Luxe, Inc, luxeinc.net (661 Fitzhugh Blvd Suite 116, Smyrna, TN, 615-984-4343) is an independent Cydcor affiliate, but it not related to another Cydcor affiliate called Luxe Marketing Concepts, luxemarketinglmc.com, in White Plains, NY. The website for Luxe Smyrna has a stupid rotating hexagon. The website has an annoying music which you cannot turn off. You can only lower the volume.
Beware of attractive, but possibly deceptive job ads which offer entry-level training in management, marketing, and sales especially if the ads state no experience required. If you decide to interview with such a company, ask many questions before accepting employment. Will you be paid minimum wage or commission? Are there company benefits? Beware of invitations for an all-day second "interview".
Research shows Luxe, Inc has the one office in Smyrna, Tennessee yet their website states their people are trained to run one of their offices. They say they offer competitive pay during the training period, is that hourly pay or commission pay? Do you really want to work commission sales so you can run your own independent Cydcor office?
luxeinc.net
Luxe, Inc. is a marketing firm that specializes in outsourced marketing, sales and client acquisition for service based, Fortune 500 companies.
What does Luxe, Inc offer?
At Luxe, Inc our people are trained to run one of our offices. We offer a competitive pay during that time. We promote only from within, from our entry level up through management.
Luxe, Inc
661 Fitzhugh Blvd Suite 116
Smyrna, TN
(615) 984-4343
Not a professional looking website. Rotating hexagon, you cannot turn off the annoying music, you can only turn down the volume.
Domain Name: LUXEINC.NET
Created on: 17-Jan-2011
I just received a call from this company by a professional sounding lady saying that her and her boss looked at my resume on careerbuilder.com and asked to call back for a position as entry level manager. I didn't really know what to think about it and that was all she had disclosed in the message. Now I am reluctant to call back because I saw this blog. If you have any ideas please tell me?!?
ReplyDeleteCompany Response:
ReplyDelete1) Website: If you don't like the rotating hexagon on our website, that's okay; it's all a matter of personal preference. The mute button works really well if you don't like the music.
2) Location in New York: Unfortunately there is another company in NY with a similar name. We are NOT affiliated with this company in any way.
3) The "all-day second interview" is actually just a job shadow conducted during the second half of the day to give applicants the opportunity to see what they would be doing if offered the position.
4) Indeed, our office is located in Smyrna. It is correct that we are training new managers to run new offices. We are looking for future entrepreneurs who want to be trained in all areas of business before running their own.
5) We do offer pay during the training period. Pay ranges typically $300-$500 in the first week, depending on how long it takes someone to pick up on the sales and marketing.
Unfortunately, there are blogs like these that exist to attract readers, and in turn make money from advertisers who have placed ads at the bottom of the right-hand column.
There is nothing deceptive about the position. Entry level sales and marketing is a great way for people to start on a fast track for an exciting career, however, it is not for everyone. We would be more than happy to answer any questions or respond to any additional concerns. Please contact Lauren at 615-984-4343.
Does anyone know more about this? I just got a call from someone there.
ReplyDelete#1 in the response from the Luxe rep is reason enough to say "no thanks". It is snarky and condescending. In fact, much of the post is defensive and unprofessional. This "company" posted an ad on craig's list today (4/18/12).
ReplyDeleteFYI, anyone who blogs realizes any ad revenue is minimal to non-existent. There is no reason to believe that a blogger would invent a negative post on a company for no reason for $3 a week in ad response, if he or she is lucky. I am relatively new to blogging, and don't earn a cent.
CJG
What really makes this job a scam though? In your post you say "Beware" and "research shows" but there really isn't hard evidence. Did you actually go though the interview process and everything of that nature?
ReplyDeleteWould love to hear your response and Evidence to back it up.
In all fairness who is to say you were not an ex customer who got fired, and decided to take revenge on them by trying to tarnish their business. These are just thoughts that come to mind.
Thats exactly what I was thinking...
DeleteI went for an interview today.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I waited for an hour past my scheduled interview time before I got to see anyone.
Second, during the interview process, the interviewee seemed to hint toward door to door selling and cold calling from an existing customer list (but for only 2 weeks of training). Also, I was told that in 1 year there would be opportunities to move up and become a manager, so im not sure about the 2 week deal. Also, the interviewee said there was a potential to make 6 figures! But, im not sure of the time frame on that. I got the hint that I was being sold into doing something that was not a manager trainee position rather than just a position to where if your good and consistent you can move up.
Third, I left...
Come on, wait 1 hour for a scheduled interview while being told every 5 minutes that it will be another minute or two!.. Make six figures in a year? Although, I was told that I would have to work my ass off, I believe that.
Expect a sales job, if you are good at selling then you can fight with the other sellers to become the lead "what ever".
Im not bashing the company because it is a profitable company, but I do believe that you should respect peoples time and not have them wait an hour for an interview.
Here was my experience with the company....After vigorous searching for a new job, I posted an ad on career builder. I did not get many responses from there, and after maybe a month of giving up, someone called me on my cell phone. They said they were from Luxe Inc and after reviewing my resume on career builder, they would love to meet for an interview. So I went to the interview, they said they had 3 interviews. First one, you meet the head of the 'company'. It went pretty well, as normal as most interviews are and at the end of it, they told me they were interested and wanted to give me a second interview, I agreed, and they told me when to show up, and to wear "comfy shoes". Not thinking much about it, just excited about having someone interested in giving me a job, I went for it. Well I show up and they tell me I'm to get in this random person's car and drive through the greater Nashville area for the rest of the afternoon, harassing people while they were at home by going door to door, trying to sell AT&T's Uverse. They actually had a rotating system established where they kept knocking people's doors at different times of the day in an attempt to talk to them. In one instance, the guy that was training me and myself encountered this guy answering his door with anger due to the harassment this company frequently does. A few people actually signed up for the service, and they tell them that if they sign up right then and there, they get some sort of discount, which is pretty much BS. Then I talked to the guy about his job, if he liked it, etc. He said he did, but it seemed like a generic response. What I noticed was, not only did he have to drive his own car, he didn't even get reimbursed for his gas spent on the job, and on top of that being worn out from walking door to door, nonstop for 6 hours. After the whole ordeal, we went back to the company building, and in which they gave me a survey to take about the interview and to wait to talk to someone. At that point, I had had enough and decided to leave the premises and go home. Then the next day they even call me asking me why I didn't want the job. And to me, it's not that the company really cares, it's that they're so in need of these poor people in desperate need of a job that they'll do anything that they're willing to go through crazy means to enlist this people. A word to the wise...DO NOT WORK FOR THEM. You're better off flipping burgers at Burger King.
ReplyDeleteI had my experience with NBC Inc. in Nashville in June/July of 2011. They found my resume on Careerbuilder and called me. The interviewing process was the same way as it is at Luxe. Like the above post, I was in desperate need of a job, even though I was waiting tables part time, which by the way, their hours are from like 10am to 8pm Monday through Friday and 1/2 day on Saturday therefore, if you have another job and plan to take this one on, you might want to make arrangements with your other job. I was always skeptical about it, but nevertheless, I decided to give it a shot. I went for my first interview and was called back to do a second interview. The second interview was job shadowing with a trainer who had been promoted to leadership and we walked in the hot sun around a Hillsboro townhouse community all day. We of course took a break for lunch but went right back to it after we were done. After the job shadowing we went back to the office where I had my final interview and I was offered the job. Thinking that it was easy and that I could do it, I accepted and started the following Monday. I stayed for 3 weeks with this job even though I knew it was commission based but it was fun being in the office before we went into the "field" and it was fun just being able to cut up with my trainer while knocking on houses and even at the end of the day when we went back to the office, but when having fun at work overpowers making money, it isn't worth it. And by that I mean, I came to realize that I wasn't a good sales person of the product I was trying to "market". I did not know that much about it and you can't push a product you know nothing about. Therefore after less than a month, I quit and went back to my old job. What I'm getting at and Lauren at Luxe is right: This job is not for everyone, it may seem a bit misleading and in some instances it is, but if you are a hell of a salesperson and actually know what you're trying to push, then you would excel at this job, given that the person you signed up for the product doesn't back out. It is 100% commission based which can be a good and a bad thing. You get paid if you make a sale and the person doesn't cancel. If they cancel or you don't make a sale that day, you don't get paid. For some, this is a great job, for the rest of us, we're better off getting paid hourly
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