Golden Circle Distribution, Rob Boyle: Threatened with physical violence for exposing unethical standards to fellow new hires. Southington Connecticut

I work there, too. I came in being lied to, but I'm not an average-joe, either. I know their recruiting tactics are off, but if I told you what it was you'd walk out and read an online comment about scams and never come back! Fact: I make over 700$ a week selling these machines because I saw through the BS-15 demo a week fall-back for you lazy people. Fact: I've been promoted twice and pay incresed each time. Fact: if you try to be lazy in kirby you make no money.

The only people present during the events described in my incident report were myself, (I go by Joseph because my dad's name is also Frank, so the allegation I'm using a fake name is baseless) Rob Boyle, and two other applicants. So unless the two other applicants have known Rob for long enough to assess that he has a "heart of gold", this rebuttal is either 1) Rob coming onto this site and pretending to be a third party in order to reassure us that Rob Boyle "really is a good guy, other people think so, honest!" or 2) someone at GC who was not present for these events, in which case the information they would have regarding them would be based upon Rob's account of the incident, and Rob's account alone.

Secondly, if you look on this website, you can see various reports on a company called Golden Circle in SOUTHINGTON, CT. A company that at the time was called Golden Circle, was located at the same street as "GC Distribution", and was also in the business of selling Kirby Vacuum cleaners. These reports state that the sign on the business at that time said "Golden Circle" with the smaller word Kirby underneath it. Today the sign reads GC distribution. Obviously there has been a name change.

What the rebuttee is stating is that "GC Distribution," located at 1049 Queen Street, Southington CT in the business of selling Kirby vacuum cleaners, is not affiliated with and was never formerly "Golden Circle Distribution," located at 1049 Queen street, Southington CT! Don't believe me? Click the link below, it was posted to this site in 2008.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Golden-Circle/Southington-Connecticut/Golden-Circl-Kirby-Dont-be-tricked-by-vague-ad-pickers-packers-display475-a-week-ga-308032


In other words, he's saying these two companies have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Does anyone reading this buy that?

The fact that Kirby has been around 99 years doesn't make it a sound company. Do a quick google search for "Kirby scam" if you don't feel like taking a single person's word on this.

Also take into account that the Better Business Bureau was criticized by the ATTORNEY GENERAL of CT in 2010 for being "no better than a pay to play scheme that rewards companies that pay BBB dues with higher scores" (http://news.consumerreports.org/money/2010/11/better-business-bureau-connecticut-ag-abc.html), and Rob's assertion that this debunks other folks allegations of the company's wrongdoing is hardly reassuring.

Consider for a moment why I would take the time to go in and try to warn these people away from this company.

I'm a 21 year old kid in the middle of looking for employment. I had nothing to gain from driving out there. In fact, I'm was sacrificing my own time and money to drive back out to the location for the sole purpose of warning these people. This was done not out of some childish desire to "make trouble," as Rob asserts above, but out of concern for my fellow human beings. I felt these people at least had the right to know what was being said about this company so they could make an informed decision for themselves. If Rob truly believes that my allegations are false, why would he rip the papers I brought in out of their hands? Out of my hands?

So obviously I wouldn't have anything material to gain from doing this. On the other hand, Rob Boyle's financial success rides (partially) on his ability to paint me as some sort of snot nosed punk looking to stir the pot.

It deeply saddens me to know that the 2 remaining people (out of the 10 who had attended orientation) who had showed up the next day reacted in such a way, if the rebutter's statements are indeed true. I hope that they change their minds and decide to look into the company before they are taken advantage of much like the others who have posted on this website since GC Distribution in Southington surfaced in 2008.

As far as hanging out at the "Need Prayer?" tent after these events transpired? I was really shaken up from having this guy who was twice my size get up within inches of my face in the parking lot and threatening me with physical violence if I didn't leave the premesis. And I needed to cool off and calm down before I got back on the road. And speaking with someone about their faith seemed like a good way to do that.

But of course, the fact that I ommissed this (completely irrelevant) information from my report proves I must be lying. But while we're on the subject, let me say that for the first 5-10 minutes I was over at that prayer tent, Rob Boyle was standing outside of the building staring daggers at me.

As Rob said in his rebuttal, there are 3 sides to every story, one person's side, the other person's side, and then the truth. While he would like you to believe that his account of what happened is the truth, you as the reader know that at the most it is his side of the story.

The truth, for all intents and purposes, is what you decide for yourself after having heard both sides.

So, having heard both sides of this story, let me ask you, the reader, a question.

Who do you think has something to gain from lying about this incident? Me, or Rob Boyle?

This kid "Joseph" makes one great story teller. This young, 21 year old gentleman should receive an award for story telling. Let me start out by saying that there are 3 sides to every story: one side, another side, and then the truth. I will tell you the truth about what happened and everything this young man "JOSEPH" said, which is not even his real name. So there is the first lie right there.

His interview was scheduled for July 11th at 9:30 am. We do not open our doors to 9:00. He showed up at 8:30 really early on his own accord which is a good sign of a good applicant. The interview went well and he was one of the top interviews for the day. Young, motivated, people person, etc.. He passed a background check. Anybody with any sense knows a background check online only takes 5 minutes to pull a background. The secretary called some personal references to varify his personality and any work habits which he passed.

He was accepted for orientation and brought in Friday, July 12th for 12:00. A movie was playing which was not "Transformers" but rather "the Avengers" but clearly shows he does not pay attention to much. (Movie however is really irrellevant) Applicants like to show up early for orientation to show their worth so a movie is on just so they are not sitting in a silent, quiet, and awkward room for their first day of work.

As far as him never hearing of Kirby before? Kirby has been around for 99 years and is mentioned in the interview. All applicants know they are working for the Kirby company prior to coming to orientation. No sales are required to make any money in Kirby. There are various positions available from Customer Service/Sales Rep to Appointment Setters/telemarketers. Applicants are able to choose which one they would like to do after the orientation process.

The rest of his rambling is hear say. He went through an orientation and is basing his decision on others peoples words. None of which are true. Golden Circle Distribution or GC Distribution has been in business for 10+ years with a B+ rating on the BBB. We service 100,000 customers a year out of our main office in Southington, CT with less than 15 complaints a year. Geico guarentees an 97% satisfaction guareentee? Our numbers are better. Do the math. There will be unhappy and unreasonable customers as well as 'employees' or reps at any business.

As far as the legal action in 2010? That was not our office. Each kirby office is independently owned. That was an office in Naugatuck, CT which was owned by a different owner and Kirby has shut them down. They are no longer in business. Our owner has nothing to do with that office. Similiar to Dunkin Donuts having different owners with similiar poilicies. If the owners of Dunkin Donuts do not follow the policies, they get shut down. Exactly what happened with this situation.

Kirby has provided many people a solid career. Just in the Southington office alone there are people that have been here from 2 months all the way to 15 years. Families and personal lives have been positively affected by the kirby business. Ask anyone who has been in kirby for longer than 1 week how good Kirby has been to them. The problem lies here: Those people do not go online and brag how successful they are... just the people that are lazy and do not work hard like to blame the office. Similiar to having a bad experience at a restuarant? How many people to you complain to? HUNDREDS. What about when you have a great experience? 1-2 people? Exactly the point.

If Golden Circle aka GC Distribution (never changed name by the way... McDonalds? Mickie D's?) did not do things fairly and ethically and was a "scam" how would they have a business for 10+ years with so many successful people? Put two and two together.

As far as the "physical altercation" on Saturday is concerned. He was trespassing at this point and there was no physical altercation. He was asked to leave the office and he did not so he was escorted out of the office. Anybody that knows Rob Boyle knows he has a heart of gold, a clean criminal background, and really cares about people. He has been with the business for 7 years in October with no prior incidents.

He forget to mention that he "hung out" around the office with the church group next door for 2 hours after the incident and nothing else happened at that point.

In conclusion, GOLDEN CIRCLE aka KIRBY AKA GC DISTRIBUTION is a great place to work with good business ethics. There are 3 sides to every story. Do not let some young kid ruin a good future you could potentially have with the company. The 2 people left in the room that day laughed at this kid for how he acted and how he wasted his and everyones time. It is a shame really, he potentially could have changed his life for the better but instead look where he is, complaining on some website instead of making money and getting ahead in life.

GC is here to stay and anyone who is looking for a good career should definetly stick it out and give it a try.