As I have read a few complaints about Pinnacle Securities I have decided that it is time for me to verify and speak out as a previous employee of Pinnacle Securities. They not only use skills that persuade customers but they use the same skills to persuade and recruit employees. They glamourize and play-up then do not follow through and you pay the price.
My Husband and I had a close friend who told us about Pinnacle Security and the great oportunity it provided. We felt that this person was credible because it was his best friend who was/would be our manager. Our friend decided that this would be a great thing and convinced us to consider it. I had many questions about safty while being out in neighborhood selling for close to 8 hours a day.
I had questions like: What kind of neighborhoods will we be in? Will I be safe? Is this something that you recommend women doing? Will I be equiped with a device if something were to happen? Will I be in a area where I can be near my husband? These were questions any women would ask for their safty.
The Answers I recieved from Pinnacle: The neighborhoods you are placed in are extensively researched, you will be placed in an area that is mid to high income averages. Yes, you will be safe. Although there are few women sales reps we are confident that you will not have a problem in the neighborhoods we place you. Yes, we will equip you with mase. If being in the same neighorhood as your husband makes you more confortable, then this should not be a problem.
First of all, my husband and I drove from Eugene Or to Milwaukee WI. During our sales they split me from my husband. My husband was nearly 5-10 miles away from me. We weren't even on the same sales team. I was in a place I had never been and I was driven there in someone elses vehicle.
The version of extensive reseach included zoomed in city maps outlining which streets you were assigned. They hadn't even gone to the neigborhood I was in to physically check the conditions. We did not have proper licencing to be in that part of town. We did not have licencing for the enitre state of Wisconsin.
The neigborhood was not mid-class. There were drug deals and crack houses up and down my assigned street. I had the courage to knock on a door and I was face to face with a lady who was cracked out of her mind and had track marks on her arms. I was not safe nor did I feel safe. They did not offer a security device to carry on my body, yet I was required to sell security systems to people who would not even pre-qualify with a credit check.
The next day I notified our manager what I had experience and he had moved me to a different group. But, the next day was a blizzard and there was 2.5 feet of snow. An hour of walking in the snow my shoes, socks and pants were soaking wet.
Pinnacle Security edangered my safty and my health by not following through or answering honestly to the safty questions I required for me to sign an employment contract. Now, my husband and I endured 3 weeks of hell with Pinnacle Security and decided to leave WI and come back to Oregon. We had no home and no jobs to come back to. And now Pinnacle wants each of us to pay $700.
I have sympathy and regret with getting involved with this company. They lie to get what they want and will even threaten your health and safty to do so. I feel bad for the many people who have listed and broadcasted their complaints and dealings with this company. Because myself and they were ripped off.
Liz
Gresham, Oregon
U.S.A.
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