is talking about I am shall we sy a little vulnerable and go along with the scam. He sells you on the idea that in 6 weeks you will be opening a office of your own and that you will need to not pay for anyhing that he will take care of it all. All you need to do is peddle his products in the meanwhile.
When you start you sign a independent operator agreement, in other words you are not an employee of the company as a matter of fact they never even asked me for an id or a social security card. What this agreement does is keeps you selling on the street his perfumes and not making any money from it. All with the promise that soon you will be opening your own office. I worked 12-14 hrs a day. You are always with a group of people I guess so that you do not run off with the merchandise.
They hang onto to you as long as they can by extending those 6 weeks of training and actually have you intertview people in the search for others to be scammed as you were. They send you off to another office where they let you think "this is my office"
Unfortunately for me 6 weeks turned into 6 months. I peddled perfume all over dade county for a scam artist Steve Tejada.
When he would give his speeches to the incoming recruits he often used me as an example showing the clothes and shoes that I was wearing, unfortunately none of those things I bought from money that I earned working for this guy. He takes advantage of people who are willing to listen, people a little out of luck. He deserves to get screwed himself. He will sell anybody with loud music and a fun place to work but bottom line is that he gets people to sell his crap for him and he pays them nothing..
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