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Complaint Review: Thinkbdm, BDM, SMG, Nigel Corneal - Toronto Ontario

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  • Thinkbdm, BDM, SMG, Nigel Corneal 55 Queen St East, Unit 407 Toronto, Ontario Canada

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The lure is in the fact that BDM offers homebased positions. They are an employment agency and you're an independent contractor. They are looking for people to do business development or research marketing or for a staffing specialist. You are required to set up a phone line and have a computer and he promises to pay you at the end of each month.

I worked for Nigel Corneal, Thinkbdm for only 6 months. In that time I had to chase him for my first two checks and he was still owing me for four months of work when I left the company. I know I wasn't the only one. He gave all of us signed checks in $500 increments with a promise that we would be able to cash them. He hit a low in the company at the end of the year and did not have any money. I, and the other 4 employees believed him. When I finally left due to the fact that the money was not forthcoming, hence I was working for nothing, he was still promising me the money.

When I checked with him 3 weeks after I had quit, he swore at me and called me names. After the phone call, I knew I was not going to see any money. I took my checks down to his branch and had as many as I could certified knowing that he would put a stop payment on the rest, which is what he did. Thinkbdm still owes me $4100. As for the rest of the staff, they are still waiting for him to pay them.

I went on a website and found someone from 2002 who had a similar experience with Nigel and Thinkbdm. While working for the company there were many people who were hired and worked for a month but then let go. They were told they did not meet quota and therefore let go without pay. Nigel uses employees for a month and let's them go. I, having only been there for 6 months was one of the oldest employee there.

Don't let him scam you, he advertises all over Canada and the US.

Tiger
ON, Ontario
Canada

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#5 UPDATE EX-employee responds

There seems to be a trend here!

AUTHOR: Ticked Off - (Canada)

POSTED: Monday, February 09, 2009

Well don't I wish that I had come across all of this before starting work with BDM. All I have to say is that I hope that all others read about this before also being sucked into this. You need to re-think life and this has to stop, you are hurting so many people by taking advantage of them Nigel. Do you not have a heart?!?!?!

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#4 UPDATE EX-employee responds

It's ALL True. Don't become another one of Nigel Corneal's victims. (ThinkBDM, BDM STAFFING)

AUTHOR: Zoey - (Canada)

POSTED: Monday, August 27, 2007

Everything being reported from past employees is 100% accurate. I myself chose to cut my losses because I didn't have the time, energy or finances to take him to court. If I did, I definitely would have done so. Walk away from this opportunity because it'll only cause you grief and stress when you find yourself being treated like a slave and in a mountain of debt.

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#3 UPDATE EX-employee responds

It is all true.

AUTHOR: bj - (Canada)

POSTED: Saturday, December 16, 2006

I have worked for Nigel Corneal and had the same situation happen to me.



I have worked there and have waited for my pay checks that I have worked hard for.Still waiting after 3 months!!!!



His response to the reason why they havent been sent was that my work was poor and they had to correct everything. That is BULL!



He makes you think you are an independant contractor when you are constantly under HIS orders.



He was rude and was always agressive. He would put me down and in other words, harass me as soon as something did not go in his favor. He even went as far as to tell me I felt sorry for myself.



I would not want anyone else to go through this. I almost lost my car because he was promising to send me my money so that I can make my payments. Fortunatly, I found another job at that time and was able to pay. But if I had been naive and relied on his words, I would be out of a car.



I dont care Nigel Corneal if you read this and say that it is not true as you did to the woman who submitted something previously. It is true and I dont see why that woman did not win her case because you did the same thing to me.



Just to let everyone know, dont waste your time with this company. You will end up stressed and in debt by the time you are finished with them, and believe me, it will be in no time. Since they do fire you after a month.

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#2 UPDATE EX-employee responds

This company BDM is a joke,

AUTHOR: Aliwill - (Australia)

POSTED: Wednesday, April 12, 2006

I have to say, I didn't know this company was still out there doing the same thing they did to me in 2002.



I worked for them for just a couple of months but could clearly see it was a poorly run company. There seemed to be a huge turnover of people coming and going. The people I worked with all left within six months. This guy, Nigel called himself the president but really, it was a joke. He made it seem like it was this huge company but in fact there was never more than a couple of us working. As for paying me, the second month he was late in paying me, I quit.



Definitely a company you should avoid hiring and avoid working for. Not worth the headache.

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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Work from home does not mean get paid for doing poor work!

AUTHOR: Nigel - (Canada)

POSTED: Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The individual who has filed this report did not do the work that she claimed payment for and lost her case with the Ministry Of Labour. She outright lied during a hearing with the ministry and even the officer attending the hearing had difficulty believing her even though she had coerced another individual to join in her attempted deception.



She further breached her confidentiality agreement and did everything she could to harm the company alienating herself from others so I'm not surprised at all that she would file this report.

at all.



This individual has shown herself to be vindictive and selfish and actually had her contract terminated early on but was allowed to stay based on her leading us to believe that she was a team player. In the end we realized that we should have gone with our instincts and not had her working with us at all.



Her claims and statements are false and she has shown in the past that she is willing to doctor correspondence to make her case.

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