These clowns are in Slidell, LA right now. I responded to an adverstisement I saw on NOLA.com. The advertisement stated that they were looking for customer service reps 15-20 immidiate openings, please call 985 639 3587.
I called and talked to "Stephanie". After asking me a couple of questions 1) Do you have reliable transportation 2) Are you available to work from 9:00 till 6:00 PM? She invited me to come in to fill out an application. When I arrived at the location, 1080 Old Spanish Trail suite 2, the radio was on, I asked for Stephanie and proceded to fill out a job application. To my surprise, she did a mini interview and stated that they were looking for managers and invited me to come back for a second interview where I would meet the owner. Stephanie told me to bring a notebook and a pen for the second interview. The office looked like a new office, folding chairs all over the place and a sign up on the wall that reads " Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but about learning to dance in the rain" or something like that. The place looked fishy right from the get go.
Second Interview
The appointment was for 11 AM. I arrived aroung 10:40. There were other people waiting for the so called second interview. I could hear very loud rap music playing in the background. "Whatever" I thought to myself. Stephanie instructed all of the applicants to go back to another room to wait for the "owner" of the company. We went to that room where the music was playing SO LOUD. There were about 15 of us. We were waiting to see what was next since we really did not had any information on what the company was about, all we knew was that they were looking for managers.
The owner comes in the room
So in comes the owner, a clown with a mohawk and a bunch of tatoos named "Ernest". Hmmm. We were instructed by Stephanie to write down everything he says and to laugh at his stupid jokes. He said a lot of things but the bottomline was that the "company" sells rendition fragances, he needed managers, there was an 8 week long managerial training period. If we were chosen after the second interview we would make $200-$400 weekly during training depending on our performance. Once we became managers the least we would make was $30,000 a year. After he was done yapping away (no time to ask him any questions) he was going to pick the chosen ones out of the group after asking everyone one or two dumb questions he was reading out of a paper. Anyway, I was one of the chosen ones, and was asked to leave the room with Stephanie. I went to another room with Stephanie. She gave me a sheet for a background check and said to bring it in on Monday 11AM for orientation, I was expected to leave quickly after that, as everyone that got chosen.
On my way home
I kept thinking that this opportunity was too good to be true. My skeptism helped me. I kept searching online for similar jobs using the words scam because needless to say, the name they are using for their company was nowhere to be found online. I found this website and all of your postings. That is why I decided to write this. If it was not for people like all of you we would not have the tools to figure out scams before we jump into them. Thank you all! I am sorry about the time I wasted on these clowns but it could have been much worst. Thanks!
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