Dear Joe,
You’re an idiot!
I
also saw an ad for Entertainment Advertising and called to book an interview
with them as well.
When I saw your
posting here I became very skeptical but I still went in for my preliminary
interview to see what was up and “expose the frauds”.
I was greeted by a bubbly administrator and then sat down
with one of the managers. He was a sharp
guy and seemed very genuine. I listened
to what he had to say and it all made sense.
Now, I have been doing Advertising & Media sales for the last 8-9
years so sales don’t intimidate me. He
told me it was B2B sales and it was “performance based” compensation. What do you think that means? It means you go Business to Business and you
get paid based on what you sell. In this
economy 75% of all companies doing sales are “performance based”
compensation. Why wouldn’t they be with
20% unemployment in Metro Detroit. Jobs
are scarce so employers have the upperhand.
They aren’t going to overpay for
a position when they have people lined up to take it.
Joe (probably not your real name), you have a few flaws in
your story.
You said they invited you in
for a job shadow to show you what they do.
If the company was really trying to “hide” something or pull one over on
you do you really think they’d let you spend a whole day observing? No.
It’s to weed out the weak people who aren’t
willing to work hard or do that specific job.
I did a job shadow with Hewlett Packard.
A lot of fortune 500 companies do this.
I wish that in all the years I trained other people for other companies
(radio stations & TV stations) on how to do sell advertising they would
have done that.
You get so many cocky
guys right out of college who have never had a real job who think they know it
all because they took a class from a “professor” who has never actually worked
in the workforce before and they waste your time.
I spent countless hours training
“newhires”
who knew nothing about sales
but were hired from a resume or an interview.
A job shadow would have gotten rid of most of them.
(2nd) major problem.
You mentioned the Detroit Pistons.
I called the Palace and yes they do work with Pistons. Don’t you really think that an NBA franchise
would do a little research on the companies that represent them? I do. They can’t be too shady then. From what I’m told they also have account
with Radisson, Hungry Howies, Embassy Suites, & the Detroit Tigers. Pretty legit if you ask me. Maybe not cut out for sales but that isn’t
the argument.
(3rd) problem .
You
said you knew you didn’t want the position at the end of the day but “didn’t
want to tell the person to his face”.
You just confirmed why they do the job
shadow . You want to punch
a guy out because he told you in the morning you would have to make an immediate
decision but you don’t have the balls to tell him to his face you’re not
interested.
Dude, get over it!
It’s a job interview. If you
don’t like it move on and don’t cry about it.
Be happy you found out right away it wasn’t something you wanted instead
of getting hired and having to quit later.
That looks worse.
I could be wrong but
you probably just graduated from college.
You think your Degree is sooooo important and that you’re going to be a
hot commodity in the job market.
Maybe 6
months from now when you’re still looking for a job, still living in your
parent’s basement, still wearing your “Ralf Lauren” suit that you will realize
that life is hard enough without crying over a job interview.
Needless to say: this
is a legit business that is looking for sales people. Just like all of the other companies out
there trying to survive in a down economy.
I kept waiting for something “shady” & it never happened.
Hopefully I get invited back for a job shadow.
Good Luck.
-Mark W.
Canton,
Michigan
