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BOND ADVERTISING -BRAD RICE-JEMERMY YAKSICH-JOSEPH MACNEIL-TRAM LE
DECEPTIVE HIRING - THEY PAY FOR PRESS RELEASES TO MAKE THEM SEEM LEGIT ON WEB

Open up the paper "Help Wanted" section, peruse the columns, and see that "Entry Level AD AGENCY/Management Training" and SPORTS MARKETING posting. Looks attractive to a young college grad or hungry young adult looking to make it big in THE big city! WOW! What an opportunity!

So, you send in your resume, get contacted in 24hours, land a 10-15 minute interview with Brad, Joseph or Jeremy who pumps up the Company and himself. Sometimes, They show you the wall. They politely thank you and tells you that if you don't get a call between 6:30-7:30 that evening, it was nice meeting you and good luck with your pursuits!

You go home feeling pretty good. The interview went great, this is an up-and-coming company and WHEN you will be hired, you WILL make a difference! You eat your dinner confident that your phone will ring, and it does! They want you to come back tomorrow dressed for success for your "second round" interview/Day of Observation. You are PUMPED!

Dressed to impress, you go to their office early the next morning, see a lot of people, hear some pretty decent music, and get a pass for parking-if you drive. You also sign and date a waiver explaining that the Company will not be responsible for any costs that you will incur this day. No biggie! Let's have fun!

You are feeling really pumped about the environment. You just sent them a resume and you won't be unemployed anymore!! You are WILLING to GIVE UP a little bit of YOURSELF if they give you the chance to join their "team". You really hope that this day goes well!

You are introduced to your "team leader" or interviewer for the day. You go head outside. He or she comes down with their "trainee" who started the previous day. The "leader" tells you that although you are important, it is the "trainee" who is going to get most of the attention this day. This is YOUR day to observe, ask questions, and see if they are good for you, and HOPE that YOU are GREAT for them! With notebook and pen in hand, and off you go into YOUR future of door to door soliciting.

Even though the day is long and the road is hard, the pain and swelling in your feet is replaced by the thrill of the possibilities that lie ahead. You have questions, but are asked to politely hold them off until lunch.

About 45 minutes before lunch, the "team leader" asks you to write down the three forms of advertising (print, radio, and television) with their advantages and disadvantages. WOW! This is MY moment to shine! I'm going to knock their socks off! This is going to be GREAT!

Lunchtime rolls along, they buy you buy yourself a slice, go over your notes, and show them how brilliant you are! Your "team leader" likes your stuff and decides that you are worthy of the "Lunchtime Breakdown" which shows you how far you can go in the Company. They explain that even though you will start at $300 to $500 a week, if you do it right (pay your dues, learn, and teach), you WILL make upwards of $40, 000 -$80, 000 within a year as a manager complete with you own office running your own team! How cool is that!

The day winds down, you head back to all of the mad, exhilarating energy that is for the evening meeting, open the office door, and are ASSAULTED by VERY LOUD music, hi-fivers, and people RINGING bells and BANGING gongs! Except for the questionnaire that you are filling out, you FEEL as if you just landed in Las Vegas! Yeah, this is SENSORY OVERLOAD, it's a little annoying, but it's SEDUCTIVELY FUN!

Your "team leader" excuses him/herself to talk things over with Brad, Joseph, Jeremy or another crony. At least three smiling people come up to you, INTRODUCE themselves, give a SHORT STORY about their day, PRESENT three things that worked for them that day, CLOSE by asking you if you have any questions, and quickly REHASH their story. How cool, friendly, and PROFESSIONAL! You think these guys are the real deal!

Your "team leader" comes out of the managers office, takes you outside the Company's office for a second to tell you that despite the fact that he/she fought for you, The Boss "on the fence", its up to you to get him on your side. What to do? The guy is thinking about you, you don't want to leave and be just another nobody!

This is it! This is your last chance to join this wonderful group of young, vibrant people if you only can somehow convince their leader! Smile, be sincere, be tough, and don't screw up this opportunity! This is TOO GOOD to pass up!

Brad, Joseph, Jeremy drills you with questions about your day, about your "team leader", and about you. Then he tells you that all of that is "well and good", but now it's time to "cut through the bs". He explains that his only reservations about you are whether you have the heart, the drive, and the humility swallow your pride and "intelligence" so that you can learn from others who will eventually teach you how to teach others in a true managerial aspect.

Feeling that this is THE make-or-break moment, you plead your case with every last ounce of energy you can muster. Boss smiles, extends his hand, and asks you how soon you can start. Telling him as soon as possible, he pulls your "team leader" into his office, tells them the "exciting news", and you are escorted down with your "team leader" who is all smiles and congrats.

Although this is 100% commission-based Brad, Joseph or Jeremy may offer you $400 a week for the first 2 weeks and after that you're on your own. Most people jump at this chance. Because they don't do this for eveyone-baloney! What they do make sure you make enough $$ those first two weeks so the most they'll have to shell out is $50.

I DID IT! WOO HOO! LOOK! IT'S MY TURN TO TAKE A BITE!

That's the interview process. While it READS somewhat shady, it comes off smooth and professional.

If any of you are saying to yourself that something looks frighteningly familiar about the process, think back to your boring 10th Grade American History class. Remember that little Austrian paper-hanger who was mouthing-off with his cronies during the 1920's and 1930's about how it is the individuals' sacred responsibility to give themselves to the greater mass? Better yet, remember how all of those individuals WILLINGLY followed?

I'm not saying that Brad Rice, Joseph MacNeil or Jemery Yaksich are Adolf Hitler and that his employees are good little Nazis looking to impress the will of the masses/potential new employees. They are far from that, thank goodness!

What they are doing, though, is very similar to what Hitler, the Nazis, demagogues, cult leaders, and religious proselytizers of all ilks do in order to gain converts. They root out those individuals who are desperately seeking something greater than themselves or are desperately looking for something that they feel is lacking in their lives/souls, seize on it, razzle-dazzle them, hook them, then indoctrinate them.

What their ads should read is, "Feel lost? Confused? Small? Insignificant? Call Us!
PATHETIC!

I'm just glad that I never made it as far as the week-long "business trip"/INDOCTRINATION/BRAINWASHING phase!

Thank God for my guardian angel!

As far as the rest of the rebuttals, every single one of them rings true. Be careful! I've never seen a company more fitting for this site!

Ex ds max-er
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

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