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New Direction Events Reviews

2.6

38% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

38% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
1.0
18 Sept 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Hiring process goes quick. If you're desperate for (a tiny bit of) money, work here a couple weeks while applying for something better.

Cons

Expected to talk to 100+ people an hour selling pillows/skincare/sheets/haircare, etc. This means standing at a table in HEB, Sams Club, or Costco and harassing every single person walking by. Expectedly, the people are usually rude or irritated. They don't want or need your product. They say you'll only be making $8/hr with NO BENEFITS WHATSOEVER for a short time, in less than a year you'll be earning six figures and running your own office. Everyone admires how much owners and managers make and how they can afford to go on vacations whenever, buy expensive cars, whatever, but no one asks why they can't afford the ones who are really working more than $8/hr, or maybe provide some health insurance. If you're hitting net goals, the office doesn't pay you anything at all, the client (ex. pillow company) does. The workplace culture is creepy. Everyone treats LOA (Law of Averages) like it's a religion. "Trust in LOA! LOA always plays out if you do xy and z!" Turnover is crazy high too. Jennifer employees 10-15 people, but 1-3 quit every week which means she's hiring 1-3 people a week too. That's why she does interviews all day. She can't hold on to an employee longer than a few months. But no one in the office is ever allowed to say anything negative or bring up the missing faces. They just chant the same approved messages. They also give you your schedule the day of, and never more than a week ahead of time. And you'll spend at least 2 hours a day on the road.

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New Direction Events Response
9y
We are an on-site interactive events company who provides promotional solutions for our Fortune 500 clients. Our intention is to always act in the best interest of our team members and our clients. We strive to create the best work environment possible where growth, training, and career opportunities are endless. Our goal is to teach our team members every step of our marketing strategies and techniques in order to create strong campaigns on behalf of our clients. We offer a variety of compensation plans that are based around several factors determined at the time of the initial hiring process. We apologize that our career opportunities did not align with your professional goals.
1.0
17 Aug 2016

Crap place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent at teaching how to lie to people: employees, new hires, and customers.

Cons

Everything about this company, owner, employees is crap. They are professional liars. All the systems you learn are just in place to help you become a successful liar, but the moment you start to question ANYTHING, you get a convo and will either be sent home or fired. They don't need you. And if you have ANYONE you love in your personal life, you must be willing to choose work over them. Because any speck of personal life you had prior to working here is GONE. They will literally preach it in the office every morning. Sacrifice time now for time later. But that time will never come. Everything they tell you is a lie. This business will only work for you if you are willing to work and commit every moment outside of work to this business.

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New Direction Events Response
9y
New Direction Events is an on-site interactive events company who provides promotional solutions for our Fortune 500 clients. Our intention is to always act in the best interest of our team members and our clients. We do not, nor have we ever asked our team members to lie to employees or customers. We strive to create a positive work environment where growth, training, and career opportunities are endless.
4.0
17 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fast paced growth and positive company culture There was a lot of opportunity for upward growth to executive management in a short time. Learned a ton which really helped me when I moved to my new position. Lots of positive upbeat people that are super motivated.

Cons

Time commitment is hard since some weekends are involved. I have prior commitments on weekends that prevented me from being able to finish the program. Driving to the events that were sometimes 30 minutes away was hard.

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