Advantage Concepts ACI SCAM!! Pyramid scheme!! Run! Towson Maryland

 After receiving a call from what sounded like a young girl from this company ACI-Advantage Concepts Inc. asking me to come in for an interview I researched the company of course. I found nothing anywhere so this is why I am writing the report. To save others from wasting their time like I did. After arriving to this place I was shocked at what I found. Filthy carpeted floors with crap all over them, walls that look like they hadn't been painted for 20 years, two very young woman at the front desk dressed in short tight skirts, low cut tight shirts, stiletto heals, large tattoo's showing on their bodies (extremely unprofessional.) Looks like a fake business in general and a little creepy at that. At this point I wanted to run, they had me filling out a cheap application that literally had the same information on it as my resume which they already had and I had brought another. I immediately got the feeling that this was one of those pyramid schemes that leave the people on the bottom broke and the people at the top making money... I was applying for an assistant manager position... I decided to go through with the interview to see what kind of BS these people were going to try and feed me. I finally get in front of my interviewer and he is this young arrogant, cocky guy. The questions he had for me were complete BS. Did you play sports in highschool? Where do you see yourself in 5 years?.. and that's about it... nothing about qualifications, experience, nothing of any real value. So I took control of the interview... the ad said there was no cold calling or door to door sales. So how exactly do they "market" products and what products exactly are they marketing? The answer is that they send you out to stand in the Verizon stores and have you spend your time trying to sell Verizon Fios products, you will also be standing in Home Depot stores picking off people to sell roofing product's to. Benefits? They have no idea what exactly they offer but you can get them after 90 days and they don't contribute at all. When I asked why someone would buy the products from them vs going through the actual company that offers the products I was told that customers wouldn't have to go through a 1-800 number for customer service. Ha ha! No 401k, this guy couldn't even tell me what the pay range was. (If you haven't figured it out by now it's because there is none... it's 100% commission and I seriously doubt you'll even see money from what you DO sell. No gas or millage rembursment for your car so that's more money out of your pocket. Couldn't tell me what the hours were. At this point it was laughable... there were about 10 others waiting in line to hear this guy's BS. At one point this little punk tells me that he wouldn't have any of his guy's doing manual labor " because his guys are too good looking for that" As if men that work hard for a living aren't good looking... I can tell you one thing! HE wasn't very attractive that's for sure! Regardless, I've seen people lose EVERYTHING because of places like this... you'll work 15-16 hour days all week and have no money. They brainwash you and make you think that one day you too will own your own business. Oh, and don't park in the actual parking lot, you have to park on the street because the parking lot is for the legit businesses in the building. Did I mention that there was NO ASSISTANT MANAGER POSITION! It's scary to think that people buy into those places and believe that BS. But I thought I would warn people before wasting a resume, your gas, and your time even going to that place... I hope this helps someone from allowing these fake companies to ruin your life. Because they will run you dry and take everything they can from you and if you quit they already have the next person waiting in line... Hope it helps!