Excited about a possible career opportunity in marketing, I gave in to a job posting for img and associates on careerbuilder. After being called in for an interview, I arrived to find six other people waiting to be "interviewed, " which only took about five minutes for each person. I was called back for a second interview which was going to be a full day interview; should have given me a clue right there.
When I showed up, it took 30 minutes for them to decide which associate each candidate was going to shadow for the day. I was put with a "rising star" as they put it. He didn't have his car so we rode with another group. When we arrived at our location, I was told I wouldn't need the portfolio notebook that they insisted we buy and that my cell phone would be fine in the car. Next thing I knew, the car was gone and I was stuck on one of the most dangerous roads (whitehorse rd) in Greenville, SC. It gets better.
I was then "taught" on how to sell coupon books to individuals and companies for the first four hours or so. We casually walked into stores which strictly said "NO SOLICITING, " and yet there we were trying to sell $20 coupon books to people who don't even speak English (if you know anything about Whitehorse Rd.). Then I was treated to a wonderful lunch at McDonald's, which I had to pay for and my mentor was telling me about all the money to be made in the company, lying saying that the manager made $250,000/yr. Come on.
Then we spend the rest of the afternoon crossing roads, being called Jehovah's Witnesses, getting kicked out of Wal-mart, interrupting a funeral home operation and other restaurants. Not to mention that most places already had someone from IMG come by. They don't even mark where they've been. IMG is a sorry excuse for a marketing agency and they claim that they support Charities and even the Atlanta Braves.
I don't think either one would be happy if they knew how they were being promoted (out of a backpack from a door-to-door salesman that doesn't even respect common business law). No wonder our country is falling to pieces.
Adam
Greenville, South Carolina
U.S.A.
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