- Report: #856342
Complaint Review: Carvel Inc.
| Carvel Inc. 2376 Lyell Ave.
Rochester, New York United States of America |
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Carvel Inc. John Carvel INCONSIDERATE LIAR Rochester, New York
*General Comment: Lies? Yeah, sure.
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Debating the cover up
*UPDATE Employee: Your statements are all lies
*Consumer Suggestion: The Kirby Company
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Throughout the 3 days of unpaid training, we learned how to use a Kirby vacuum cleaner and pack it in a box. Okay??... This was not meantioned earlier. Also that we would travel in a company van with a group and our team leader and that they would put us in a house to show people these vacuums and that all we had to do was show them the cleaner. She emphasized how much money we could be making and all the bonuses we could make by selling these on top of our weekly $350 wage and that we could win trips and scholorships even if we weren't in school. She definately had us sold on how much we could be making so we decided to give it a shot. What's the worst that could happen right? hmm.. yeah...
On our first day on the job we get there and are packing our bag for the demos we would have to do in peoples houses. As were getting ready our team leader (John Carvel) says, "We're going to PA." Pennsylvania?! They did not mention once that we would be going out of state! So we drive 1.5 hrs. to PA (In Carvel's car, not a company van) and end up going to the middle of nowhere where there's no service and your neighbor is a mile away. Also Carvel is driving like a maniac down country roads almost getting into an accident multiple times. The next day he ends up getting pulled over for doing 46mph in a 30. Very professional... To get us into the houses our team leader would lie and say."Hey I've got some college students in the car who are trying to win scholorships for school, mind if they come in?" Note: None of us are in school... On the way home 2 of they guys that were with us that had been with the company for awhile decided that it would be alright to start drinking. This didn't make sense because they made it clear that no drugs or alcohol were allowed on the job. And we were suspicious that Carvel was doing drugs too while on the job. This scared me because we were in a different state and I didn't even know these people.
The next day we go to PA again. This day there were 7 of us that had to fit into his Honda Pilot. He said one of us had to sit on someone's lap or one of us had to go home. So another girl decided she was gonna drive her car to PA. At this point on the way to PA for the second time, me and my friend weren't gonna do this anymore and somehow word got to Carvel in the car in front of us. So he pulls over and comes over to us and says you guys can go home if you don't want to do this anymore and he suggested we take the other girls car home. She didn't want us to take her car so we continue to drive a little longer and we stop at a gas station and he tells us that we can stay here or go watch demos. So we stay at the gas station and they never came back! We had to get a ride home! Nobody even called or texted us later to make sure we were ok!
This is not how a business should be run. I have nothing against trying to sell something to someone but it should not be done like this and nobody should be treated like this. Leaving us in a different state should not have been an option. Something needs to be done about this!
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Search Tips#1 General Comment
Lies? Yeah, sure.
AUTHOR: xTheSaint - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, March 04, 2013
#2 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Debating the cover up
AUTHOR: switchhitkilla - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, December 23, 2012
First I will start with the ad used to attract prospective employees. The ad which I responded to appeared on Craigslist Rochester NY. It stated a need for carpet shampooers with a guaranteed $350 a week salary. i was hired after a short interview and then the job description started being conveniently revised to be a sales job for Kirby cleaners. Three days of unpaid training was provided to learn how to pack/unpack, configure, clean, and sell the system. The ad should have accurately reflected the actual job description. The $350 guarantee is basically a mirage. You would have to sell more than one unit in order to get any pay and it wasn't uncommon for someone to not get paid at all for a week. Employees who weren't college students were encouraged to play the "student trying to win a scholarship" story.
Now let's review the facts and fiction of what Alex said. I never had the "pleasure" of taking the trip to the Pennsylvania border with John Carvel. I did however have the pleasure of being in the hazardous situation of riding in a vehicle with 6 other people which only had space to carry 4 passengers not including the driver. I personally witnessed calls being made for the purpose of narcotics sales while on company time and in a company vehicle. The person making the call also showed me his product and went into stories of how this along with alcohol and girls was common in the company vehicle when Carvel was not in the van with him.
I cannot vouch for being abandoned in the middle of rural Pa by Carvel, but from the many things I heard about him I would not be surprised if he did in fact do that. TheLiedector claims that everything said by Alex was lies and were made by someone who was bitter from not being successful. In the time I was there I worked hard to do what was required of me each week and had next to nothing to show for it. I witnessed others do the same and eventually having to leave. No one can afford to work 10 hour days for 6 days a week and only get paid $200 or sometimes nothing at all. There is a 15 demonstration per week stipulation that must be met in order to get paid at all. Once you get out there you realize that it's very difficult to meet this expectation.
I had to clear the air on all of this and my insight does matters because it's not arbitrary: I worked there and understand where Alex was coming from. If TheLiedtector is in fact a company representative then she would be better served trying to remedy these issues rather than being accusatory and sweeping them under the rug. It's not good to mislead and swindle the honest and willing individuals. It's not a good way to run a business nor is it a good way to represent the Kirby company. Kirby makes great, quality products and it's a shame how Carvel Distributions' business practices takes away from that.
#3 UPDATE Employee
Your statements are all lies
AUTHOR: TheLiedetector - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, May 20, 2012
#4 Consumer Suggestion
The Kirby Company
AUTHOR: Kirby-Customer Relations - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, March 26, 2012

