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Paid to Panhandle - Event Manager/Marketing Vertical Events & Solutions Employee Review

1.0
27 July 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great training if you want to learn how to be an annoyingly aggressive panhandler that tricks people into giving out undeserved money. Companies like this are what's wrong with the world.

Cons

It's a scam. Whatever the job title says, all you will really be doing is panhandling for over 8 hours in the sun with little to show for it. Once you get a promotion, you'll still be panhandling, but also training some other poor soul on how to panhandle. Once you get another promotion, you'll still be panhandling, but also training and hiring new panhandlers. It's a triangle scheme, don't fall for it. Stop scamming people. This is not "event management" or "marketing assistant" or whatever lofty title they're pushing with promises of $50K per year. This is getting trained to panhandle, making less than minimum wage. It's completely humiliating, and chances are you won't even break even on gas & lunch money for the week.

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Vertical Events & Solutions Response
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Hello, thanks for your feedback. I'm sorry your experience with our company wasn't a positive one. We strive to deliver honest transparency about who we are and what we do, and feel your experience is not the majority. I'd love to speak with you more about us and how we can remedy things, as we love what we do in and for our community! Please reach out to us at pr.compliance@verticaleventstx.com or by submitting a form directly on our website www.verticalevents.org.

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Pros

Loved the community and the team!

Cons

None that I can think of

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Vertical Events & Solutions Response
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Hello! Thank you for your feedback, we're so glad you've found working with our team positive. We appreciate your time, as your review helps us to continue improving as a company!
1.0
20 Oct 2021
Anonymous temporary employee
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Pros

Seems like it would be flexible

Cons

It is a low paying sales position. Company lures you in saying they work with D.A.R.E, list job as working at toy/food drive events, constantly talks about community outreach and nonprofit. D.A.R.E hires this company to raise funds, the company itself is not nonprofit. The pay is strictly based on commission of what you raise each week at a low rate. If you have a bad week you can end up making minimum wage or less as they don't have an hourly rate. The position is not working toy/food drives, it is standing in front of stores soliciting donations, I would not call that working events. You are expected to show up at their office for the first part of the day (unpaid for that since you aren't collection anything) and then drive your personal vehicle to wherever you'll be soliciting that day. They do not offer mileage or gas reimbursement either. On top of all of this, you are expected to dress in business professional attire. If you already have a full wardrobe of that, great, if not, which most people in this pay range won't, you're going to have to dump more money into a job that doesn't pay well at all. This might be a great job for someone who isn't looking for a serious career/doesn't have a lot of bills but it sells itself as much more than that.

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Vertical Events & Solutions Response
4y
Hi there, thank you for your feedback. I’m sorry to hear your experience with our company wasn’t up to par. We would love to talk with you more about your specific experience, and why it may not have upheld your expectations. We love what we do as a company and for our community, and aim to offer full transparency of that as well as our pay structures which I'd be more than happy to discuss with you further. Please reach out to us at pr.compliance@verticaleventstx.com or submit a form directly on our website www.verticalevents.org at your convenience.
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