Terra Wholesale

A friend of mine received a call today for an interview at Next Generation. Googling the name of the company and San Leandro came up with no hits. So, we googled the phone number they gave,(510) 483‑2117, and surprisingly, the business directories all came up with «Terra Wholesale». Now, under Terra Wholesale, I see on Unilocal a few reviews and in Shannon G’s review someone replied to her with this link:
. That was very enlightening. So, we called the number and asked more directly about the position and their answer was vague and implied about 3 different positions related to «distribution» or «promotional marketing». Anyhow, after about 10 mins on google we found that it would’ve been a huge mistake and a colossal waste of time.

I went to first round interviews with this company. Their website claims that you will be going into a marketing management trainee position. However, it seems that everyone who goes through the first 15 minute interview is also offered a second all day interview. Furthermore, during the first interview, they said that I would be starting out by walking through the Home Depot asking people whether they had seen the advertising and promotions for Home Depot. What are these people thinking, recent graduates with a BA in Business aren’t looking for a position randomly walking up to people and doing surveys. We want a real management trainee position. For more information on this type of bait and switch employment scheme, see the reviews regarding the Marketing Group. This company, Merrimack (
), and the Marketing Group (
) all seem to be running similar schemes. Stay away from all three of them.