This company contacted me after I applied on Monster.com.in the Michigan economy, I was more than glad to FINALLY get a response from someone. Not only did they send me an email asking me to set up an interview, they also called me to set it up, then sent me an email to confirm. I figured I was pretty lucky.
The interview was... Strange. The office is dirty, there was almost nowhere to sit to fill out the information they ask you for, and they were playing crude music. The lady behind the counter was swearing every other word. Then I found out she was the one doing interviews. Wow.
I was told I would be getting a one on one interview.instead I was interviewed with another person because the manager "Just wanted to get it over with" It was all very unprofessional. During the interview, I asked if they had a website because I couldn't find one. She said that her "branch" of the company had one I could see called Boss Executive Group (http://www.bossexec.net/). She also said that there were many "branches" of the business, each operating like an independent company. The job itself, we were told, was an advertising system that targeted the area around a business who hired them to direct foot traffic into their door. She said, for example, that the company would host events nearby and send people in the general direction of the place.
Well, the interview didn't go so well, but I was surprised when I got a call later that night from the manager asking me to come in to do a "job shadow" to see if I was right for the job, for a full 8 hours the next day. Okay, cool. It was then I decided to search Boss Executive Group and I'm glad I did. I found hundreds of stories from people who went through similar job hiring experiences, only to find out it was a crappy job using questionably legal methods to sell coupon books door to door, making only commission.
I immediately sent an email to Direct Effect Marketing asking why they were associated with the group and if they were any different. I also asked for an explanation of the actual job description and pay. I decided not to go to the "job shadow" until I heard back. Now Direct Effect Marketing seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth since no one is returning my calls or emails. I can only assume they are running the same sort of scam, promising people a legit job in "marketing" and then driving you out into the middle of nowhere, dropping you off, and then making you sell coupon books for less than $4 an hour.
Hopefully this report will help keep others from wasting their time and effort with this company.
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