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Complaint Review: The Titan Group, Sports Plus - Fenton Missouri

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  • The Titan Group, Sports Plus 1734 Gilsinn Ln Fenton, Missouri U.S.A.

The Titan Group, Sports Plus ,Mark Kernan The Titan Group - Sports Plus is a Scam Beware Do not waste your TIME Fenton Missouri

*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Learning experiences

*General Comment: So true!

*UPDATE EX-employee responds: SPORTS PLUS AKA TITAN GROUP?

*UPDATE EX-employee responds: SPORTS PLUS AKA TITAN GROUP?

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I had my interview with Mark Kernan of the Titan Group June 19, 2008. This is truly a door to door selling of discounted products and you will never see any sports teams working for them. Basically you are the dog on the ground with poor pay selling ads.

I returned a phone call from Jamie Trokey at the Titan Group on the June 18 since she had a few questions about my resume and I responded to the question "if I was looking for full time or part time work" as my resume covers this question (Looking for Full Time Work in detail) Personally I have a very proven sales and marketing record and know many people and business in the Saint Louis area. My feelings working with professional sports teams would be fun and fit me since I am a sports junky and very rewarding to me financially. After this phone call I did what every person should do a research the company and collect all information I could before the interview with Mark Kernan. My results put me to Rip Off Report and I started on a little low after reading want people have posted. After walking away for the computer I thought I should just have some fun and get a free interview since it was close to home.

It's interview day and I show up 30 minutes early for my Noon interview. While waiting I started talking to a few others and noticed the Jamie Trokey was on the phone leaving the same phone message to others as I received from her "that they had a few questions about the resume". When a person returned a call Jamie would ask if they were looking for full or part time work and would say "GREAT we are wanting to end our interview process soon and what is the soonest day you could get here". Now it's around 12:15 and the room is packed full of people from every walk of life for the same job. I told myself that I am way over qualified for this and I now could have a little fun.

For many years I have sat on the other end of the interview and knew my name was about to be called and just watched Mark Kernan as small little person with a hot headed attitude walk in and out with people. It's now show time and I let Mark tell me what they do and how they are only taking 5 or 6 people and out of all the people they are taking he will call them tonight between 5:00- 7:00 P.M and I should stay next to my phone. Before ending with the worst interviewer on the earth knowing they are looking for suckers to be dogs I started asking a few questions about how they market and sell. Mark had a very hard time answering them and my last question I knew would be the ender of this scam. Mark I must let you know I researched the Titan Group before this interview and people had not said some nice things about this company. The little man grew smaller and quickly ended the interview after this. I wonder why and I wonder why my phone did not ring tonight!!

I could start a business like this overnight placing AD's on the Internet and hiring people that have no business backgrounds, experience, or just fresh out of college to walk around and make nothing for hard work, but could never since I care about people. If you want apply with them and when you find out please write about them and be human in helping another citizen out.. I plan to also notify the Cardinals and other sports teams listed about this and point them to this site for review. This is wrong and I feel that any professional in business would take a pass on Sport's Plus and The Titan Group.


A life long Saint Louis Person

Saint louis citizen
st louis, Missouri
U.S.A.

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AUTHOR: whyknot2 - (USA)

POSTED: Friday, May 15, 2015

I would like to start off by saying that I understand how each and everyone of you feel.  There is little detail on what you are doing, what you are selling and even how or what you are going to be paid.  I was just as confused when I was ran into the office for an interview then wisked 45 mins away for my "interview". I did not realize that I was going to be gone all day.  i ended up in a cramped car with a bunch of people talking about "certs", what the hell are "certs" and where the hell are we going!!  Confused as all hell, I am talking with my meantor the whole way trying to figure out, all the questions that I had.

Now, would I say this is a career by any means, want to walk around and sell door to door?  This is up for you to decide based on your experiences.  I never was not paid for the work that I provided, never was I shorted any pay on any evening that I cashed in my product.  To say they are not a valid product would be untrue as I have now bought "certs" from others I see come through my office from time to time.  Never been turned away with product I have bought, yes you are the foot soilders but we all can't start off comfortable.  Nor be "rippedoff" when  the sales tactics got us in the door.  Was or is Mark a good sales guy because he used sales techniques?  Created some intrigue, interest, maybe some supply vs demand?  Good salesmanship?  He might have a method that holds true in all the sales world.

I will say this experience is different, can you succeed, maybe. There is opportunity, depends what you feel the opportunity may be for yourself.  Do you want to build your own business as advertised?  Or take the sales training that is offered on a personal one on one basis on a daily basis, which is a sales 101 training course.  Spending time in morning working your pitch and rebuttals one on one?  

Look I wanted to sit behind a desk and make money as a young gun, know clearly what I am getting into before I am even arriving for an interview as well.  I didn't understand a word Mark said to me either durning the interview, but this does not mean that I have not Feel, Felt, Found you by this point.  

 

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So true!

AUTHOR: CollegeGrad - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, October 29, 2009

You detailed out exactly what happened to me today!  Mark Kernan was the worst interviewer ever and couldn't understand a word he said!  At the time of my interview, there were 3 others in the room all young and female... at least they know there targer market I guess.  I'm a recent college grad and have been applying for months now.  All of a sudden, I have been getting call backs but 3 out of 5 of them were all marketing/advertising scams including Sports Plus.  They're wasting my time!  How can we stop this? 

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SPORTS PLUS AKA TITAN GROUP?

AUTHOR: Concernedcitizen - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

I worked for this company for a while and discovered how large of a scam it really was. Mark Kernan an imigrant, legal or illegal I dont know, is the head of this sales scheme. It is a pyramid program that involves misleading others to get them to join your so called TEAM and develop them into Account Managers just so you can get promoted.

You are promissed money that you never receive, the hours are form 7:00am to 8:00pm every day Monday thru Friday and thats on a slow week and 9am to 5pm on Saturdays. If you dont work these hours they pull you in the office and cuss you out and tell you to get the "F" out. They use military like tactics boardering on the line of illegal...AKA..(Disorderly Conduct).

They pay in cash at the end of everyday and they take out no taxes. They discriminate against older people, they dont even look at older people for employment, they prey on the young, niave, and fresh out of college looking for a job individuals. They laugh when you say this is scetchy, and they lie to people who call in telling them they make $35,000.00 salary and that they dont go door to door. I have news for you my friends, its Business to Business with long hours and commission only which is paid in cash at the end of the day to you. Please be cautious if you want to work for this company.

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SPORTS PLUS AKA TITAN GROUP?

AUTHOR: Concernedcitizen - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

I worked for this company for a while and discovered how large of a scam it really was. Mark Kernan an imigrant, legal or illegal I dont know, is the head of this sales scheme. It is a pyramid program that involves misleading others to get them to join your so called TEAM and develop them into Account Managers just so you can get promoted.

You are promissed money that you never receive, the hours are form 7:00am to 8:00pm every day Monday thru Friday and thats on a slow week and 9am to 5pm on Saturdays. If you dont work these hours they pull you in the office and cuss you out and tell you to get the "F" out. They use military like tactics boardering on the line of illegal...AKA..(Disorderly Conduct).

They pay in cash at the end of everyday and they take out no taxes. They discriminate against older people, they dont even look at older people for employment, they prey on the young, niave, and fresh out of college looking for a job individuals. They laugh when you say this is scetchy, and they lie to people who call in telling them they make $35,000.00 salary and that they dont go door to door. I have news for you my friends, its Business to Business with long hours and commission only which is paid in cash at the end of the day to you. Please be cautious if you want to work for this company.

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