Appstar Financial Misleading employment practices and unethical behavior. San Diego Nationwide

Appstar Financial advertises an income and freedom level that puts stars in prospective employee's eyes. The truth is, many of these claims can only be made because of the top 1% of Appstar employees. After only one month of working for them, I realized that they are in it for their well-being and clearly have no concern for the consultants.

The trouble begins with the fact that you are a 1099 employee, which in itself isn't a bad thing, but it gives them an excuse to take full reign of the rights 1099 allows. The thing that lured me in was the promise of an average of 2 "quality" appointments per day. This was very attractive to me seeing as I had to set 16 appointments by myself per week at my old job.

Turns out that, assuming they actually schedule the promised number of appointments, which rarely happened, they were anything but "quality." About 75% of the appointments I went on either had no clue what I was there for or had told the telemarketer on the phone that they were not interested. The telemarketers seem to make outrageous promises to the merchants over the phone in order to get you in the door. Once you get there you leave with nothing but a headache and wasted gas.

My manager was one of the most unethical and least personable people I have ever come in contact with. He lied to me blatantly and advised me to use underhanded business tactics. I was not comfortable lying to a merchants face in order to make a sale.

Unless you are a one-of-a-kind salesman, don't bother with this career. In the month I worked with Appstar, I grossed $135. Yes, thats right. $33.75 per week working for these guys. In addition to that, I recieved a $216 cell phone bill due to the SIX HOUR phone training session and constant bombardment of calls from my sales manager. Add that to the 300 miles of gas I put on my car and I lost a considerable amount of money when I needed it most.

In closing, do you really want to work for a company that will hire you and not even take the job postings for your position off of career websites? It shows that they don't invest in your future as much as they say. If you are a good salesman, go somewhere where they will appreciate your talents and that will allow you to better your career...

Jonathan
Raleigh, North Carolina
U.S.A.