I answered an add in the Jacksonville Florida paper last week. It said assistant and managers trainee's needed for expansion. Serious $, non serious people. I called and was asked to come in the next day for an interview. The company's name is Progressive Design.
The first interview was a joke, they talked to us 6 people at a time, so fast you couldn't register what was being said, then took 2 at a time into an office for a pointless 3minute interview. I was called that night and asked to come back the following week for the second interview. I searched the web on background info for Progressive Design and found absolutely nothing. It surprised me because they said they were a multi million-dollar company started by the famous Larry Hahn.
During the second interview someone mentioned the lack of Internet information, so we were given the web site www.scenturacreations.com. They still didn't refer to the name Scentura at all. I sat there for 3 hours listening to the "Regional Manager" talk fast about the company while we were expected to take notes. He talked at such an increased rate, telling us all about the "company", how it worked, what we would learn, and of course all the promises of a business to own and money to be made. I was surprised by the 24 people out of the 300 interviews that were called back for a second interview. Many seemed young, immature, and naive. No one there, including myself, would seem capable of running a business to the scale being discussed.
After rambling on for three hours, the manager basically read off names of those who got a position, myself included. But it rubbed me wrong, there was no interview really. No one sat me down and asked me questions about my experience or anything. I checked out the web site I was given and wasn't satisfied with what I found. Luckily I had the brains to shearch Scentura Creations. It is a good thing I did. EVERYTHING I found on the web sites rang true. The EXACT same stories from states across the country had been told to me and the other suckers who were there. Some of the names of Perfumers were different, but every thing else matched up.
They played loud rock music, used incredibly foul language. They tried to make it seem like it was the coolest company to work for! He kept talking about motivation and positive attitudes, wanting us to ignore our doubts about the reality of what we were being told. There were NO computers or nice office furniture. All of us sat in lawn chairs during our interview. Everything could be thrown in the back of a u-haul truck in a matter of hours if the scam was revealed to the areas public. I actually found a story of that happening on the web that had been played on one cities evening news.
The next day the guy was caught packing everything up and moving away.in fact, my speaker said he had originally worked in Alabama when his boss told him there was a position open in Jacksonville they wanted him to take. He said the next day he rented a uhaul, threw his belongings inside and left. That struck me as odd... What company has you relocate in 24 hours? And for a business that was supposedly worth so much money and were hiring for so many positions, their office was SMALL and BARE. Besides, what credible company will give a 21 year old with no experience keys to their own business? What credible company has you peddle cheap, knockoff perfume to your relatives?
What credible business guarantees $70,000 in your second year? We were even told they were registered with the Better Business Bureau, but I looked everywhere and cannot find Progressive Design or Scentura Creations registered with the BBB. They make up fake company names for every area they travel to, because to many people will try to find information before being hired and they don't want people to realize it is a scam. I am shocked and ashamed I even fell for it this far. I am to start "training" on Monday but am not going, why waste any more of my time. It is not only an embarrassment, but is also insults my intelligence as a human being when someone assumes I am naive or tries to take advantage of me.
I am so relieved i found out the name scentura creations and looked up all the web sites. Progressive design is a scam! The company name doesn't really exsist! Sean shinick, amber belknap, elliot de la cruz, and christina packer are liars! Be carefull! They will try to suck you in and make it sound so perfect! Don't be awed by the money they promise, dollar signs in your eyes cloud you from seeing the truth!
Jacksonville florida residents: be aware! Progressive design is a scam!
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