Shoreline Systems - Kirby
Shady Recruting and Sales Tequniques

Recently Ive been recovering from a very traumatic event, and trying to get back on my feet. I just moved back to Colorado - and I had landed on job, but it was doing door to door fund rasing for an environmental group. I used to be on a traveling magazine crew so I was pretty much over door to door anything. I have a lot of office experience so when I saw an ad on Craigslist for Customer Service reps, immediate hire - $2280 a month, I was THRILLED! I called the number, got asked a few questions and got an interview the next week.

When I got to the interview, I tried to ask the secretary about what the company did, and so on - and she wouldn't tell me anything. When I got to the actual interview, a VERY good looking man interviewed me, and I got hired to do sales, on SET APPOINTMENTS, and make money. I assumed that due to my prior sales experience, I was over qualified to do customer service.

I showed up for training the next day and for the next three days, we were taught how to set up and show the machine, and all the shady sales techniques. On the last day we were told that we had to take it home over the weekend and demo it to our friends and family. Before and After each demo we had to call our trainer and tell him, so he could pressure them into buying the machine. If we did six demos, they would give us 60$ on Monday. Also if we had been taking notes the whole time we could turn them in and get 50$ on Monday. I dont have a car and had to spend an hour getting there and back on a bus, so I couldnt take the machine home. I was supposed to be spending the weekend in the mountains with my family, but I was told I could come back Saturday morning and get the machine.

Well due to car trouble, I never did make it back down. Monday I went in anyway to try and explain myself, but they didn't care. All the carefree nonsense they had been spilling to us evaporated. I was treated like dirt, because of something I had no control over. They then told me that I would be trained on how to be a "canvasser". I was told that when the 'crew' was in between appointments, I would help "knock them In". The one person in our class had made about 10 demos, but the people he had sold them to had horrible credit, so he didnt make any money. Neither did the rest of us.

After a ridiculous sales meeting, 9 of us, about 10 of the machines AND the shampooing equipment got shoved into a mini van built for 8, no seat belts, and reckless driving... For ten hours. I quickly learned from my big mouthed canvassing teacher that just about everything in that company was a lie. Everything from what they told the customers to what they had told my training class. NONE of the appointments are set, and the crew relys on getting knocked in, ALL DAY.

After a HORRIBLE day, the other three members (of an orginaly 12 person training class) and I were dropped off back at the office and decided that we werent coming back because it was SUCH a scam.

I cant believe I fell for something like this, dont let the desperation of money lead you into something like this because all your going to get is really frustrated and even more broke.

Company: Shoreline Systems - Kirby
Country: USA
State: Colorado
City: Westminster
Address: 7961 FEDERAL BLVD
Phone: 304878088

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