I worked for Malloy International, under Matt McCarron for about a month. Within that month, I was promised things that never came to be. Everyone said there was great money to be made—but I never saw any of it. The job actually ended up COSTING me money! I went to the office each morning by 7:30 and was required to attend an "atmosphere" meeting, in which everyone just whooped and hollared about the day ahead. Supposedly, the meeting was meant to get us all "pumped up" for our day of cold-call selling. No appointments were ever made. We'd just spend the days walking door-to-door, trying to talk people into buying something they didn't need. (I began on the Hinckley Springs campaign, selling water, and then went to Philadelphia to learn the First Horizon campaign.)
I was given a territory, the furthest one being more than 45 miles from the office. I had to go work that territory, stopping into EACH business to try and sign them up. I was never given compensation for my gas, mileage or tolls. At one point, I drove more than 600 miles in a week's time... Paid for out of my own wallet.
After a week on the Hinckley campaign, I was told I was "selected" to go to Philly to learn the new campaign out of Empire Marketing, Liz Harmon, president. I stayed a week and then caught the next flight home. The whole thing was a joke!
We were to go around, telling people that we could lower their rates for Visa/MC processing. We started out with an "atmosphere" meeting in the morning, and another at night.By the time we were done, the days were 12 hours or more... For NO PAY. (Pay was supposedly based on a per-application basis.)
The trip was supposed to be all-expenses paid, yet we drove our OWN cars there from Chicago (more than 1600 miles round trip) and our gas and tolls were NOT paid for as promised. Meals also came out of our own pockets, and when you're in a hotel for 2 weeks, there's not a lot of options other than eating out.in addition, team leaders told us we weren't allowed to go places on the weekends and that we had to stay in the hotel rooms at night to continue learning about the new First Horizon campaign. (I'm sorry, but once I leave the office, I don't have a boss... I'm on my own personal time.)
When I said I wasn't going to stay in to "learn more, " I was shunned and humiliated in front of others. I was told that if I didn't have "the drive, " I would never succeed... Funny, I thought working 12 hour days meant I had a lot of drive...) In the week I was there, it cost ME $250 to "learn the campaign"... Definitely NOT worth it!
When I got back to Chicago, I learned that my leader had quit the week before Philly. When I called him, I learned that Matt was a scam-artist, paying people cash to shut up and not tell the new people about what really went on in the office. I also learned that he lives with the assistant manager, Crystal. Turns out the only reason she's still there is because he can't fire the woman he's living and (probably) sleeping with.
I'm working on filing complaints with the Better Business Bureau and trying hard to alert others to the ridiculousness of Malloy International. They act like they have a legitimate marketing firm. It's nothing more than a scam! If they contact you for an interview, DON'T GO! It's a joke! No 60 hour per week job is worth it—especially when it COSTS YOU MONEY to work there! Malloy International is just one sect of Cydcor, the parent company. There are offices all over the United States that are scamming young, ambitious college grads who just want to prove themselves in a new job.
PLEASE... Avoid Cydcor at all costs. They say it's an opportunity of a lifetime and that you'll make LOTS of money. But it's NOT true. You'll spend your days irritating people, and having doors slammed in your face. And your mornings and nights are full of other people in the office yelling at you because you're "not positive enough" or because "you're just not pushing yourself." But let me tell you, when you spend 8 hours walking around in the POURING rain to try and sell someone a bottle of water, you can't tell me that it's MY fault. The whole pyramid scheme is a joke, and Cydcor execs need to be stopped. The management makes millions—only because it steps on all the people in the entry-level positions.
With no compensation for gas, mileage, tolls, meals or anything else, Malloy International and Cydcor need to be put out of business ASAP. Please help me spread the word and get Cydcor shut down. Thanks for reading... And good luck to all of you who have been screwed over by Cydcor.
Sarah
Chicago, Illinois
U.S.A.
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