Here is a copy of the e-mail that I sent to Arise.
To whom it may concern,
I recently took a training course for Interval International and passed with a 92. I have spent a minimum of a thousand dolllars to be ready to start this opportunity. I have had a seperate phone line installed and bought a new computer. I have gone through two hundred dollars worth of printer ink. I also paid for this class and did my due dillegence as far as class participation and homework. I get to certification which is a fifteen minute phone call and some adobe screens that function far from optimally. I make the phone call at the allotted time and they need a code that was not provided to join the session. I get the code that was sent at the last minute and call in only to be told to call at another time. I then call back at the new time and get drilled with many questions not correctly stated and I am expected to rapid fire these answers back, I had some problems doing this as the illiteration was not even close to proper. There was a language barrier to deal with and to base all of the time effort and money put forth in this endeavor to have a fifteen minute phone call determine the outcome is just flat wrong . Needless to say I am less than happy with this whole experience and am very tempted to post about it on my blog.
I have always had an aversion to paying for training to get a job. I should have followed my instincts. This experience is a black eye to your company and your business model. What exactly do you offer other than having people jump through hoops to meet all of your technical as well as training requirements only to have all of the time and money invested be based on an arbitrary 15 minute phone call and the decision to not hire based on one persons take of said call.
Incidentally, I never received a response from them. This whole thing started by answering a jub posting on Craigslist posted by what is known as a VSL by Arise. The name of this VSL is AWI Enterprises. Here is a copy of my correspondence with them.
I recently took a training course for Interval International and passed with a 92. I have spent a minimum of a thousand dolllars to be ready to start this opportunity. I have had a seperate phone line installed and bought a new computer. I have gone through two hundred dollars worth of printer ink. I also paid for this class and did my due dillegence as far as class participation and homework. I get to certification which is a fifteen minute phone call and some adobe screens that function far from optimally. I make the phone call at the allotted time and they need a code that was not provided to join the session. I get the code that was sent at the last minute and call in only to be told to call at another time. I then call back at the new time and get drilled with many questions not correctly stated and I am expected to rapid fire these answers back, I had some problems doing this as the illiteration was not even close to proper. There was a language barrier to deal with and to base all of the time effort and money put forth in this endeavor to have a fifteen minute phone call determine the outcome is just flat wrong . Needless to say I am less than happy with this whole experience and am very tempted to post about it on my blog.
I have always had an aversion to paying for training to get a job. I should have followed my instincts. This experience is a black eye to your company and your business model. What exactly do you offer other than having people jump through hoops to meet all of your technical as well as training requirements only to have all of the time and money invested be based on an arbitrary 15 minute phone call and the decision to not hire based on one persons take of said call.
Incidentally, I never received a response from them. This whole thing started by answering a jub posting on Craigslist posted by what is known as a VSL by Arise. The name of this VSL is AWI Enterprises. Here is a copy of my correspondence with them.
Alma,
This is the e-mail I have sent to arise admissions. I have to tell you that I am not real happy with you either. You said you would reimburse for the class which I passed with flying colors. No mention of that from you in our phone calls and coorespondence. Alma I do not want to or have I ever wanted to Att support. You would not be doing me a favor by paying for it This whole experience is a nightmare. You might also want to be aware that when you send an offer for nine dollars an hour to be in your adobe rooms as an instructor or cheerleader as it were. I do not expect that when you send an e-mail to join said meeting the pay is minimum wage.
Sign me disillusioned and much lighter in the wallet,
Tom Simpson
Sign me disillusioned and much lighter in the wallet,
Tom Simpson
Another one: Alma,
Burying information in the faq section is much less than forthcoming. I am seriously considering going public with this ordeal as I feel it is very predatory and false advertising. If you look closer at your faq page you will also notice that it is stated there will be financial benefit for finishing training in good standing. There is however no mention of actually being accepted for employment. Alma I am having a very difficult time reconciling this whole experience as I feel that this is nothing but a scheme. What benefit does the work at home person get from having a secure environment from the computer system. The benefit actually goes to the client at no expense to them only advantage, at no cost. Further I believe it to be only in the interest of the client IE Interval in this case to have no skin in the game as far as the cost of training. What do they have to lose in such a skewed relaionship.
Alma I was in the mortgage business for thirty years and witnessed the same type of predatory actions and the same kind of responses from various entities in the food chain when things went bad. I have mentioned to you repeatedly that AWI is ARISE is INTERVAL. Do not tell me again that you can do nothing because you can. I would have never become involved in this fiasco if you had never run an ad on Craigslist. Ultimatley in my mind you are the one that is culpable. I am sure that you are a very nice and honest person. That does not excuse you from the actions of your confederates.
I am very willing to give you the opportunity to make good on all of the money and time that I have spent pursuing this alleged "opportunity." I will give you a reasonable amount of time to make restitution for my time and cash expenditures before I go public, ie, letters to the editor, tv stations, better business bureau, blogs, craigslist to name a few about the lack of accountabilty and ethics contained within AWI and ARISE. I have a call into an attorney and will pursue any actions necessary to make this situation whole. I have also contacted one of my classmates in this ordeal and found that the pay is $12.00 an hour. You offered $8.00 per hour and still expect the forty dollars a month to come from the people that have signed up with your VSC. For what? So you can skim off of the top and leave everyone else making less than minimum wage. Alma I wish you the best of luck but be forwarned you may be setting yourself up to be in violation of the labor laws of the state and country. I know for a fact that it costs $50.00 to form an LLC in Colorado. What exactly do you offer for the $4.00 an hour difference. Nothing but empty promises and broken hearts if you ask me.
Sincerely,
Tom Simpson
Alma I was in the mortgage business for thirty years and witnessed the same type of predatory actions and the same kind of responses from various entities in the food chain when things went bad. I have mentioned to you repeatedly that AWI is ARISE is INTERVAL. Do not tell me again that you can do nothing because you can. I would have never become involved in this fiasco if you had never run an ad on Craigslist. Ultimatley in my mind you are the one that is culpable. I am sure that you are a very nice and honest person. That does not excuse you from the actions of your confederates.
I am very willing to give you the opportunity to make good on all of the money and time that I have spent pursuing this alleged "opportunity." I will give you a reasonable amount of time to make restitution for my time and cash expenditures before I go public, ie, letters to the editor, tv stations, better business bureau, blogs, craigslist to name a few about the lack of accountabilty and ethics contained within AWI and ARISE. I have a call into an attorney and will pursue any actions necessary to make this situation whole. I have also contacted one of my classmates in this ordeal and found that the pay is $12.00 an hour. You offered $8.00 per hour and still expect the forty dollars a month to come from the people that have signed up with your VSC. For what? So you can skim off of the top and leave everyone else making less than minimum wage. Alma I wish you the best of luck but be forwarned you may be setting yourself up to be in violation of the labor laws of the state and country. I know for a fact that it costs $50.00 to form an LLC in Colorado. What exactly do you offer for the $4.00 an hour difference. Nothing but empty promises and broken hearts if you ask me.
Sincerely,
Tom Simpson
The gist of this whole blog is just to warn you about this "opportunity" and the pitfalls contained within. Here also is link to a class action lawsuit in which Arise is one of the principals.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebSanDiego/EmploymentLawyers/prweb8793058.htm
