My entire experience at CDM was a complete lie. Starting with my interview process lying to me of how much I was going to make in a year to telling me they’re moving out of this office to build a brand new building solely for the events and the entire company. The company is run by four horrible British men who will go to great lengths just to make money for themselves. They pry on college kids that don’t have any job experience and offer them the lowest starting base in Chicago with no hopes of getting a raise in your first couple years at the company (if you make it that long!) I have never seen a higher turnover rate. They will claim it's normal at a sales organization, but how do you explain the people who left the first week on the job? I've seen people being let go strictly because of their appearances...During my time at this company, I was critiqued for the way I dressed wasn’t “feminine” enough or that my hair was "too flat". At a corporate company, they were more concerned if I was in a full set of make up with my hair done over my quota and numbers. There is absolutely no flexibility or trust in their employees whatsoever. You eat lunch every day at the same time, only get two 15 minute breaks and even if it's -56 mph winds outside, you sure as hell still better make it to work or it’s coming out of your PTO days. Upper management puts no money/effort into any of their employees. There is no training provided besides sitting in a room with a director for a couple of days, paying for your own LinkedIn subscriptions that help generate business, and having no sales tools to help employees navigate which territories/prospects are open so its just a bunch of scamming and stepping on coworkers toes. Not to mention, your own director who is suppose to help you generate business will actually steal your sales for themselves and earn more commissions. It was exhausting trying to keep up with who to trust in the office and who was going to stab you in the back. Even your own directors didn’t trust you, employees would have to bring in doctors notes if they called in sick just to make sure they weren’t interviewing at other companies. OF COURSE WE WERE INTERVIEWING AT OTHER COMPANIES, THIS PLACE IS AWFUL.
