The European Times Reviews

If you decide to work for The European Times (Media Plus), understand they have a fundamentally flawed paradigm about sales: you WILL be expected to lie in order to sell because the product lacks value. Theiu Cuypers is the CEO of BMG, and BMG owns Media Plus and all aforementioned distributions. Different names, same person running it all. These are nothing more than cheap vehicles from which to sell advertising, not help those who buy the advertising. The communication channels that BMG uses are just something in which to sell advertising. It will be your job to, as we were trained, “manipulate” people into thinking the products possess value. Make no mistake, it is incredibly good sales training so long as you are willing to forsake personal ethical standards. The products look neat on the internet, but read the content closely. Then ask yourself, “Could I write this with a few phone call interviews and information from the internet?” Then ask yourself, “Is it necessary for me to meet with 300 different companies to gather the information?” Upon answering “NO” to the last question, you will realize that the meetings with companies are ad selling, yet you are conducting the meeting with the premise that you are there for an editorial interview, and as we were trained, “all advertising space has been allocated”. Then you pitch them at the end of the meeting, and if they don’t buy, you trash the notes from the interview. You go there under the premise you are collecting info for the editorial part of the publication yet you pitch at the end with the intention of throwing the info away if they don’t buy. You will use the information if the do buy as they will be purchasing an advertorial. Pay: After 7 weeks, you will only receive about a thousand Euro. Don’t bother asking Media Plus, and I do mean ANYONE at Media Plus including HR. They’ll either lie, claim ignorance, give you an incomplete answer, or otherwise avoid answering the question to make sure you don’t figure out it’ll be 7 weeks until you get paid. Commissions come every six months and if you notice in your contract, you are subject to lose commissions should you quit, and you don’t recieve any commissions until the client pays. So invariably there will ALWAYS be outstanding commissions you are subject to lose if you ever quit. Accommodations: During training you cannot leave. On projects you stay in 50 Euro/night hotels until you barter your own way into a nice place. While in Peru, Ethiopia, or India sound glamerous to you? You must extensively use your own laptop for the job. Provide your own cell phone which they will use to contact you on. You will also be expected to work in countries on a tourist visa, WHICH IS ILLEGAL. Google the CEO’s name and “Namibia”, you’ll find an article about a consultant going to jail. The intention of this is not to discourage you, but rather make available details that you won’t otherwise receive from anyone at Media Plus. I was lied to and treated terribly. I suggest that, for a moment, forget about the glitz and glamour of the position, and ask yourself how well you’ll sleep at night knowing that your job is to sell worthless products by lying to business owners for a company you don’t trust in a country where you can’t legally work. Think long and hard about this before you do it. To the Americans: You won’t be told this, but the first two weeks are a trial period, and they are quick to send people home if they are too nice, too honest, not eager enough, not good, or whatever reason. From what I understand at least one person is always sent home, and only the Americans don’t know about the two week trial period. This is because in order to take the job you have to sell your car, move out of your apartment, and say good bye. No one living in America in the right mind would sacrifice everything they have in order to undergo a two-week “trial” period. After the two weeks, you will not be allowed to return home to do this, so you must do it before. Media Plus knows no sane person would do this, so for the Americans they either don’t say anything or pass it off as, “ohhh don’t worry about that, you’ll make it through…”. The company seems to be highly centered on the well-being of only itself and no one else. You can believe me as I write, and walk away with complete disappointment, or fly to Belgium and with certainty find out for yourself.