I recently interviewed with Westward Innovations Inc.in Phoenix Arizona, a subsidiary of Cydcor Marketing. I went to my first interview and the CEO of the company (only 25 years old) told me that the company is very selective in hiring procedures and I would be lucky to get a second interview. Well on the spot I received a second interview.
Since I do not live in Arizona, I did not return to my second interview for 3 weeks.
I spent a large amount of money on airplane tickets to try for the "opportunity" to work with this company. When I went in for the second interview I was shocked to see 6 other young people also waiting for second interviews.
We were individually taken out by "leaders" or those who had made it through Phase one into Phase two. I had no idea what the day would consist of, but the assistant manager told us to make sure the entire day was blocked out.
So out we went, door to door to businesses campaigning for AT&T. The girl interviewing me said how she had four other job offers and decided to take the position at Westward Innovations because she had never made so much money in her life. Sounds great right?
Not. After walking for 8 hours, we got one business to switch 5 phone lines, a total of $165 for her or who knows.
We went back to the office where I was given a test of the 8 great work habits, 5 steps of conversation, etc. The funny thing is one question on the test was "What are the two qualities it takes to work at Westward?" Professionalism and Integrity.
Kinda funny that every subsidiary of Cydcor posts that in the ads. So where is the comapanies' integrity?
I was supposedly the only person my interviewer had recommended for a third interview. Coincidentally, every person that went out earlier that morning was back in the office that night for a third interview. So I went back into the CEO's office for the final round. There he continued to tell me that I would be making upwards of $50k within one year. I accepted the position.
So I came back home and started researching Cydcor. After reading all of the complaints, I began to put the peices of the puzzle together.
There is no upward mobility that happens in 4 phases. It must be tough for every single person employed there to be living in a constant lie and deceiving young people every day.
One other point I would like to make: When I asked what the turn-over rate was at the company, the response I received was "Oh we have a lot of businesses that switch their current service to AT&T." That was a load of BS, good way to avoid the question.
Do not apply at any of these places (they are in every state, and always posted on Monster.com). It is a rip-off and all in all I wasted a lot of money and time. They don't give a shit about anyone else but themselves. They will work you into the ground until you choose to quit or are fired and some other innocent, vulnerable person comes along. I know that every person working there has been brainwashed to not leak any of this to potential employees.
I am glad that I found out what a scam Cydcor and Westward Innovations is before I started working there because I was told I should work upwards of 60 hours a week, 6 days a week in order to "have extra cash in my pocket."
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