I must say that I worked for Marcus Evans almost 6 years ago, and as a starting position, it was great experience in sales. You learn to hear "No" a lot. I mean A LOT. You learn about how unethical sales can be. But I am more concerned about the companies they call, and the lying that is done.
It is really sad to know that they have not changed a bit in almost 6 years. That they still lie to whom ever they talk to about their products. Here is the truth, and this is straight from their training.
Marcus Evans practices:
1) Pitch a lie to who ever you are talking to. The cancellation pitch is actually a company prepared pitch that Marcus Evans gives to their employees. They actually print it out and give it to the employees.
2) Try and force an immediate signing. They know that if someone has a moment to think about it, they would never pay their overly inflated prices.
3) They do training on how to lie to companies gate keepers, and how to bully them.
4) For events like the Superbowl and Baseball, they don't have any tickets. They go to ticket broakers and buy as many tickets as they need right before the event. That is why they can not tell a company where they will be sitting. They don't have any tickets until last minute.
I was a good sales person, I sold 2 packages to the Masters, in my first month. I got to attend an golf event they hosted. I won't say that they didn't have a wonderful set up at the golfing event, because they did. It was just a pain in the butt to get to it and required catching a bus to get from the course to the hosting site.
HOWEVER, when everything is based on a lie, I had a hard time knowing that pretty much every company their had been lied to. It was something that never sat well with me, which is why I left after 6 months, on a Friday and started my new position on a Monday.
I have gone on to acheive great success with my current company. I make well into a 6 figure income, and when ever I have a bad day at my current position, I think about what it was like to work there, and the lying and desception. I am greatful for never having to lie to potential clients, and I am greatful that my company requires truthful practices.
Would I recomend doing business with them, honestly no. There is nothing they can do, that your company can not do a lot cheaper on your own. As for how they treat the employees, well I am not going to get into that other then to say, it was the movie Boiler Room, then and it sounds like it still it. A bunch of cut throat young sales / Telemarketers who will say anything to try and sucker someone into signing, before they know what they just signed. Beware.
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