This company has gone by several different names for the past several years in Columbia, SC. It's even moved offices a couple of times. I felt that it was a legitimate company at first when they called me, told me they found my resume on career builder, monster or some similar site that I had placed my resume on. I was at first sort of skeptical when I met with a guy named "Dave Apple" and I was sort of confused as to why "Triple M Events" was not anywhere to be found on the front of the bulding or the sign.
Turns out that this company is constantly changing its name due to the fact that more and more people figure out its a rip-off so word spreads. I was given a 5-10 minute interview, got some nearly memorized/rehearsed answers to my questions and was sent on my way after meeting with Dave. Being told that I would hear from them soon. That AFTERNOON they called me back and offered me a "job". No discussion of benefits, paperwork, pay, or anything. They just told me to come back the next morning and I would attend an "event" with some guy who was younger than I was and had been "working" there for 3 weeks or so to see if it was what I wanted to do and I would get some good "training".
Now this is where it gets strange. I came back the next morning, prepared to be ready for this "event" which I thought we would be meeting with a client or something. I was told to dress professionally (shirt and tie in my case) and be there around 7:30am or so. I show up, help some guy with a little rice burner and a crappy exhaust system load up a table and some toys and crap into his car and were were off to attend this "event"... in front of a CVS pharmacy across town.
We stood there for HOURS while I watched this guy and some chick who showed up later try to "push" this crappy merchandise that supposedly was going to help the D.A.R.E. Program on a 90 degree summer day. Turns out D.A.R.E. Gets very little of the profit. Triple M events (or insert their name of the month here) gets nearly all of the proceeds and the people "selling" this crap get an even smaller cut while also doing something that I feel is unethical and immoral. When I asked where/who gets this "donated" merchandise this kid couldn't even tell me where they took it to. He just said that somebody from the DARE program came and picked it up. He didn't even know which police/Sheriff's dept ran the DARE program.
The guy I worked with was TOTALLY brainwashed. Heck, I was told in my INTERVIEW with Dave Apple that this is not a pyramid scheme. Well, I hate to break it to you, Dave, and all of your "followers" but... It is. Any "job" that you have where you get no reimbursement for mileage while driving your OWN CAR to various places for your JOB is not a job that is going to take you very far.
I'm too smart for that. Apparently, this guy I worked with wasn't. I don't even remember the kid's name but he wasn't even in college yet and he told me that he was home schooled in Chapin, SC. This kid drove from CHAPIN, which is 20-30 mins away everyday to work at a job that he would make less than minimum wage at. He told me that he felt that this job was "fun" and that every once in a while they would take "business trips" to Charlotte, Charleston or Savannah and would go with a group of people. He told me that usually they all shared a hotel room to save money or they would "crash" at some dude's apartment if somebody had a friend in the area. I don't know about you but in my book that's borderline if not TOTALLY CULT BEHAVIOR.
Apparently this "Dave" guy would pay for their hotel room every once in a while and give them some gas money if they had to drive "really far." After attending this "event" and feeling extremely guilty about ripping people in Columbia off I decided that I would not be attending anymore "events". May God have mercy on your soul, Dave Apple.
Oh yeah, I never got paid for my "training" as promised.
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