If the job ad for entry-level training for sales, marketing, management "sounds too good to be true", be cautious and ask lots of questions during the job interview. Is the job door-to-door sales, commission only, and with no benefits? Will you be an employee or a contractor? Outside sales require driving which means gasoline expense. Are you sure you really want to work on commission pay driving with no mileage reimbursement?
If you interview with this company and they invite you for the all-day second "interview", ask questions about it before you waste your time. Ask them whether you need to wear comfortable shoes.
Vantage Point Consulting
Columbus, OH 43229
(614) 885-6300
http://www.vantagepointconsulting.biz
Vantage Point Consulting has the same telephone number as Worldwide Marketing. worldwidemktg.com
http://www.facebook.com/VantagePointConsulting
Leading outsourced marketing firm in the Mid-West for Fortune 500 companies.
CareerBuilder.com, Vantage Point Consulting Jobs
Entry Level Sales & Marketing Rep Wanted ASAP!
Job Description
Vantage Point Consulting is hiring for entry level sales and marketing positions. Successful candidates can grow to management. This job involves business to business or business to consumer in person sales to customers.
I recently interviewed with Vantage Point there are benefits and paid training, and all expenses including gas hair clothes food is tax writable I'm going in for my first day tomorrow, so I guess I'll see how it goes I don't know if sales is the right career path for me :/
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To save everyone the trouble of emailing me about this position in the future, the job is bogus! They HR reps lied, its crappy door to door sales, and ALL commission based. Don't waste your time
ReplyDeleteI wish I read this before I worked there. They were very crafty in saying everything a new hire wants to hear. They left out the part of going door to door in shady spots in Columbus. Do not pursue this job, you will be better off.
ReplyDeleteHOLY CRAP....I have a 10:15 appt...driving an hour for a "job interview" with them in the morning.... 07/17/2012
ReplyDeleteI worked for VPC for several weeks. It is a horrifying, disgusting company. The owner dropped out of college and impregnated a co-worker. Many of the employees are college drop-outs who cannot conduct coherent conversations. You are asked not to fraternize with co-workers, but it is not a coincidence that the recent promotions were given to women dating several of the most prominent male employees.
ReplyDeleteIt is entirely commission-based. You will be lucky if you see a portion of your money. During my interview, I was told I would receive a certain amount of money and benefits when I started. THERE IS NO PAID TRAINING. This obviously didn't happen.
"Professionalism" is often promoted, but there was little to show. You will work six days a week and receive very little in return. You will make more money for your time working at a fast-food restaurant.
Oddly, VPC is operated like a religious cult. "Pep meetings" take place each morning. There is rigorous dogma and a business liturgy. I kid you not. Too much time is spent with your co-workers. These people have no lives. If you do not enthrall yourself and sacrifice your own life, you will go nowhere in the company. RUN AWAY. DO NOT LOOK BACK. THERE IS A REASON THEIR BUSINESS IS IN A RUN-DOWN BUILDING IN COLUMBUS. Vantage Point Consulting is a SCAM. DO NOT BE FOOLED. I want to contact those I worked with and tell some of them to get out before it is too late.
Advantage Point Consulting is misleading and is a totally horrible p,ace to work! Not to mention, completely unethical and devious. Please done put yourself in the situation I have got myself in because I wanted a job and to be off of unemployment. Example...paid training- weekly, $10 gross and net $9.16
ReplyDeletePlease don't put yourself in the position I am in....I lost my income and now I'm struggling emotionally as I'm having a very hard time supporting myself. Honesty is not their best policy, that's for sure!
I'm soo sad to hear about what happened to you. OMG! I "had" a "interview" with them tomorrow. Thank you I am NOT going anymore!! Sheesh these job interviewing tactics in 2012 are ratchet.
DeleteI went out on an interview with this company and had a great experience. The representative was very professional and respectful. She did tell me it was all commission and entry level door-to-door at the beginning, however there is a lot of personal and professional development they provide as well as you train and grow with the company. I have never worked on commission but I feel like I had such a great experience with the staff at Vantage Point that I'm going to give it a shot...I don't have anything to lose considering I have no experience at all. Plus the fact they are a member of the better business bureau and work with some of the largest companies in the world is good. I start on Monday. I will keep you guys posted.
ReplyDeletePlease read this carefully...Just because you have no experience is not an excuse to be taken advantage of and, of course you should STILL be PAID. Any company worth a grain of salt will give you at least $6 bucks an hour for your trouble. Going door to door is not safe even during the daylight (which is dimming due to seasons changing) and it may be against company policy to carry protection, as you should. Even if it is mace or pepper spray. I happen to know a lot about going door to door. I worked EXTENSIVELY on political campaigns for a non profit with an hourly wage. Get my drift? If you like the outdoors lots of political campaign jobs are available with hourly wages and you"ll have lots of stories to tell your grandchildren. Ps. What good is a BBC if you don't have a paycheck at the end of the week for all of your hard work?
DeleteOMG!!! I have a "job interview" tomorrow am 9:30 (Which I will not be attending)!! This is a hook up!! I ONCE fell for a "start up company" scam like this regretted it, and worked myself out of a job. The only good thing was I was not on unemployment at the time and the only reason I took the job was because I had a "blemished" record...I was beyond desperate. I am no longer "blemished" and now I have more job options so I know I can do much better! I'm really sad to read about the ppl on this blog who wasted time, money, & transportation. I think the blog creators are ingenious. I only found this site about four pages down from the company website. Thanks for Google because It was easy to find.
ReplyDelete"Account Manager" is the position I was told I would be interviewing for tomorrow, I will not be showing. I'm too pregnant to do door-to-door, I wouldn't do it even if i wasn't lol! This company needs to be more up-front, i would have wasted gas, time, and energy!
ReplyDeleteIMHO...you made the right choice.
DeleteJust received a call from "Alli" of Vantage Point regarding a n Accounts Manager position. It was described as "customer service". When I questioned what exactly the company did, I was told that other companies outsourced their services and was informed that they were tasked to acquire new clients for AT&T. I told them that I knew nothing about Vantage and asked how they knew about me. I was told they received my resume from CareerBuilder. I have no record of applying for this position and told this to Alli. She replied that she would send me an email about the company. Well, she did and I did my research. Needless to say...I pass.
ReplyDeleteI see this is Vantage Point in Columbus Ohio, but I think Vantage Inc. in Los Angeles is also a scam. They posted a marketing representative job description on Career Builder that was vague and they called me in for a first interview, where they primarily emphasized money, flattery, and more vagueness. Then they called me for a second interview and told me to bring my passport, which seemed like an identity theft scam, since there's no reason they need my passport at this point in the process and the effusive flatter, vagueness, and emphasis on money without details screams "scam" to me. I do not intent to go to the second interview for this reason. I wonder if they rented out a fancy building in order to conduct this scam. Their building is across from the Howard Hughes Center on 6080 Center Dr. #600 and their website and Facebook is not explicit but merely is filled with inspirational dream quotes.
ReplyDeleteI had an interview scheduled for the 31 of December, I did not know that the company was closed on that day so when I drove up for my interview I was greeted to an empty office and a lot of wasted gas. Apparently their intern messed it up or so they say, but why would you want to work for company that wont even show up to an interview they scheduled. That company is a joke and a scam, dont let them waste any of your time
ReplyDeleteWow! I have an interview Monday-I wont be going lol
ReplyDeleteThe job is for door-to-door sales of AT&T products. This company is a joke - the "president" dropped out of community college so he decided to start his own business since he couldn't get a real job.
ReplyDeleteApparently while he was at this college they taught him to use Google, where he copied and pasted the BBB logo next to every Vantage Point Consulting sign.
The application they give to you looks like it was created by a fifth grader who learned to randomly place the BBB logo on the page - they really love that logo. They must believe it makes them scream legitimacy.
The office is sketchy and they have yachting magazines spread over the coffee table (trying to seem like a legitimate company) adjacent to a cheap flat screen TV. Yes, yachts. In Columbus, OH.
I think they watched Parks and Rec and saw Aziz Ansari's lavish and failed business; they tried to replicate it, but the only thing they nailed was the failure part.
It is fun to go and mess around with them in the interview though. Just seem like the worst employee ever: the sad part is, they'll actually call back, though they say they are "very selective."
Vantage Point Consulting is the equivalent of Prestige Worldwide in Step Brothers, minus the decent singing and hilarity.
I was scheduled to interview earlier today. After reading the comments here, I decided not to go.
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