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Very Misleading - Lead Account Executive M4i Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2014
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Pros

Very friendly staff and people

Cons

Avoid this company at all cost. It's a "pyramid scheme" and if your too bone headed to call it that, then why not call it a "sales mill". The hours are 730-6pm, and thats physically in the office, not including transit home which is another hour roughly. And as a new hire you are "guaranteed" $500/wk... BEFORE taxes. And that "guaranteed" $500/wk is contingent on completing 3 sales minimum. Did I mention that there's not even office furniture in the office!? They train you to literally walk door-to-door trying to manipulate people into buying your product. It was ridiculous, they would tell you how successful you were going to be and how great of opportunities you have with them, and how someday you will be promoted out and own your own "company". And by "company" they mean a whole separate office somewhere in the country where you would start the exact same operation they had going on here, except this time you start from scratch, hiring a ton of new employees (half of which will turn over) and somehow getting paid 75K/yr???? I don't understand how that works when you aren't doing much of anything as an executive except going to "conferences" in Cancun or San Antonio. It's not a legitimate company. I got the hell out of there while I could. This is a review I found Indeed and it really had me worried. I still decided to go in and check it out. The above review sums this company/job up 100%, minus the office furniture part. This is a pyramid scheme and you should really consider whether or not you want to be a part of one or not. Please be careful of opportunities that seem to good to be true. And their mission statement is "To provide oportunity for generation to come" A company that can't spell OPPORTUNITY correctly in their own MISSION STATEMENT has some problems.

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M4i Response
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Our company regrets if you feel misinformed by our compensation package or how our growth structure works within our company. I will start by clarifying that yes our company does offer different compensation packages. Both of which are fully gone over in depth throughout the interviewing process. It seems as though you acknowledged not only how they worked before accepting the position, but why one is put in place to have a quota. Now, to further explain our expansion process. Our company has worked with a business model for years that is backed by both the Better Business Bureau and Harvard's Best Business Structures. Not only do we focus on promoting from within, but we also promote based on performance. We don't take the corporate approach of promotion by who you know or how long you have worked there. That does not make said company a pyramid scheme- which by the way is illegal. Pyramid schemes are also notorious for selling/promoting a product that does not exist. We only work with high integrity companies that are global leaders in their industry. Companies that need our help to grow their market share. Yes, our clients need us to continue to take on new markets because they need to grow. Our promotion from within structure allows our clients the great feeling of knowing that any individual promoted to over seeing a new market will not only know how to be consistent with the sales and marketing side of things, but will also have experience training, developing, and mentoring others in a similar role as the one they started in. So if you are looking for a company that you can gain sales/marketing experience, and grow WITHIN the company, and promote an actual product that definitely does exist, please see our website at: www.m4i-inc.com.

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I really enjoyed working with the people at M4i. Everybody seemed very motivated and ambitious to learn and develop within the company. I especially liked how structured everything felt and it really gave me a sense of confidence that this company was really heading in a great direction. I've been apart of companies where it seemed like "meetings" were being ran just to run them. Not with M4i, it really seemed like the company had a plan in place each day to set everyone up for success. I unfortunately had to move on from the company due to my husband being relocated to another state. I look forward to keeping in touch with everyone within the company and I would love to find another company similar to it in the future.

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4.0
Feb 3, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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