I was actually an employee of this business and its ran by an inexperienced, immature pretentious jerk named Chris Lundeburg. He never keeps phones in stock, he takes MONTHS to give people refunds, and he opened kiosks in places that have absolutely NO reception.
Most people who get service from the either cancel it or go through multiple phones before they just deal with the crappy service. On top of this, he closed the kiosk I worked at with absolutely no warning and told everyone else who worked in the company, except me, that I was going to lose my job! Even the guy I was dating knew, because he was friends with the loudmouth gossip queen that runs the Carbondale, IL kiosk.
I am furious with this company. I turned down a really great high paying job to help them, but since their so disorganized and full of themselves their business is crumbling. I refused to sell a product that did not work. Here is the email he sent me, to tell me I lost my job. Not only did I lose employment, to add insult to injury, he completely degraded me:
Kati,
Let me finally address all of our concerns here:
The Marion Booth is closed as of today. We are not opening it again. Kirk and I TALKED, yes TALKED about shutting it down in the future because of the sales, but Spencer took the liberty of reading in between the lines and didn't show up for work today. He did manage to fire off an email about 14 minutes before the booth was to be open... So that's cool. I wish him all the best at the Cracker Barrel. Your last day will be today. As with him.
I am happy that you are looking for another job. For a number of different reasons. I hope it works out well with Alltel and the other job in Chicago.
I am sure everyone is hurt and upset and mad, etc. Etc. Et... But for the first time in 3 years I am too. Upset that the booth has taken such a dive. Upset that we constantly hire people that could give a crap whether or not they are sitting at the booth or not. Upset that you had such an AWESOME interview, and then took such a dive. Honestly I don't want employees texting me at 11pm telling me their are dunk or hearing that one employee asked another to sleep with them at the bar. These are all things I could care LESS about... But it seems to always happen, time and time again... I suppose this would fall on me. I should have double checked references and had a stronger interview process. I have learned my lesson for the future.
This is why Kirk and I have decided to downsize to only Brian and Stephanie. The two people that have always done the right thing. Always put forth an effort and ALWAYS made more money then every single person... Combined, in some months.
The fact of the matter is you have nothing to loose. You are a kid with a job. I understand that. You both should understand that Kirk and I are not at that point anymore. This is our lives... Not just some joke, or some stupid thing that we try and do on the side.
You walked out the other day. To help your dad... Which I TOTALLY understand and would have done the exact same thing... But then I told Deebo about it and he said "Really... She told me her dad lived in Japan"... Bottom line is that it affects my bottom line when people leave or people don't show up... But all of that can be solved because I don't have to pay you while you are not there. I do have to pay you while you ARE there... Doing nothing.
I do wish you the very best and I hope that you are so successful with finding a new job. I can't say that I would give either of you a very good reference, so I wouldn't ask... You may ask Kirk, if you choose to. We have dropped ADP as of now, so your final checks will be mailed to your houses. If you would like me to mail them elsewhere, please inform me before I mail them out on the 25th.
Thanks,
Chris L.
Seriously, if they're going to treat their employees like this, how do you think they'll treat you? I'm talking to the Department of Labor. They even threatened to not pay my last check in a later email.
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