The company took my head shots (I payed for them $60) in March.
After a week I was invited for evaluation, when I was told I was chosen by the board of directors out of 200 participants. Ann, the director, pressurized me into signing a contract which, she claimed, granted me work on wekends payed $200/hour. She said they had a one-day promotion $895 for a year contract instead of $1395. She looked very competent and showed much dignity which made me believe such a nonsence.
Ann gave me a whole list of services provided to me by the company and assured the investment is going to pay off the very first weekend. She claimed West Coast Casting company is after me for Macy's commercials. The only way to get the job is through them, A New Concept. Finally, under pressure, I signed the contract without reading all it says in a small fonts.
Just after a week at the orientation meeting the company strongly advised finding a stable job, since no emplyment or job assignment is going to happen in a near future. Then I found out all the contract says in small fonts: "... No job assignment...", "... No carrer...", "... No employment...".
When I demanded money refund, Ann said their refund policy is 24 hours before the orientation. Obviously, only at the orientation one finds out he was ripped off. When I insisted, she offered me writing a certified letter to the company's manager, Andrea Avila. I sent a letter and it was recieved by the company on April 2. Till now (two months later) I did not recieve a reply. They did not return phone calls and obviously no job assignment happened.
After my husband showed up at the company to get some answers they threatened him with restraint order for harassment. Me and him got phone calls from Lisa, threatening to call police the next time it happens.
Really sick company and really sick people...
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