I worked for Team Winmark for three weeks in Seattle, and I just quit a few days ago due to the way they conduct their business.in those three weeks I have a lot of complaints about this company.
1) I worked for three weeks and never got an ID badge. I know this goes against Winmarks policy as well as Comcasts policy. I was given an ID number to use after 2 weeks by Jeff Ivy so that I could finally start making money for myself instead of writing orders in other peoples name and they get paid on it, but Jeff just kept saying that Comcast was dragging their feet on it. He always had some kind of excuse and blamed it on someone at Comcast saying that it was their fault and he didn't know what was going on but that I should still go to work every day. I have made at least $1500 for other sales people since I started. I kept asking Jeff when I was going to get my ID so that I could make my own money and he would tell me to shut up and go to work. When I told him that I didn't want to work because I wasnt making any money and working weeks for $200 he told me that I was stupid but to hang in there because I was going to be a manager soon and make a lot more money. It seems that everyone else was having a problem getting paid too when I was there. Payday comes on Thursday, but over half the people didn't get paid and people who did get paid all seemed to think that their paycheck was wrong.
2) I was promised $200 training pay that I never received.in their ad on Craigslist it said $200 per day paid training. But then I was told that you can make $200 per day AND you get $200 for your training. Sounds like a lie to me.
3) My sales manager was a good enough guy, but he didn't know what he was doing. He didn't help me at all or really even train me. He left that to other people on the team. When I would call him for help he would say that he was too busy and call me back but never would.
4) Jeff Ivy is the manager over everyone else. He seems to be in charge but doesnt act like it. At the meeting he curses, makes fun of people, yells, and talks about how great he used to be. He is not professional at all and acts like a college steroid using frat boy. He acts like he wants to be your friend but doesnt do anything about your problems. I asked him at least twice a week about my ID from Comcast and he just kept saying that he is looking into it. When I asked him about working with out a badge he told me to wear the Comcast hat and vest and I'd be ok that no one asks for it anyways.
I could write a lot more, but I am just happy to be done with Winmark. I worked for 3 weeks for them and never got paid a cent. I wasted my gas driving around, wasted my time that I could have been looking for a REAL job, and just made other people money the whole time I was there since I didn't have a badge. I really feel like I was scammed by this company and especially Jeff Ivy about this job. I really wish I had found this site before I wasted my time working for them.
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