Metropolitan Marketing Concepts - MK Acquisitions WARNING! Do not apply with this company! Plymouth Minnesota

The guy "charliegrace" has no clue what he is talking about! I am the one who calls the people who apply.... to be more specific, I read all of the resumes that are emailed to me and call the people I think have potential. So I'll start with his numbered list and write a rebuttal to each thing that he listed.

1. The job looks to be posted all over other job sites because other job sites pull from reputable job sites. Do you really think that I spend my day posting ads all over the place? It has been hard for us to find the right people for the positions that we have open, so yes, we post frequently, but on ONE website (careerbuilder).

2. I NEVER call someone the same day that they apply. It is tacky and unprofessional. However, if you knew how much it costs to post an ad online, you would jump on the candidates too. The worst thing you can do is pay that much money for a posting, and then wait to call the candidates... we will waste our money if we wait and hear a response of "I already found a job." Time is of the essence! I try to call the day AFTER I receive the application.

3. Yes, each person in our company has a separate email account. You just happened to see one and ASSUMED that it was the only one for the company. You were contacted by a person (me) and that's the email address you got... do you think I'm going to hand out everyone's email address before you even come in for an interview???

4. Our firm is a grass-roots type of marketing firm. We go directly to the public. We don't use our website as a crutch... we simply have it there for general information. Face it, not every business has a website, and anyone who thinks so needs to think again.

5. Yes, you walk into our office and are given an application.... any business would do this. We asked for another copy of your resume because it is professional to have your resume in hand when you go to an interview. The copy we have is on the computer and we would like to see a hard copy in which the applicant is responsible for providing. This would happen with any company conducting interviews.

6. Don't judge a book by it's cover. Just because our office doesn't have plush furniture and expensive paintings on the walls doesn't mean that we are any less of a business. As a business owner, you decide where to concentrate your money. Just because you don't like how the office is decorated (or not decorated) doesn't mean the company is ireputable.

7. Yes, you did meet the owner of the company. Why does someone's laptop have to be in their office. Did you look and see if a laptop case was in his office? The laptop might not have been set up on his desk. A lot of people don't use desktop computers anymore... Myself included. If you didn't see a computer on his desk, he may simply not have wanted the distraction.

8. Our owner is young, but since when do we crucify a young man for having a business??? He started young and worked his way through the trenches and came out on top. I bet his mother is proud that he is young and owns a company!

9. As stated earlier, our business is a tough one. We require that you go on a second interview to shadow one of our employees. We want you to see exactly what we do before wasting time and paperwork putting you on the books and then after one week you saying that it wasn't cut out for you. One of our clients is SAM's Club... that is why we were there!

10. In business, sometimes things are unpredictible. Okay, so it was poor judgement for someone to call you at 9:30pm, but they were just doing their job. Something changed, and they called to inform you... that's the bottom line.

11. The Minnesota Department of Commerce DOES have a record of us! (Actually, the correct place to look is with the MN Secretary of State) Here is the link... http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=3 (do a search and type in Metropolitan Marketing Concepts)

As for CharlieGrace.... I'm sorry you weren't cut out for our business, and I have a feeling that you are still unemployed.

Spammers!

I just wanted to say to the first rebuttal employee, you are a liar. I know who you are, I worked for this company and everything you claim is a complete and utter lie!!!! You should be ashamed of yourself and the business you work for.

I found the job a couple times during my job searching in the last couple of months. I didn't apply at first because of the distance it would be for me to go there. But i got desperate and finally sent in my resume. I got quick response and a phone call. I went the next day to this tacky little office where I was set up for a second interview, not being told that it would be at a different location then the main office.

My car died and a friend gave me a lift to the interview. Once there I was told I would be going to a Best Buy in another city. My friend had to go to work so I planned a bus trip home. I was driven to the Best Buy by the man who would be doing my interview and 'worked' the best buy. He seemed like a nice enough guy. The second interview was nothing more then fallowing this man around Best Buy as he tried to sell people direct TV. I made the comment I would need health insurance and he informed me that I'd be making enough money to buy my own. After the interview I decided the risk was not worth my time and never called them back.

I accidentally reapplied to them again today where the same happy email was sent my way. Thankfully I keep a copy of all of the emails I get from jobs and could avoid going through it again.

After reading a couple of these rip-off reports, it strikes me that the people writing these are obviously in a mind-set other than that of an entrepreneur. To be more realistic, it's obviously a good thing people like you with multiple grammar errors and the inability to think outside the 9-5 box, decided not to give yourself a chance. The funny thing is that I work for this "scam" and am now staying in a state other than that of which I was raised, making more than 1,000 dollas a week. This is not a get-rich quick scheme, however the people that put in the time and effort in the beginning can and will be rewarded in time. For myself and many others that I know, it has happened in a short amount.