First Consumer Debt Management First-Consumer.com hired me to work under false pretenses, then when the truth was uncovered and I left, they refuse to pay me for the week I worked. Doral, Florida

Since we're dropping dictionary definitions, scam is also defined as "to swindle someone; to deceive someone". I was deceived by being told in the interview that the position was purely inbound, and then a bait and switch takes place and it's purely outbound. You think $400 is worth a week of wasted time? You think everyone is that desperate for a job that they'd take just about anything?

I want people to know the type of operation First Consumer is, plain and simple. $400 is nothing, and if I wanted to I could theoretically cost the company a LOT more than $400 considering your company business is obtained almost solely through Pay-Per-Click, but that's fraud and something I'd never do.

After reading this report, I, as Sales Manager, am glad that this person never showed up to work.

Twisting the facts and applying his logic in an illogical way is what we dont need in an employee.

We have a training period that include a full week in classroom and after that work in training. This person never worked he took advantage of one week of training. He never spoke with a prospect, a requirement of the job, he didnt even use the desk we prepared for him.

He never left. He never showed up to work, which is a different story. He never responded to our numerous phone calls or emails asking for an explanation of not showing up.

He writes about scam. Scam by the dictionary is a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, esp. for making a quick profit. Which scam are we talking about when we spent a week of resources to transfer knowledge without asking for any retribution?

Again I am glad this person is not representing First Consumer Debt Management.

This is the first time in our 5 year history as a company that someone has gone to write something negative about us.  We have served over 30,000 customers and had over 75 employees through those years.   The complaint I am rebutting herein refers to an ex employee who is claiming pay that he is not entitled to.   While it is true that this employee partook of one week training with us, the fact is that following the training, he never showed up the following Monday, nor he bothered to call or notify us of his decision not to continue to work with us.   We have a standard policy of paid training provided that employees commit to the full training period, which is considered completed after 30 days.  The first week of training is class room training, where we spend a great deal of resource and knowledge and want to make sure that we don't do this without fair expectations of someone being productive with us.   This policy is clearly spelled out in our Employee Handbook, which every new employee is given, including Mr. Jeffrey Musamante, the employee who wrote this unfair and inaccurate accusation.   In an industry with a high turnover rate, we are happy to say that ALL our current employees have been with us over 18 months.  This is in my opinion a testament to the way we deal with our most valuable resource - our employees.