I was hired by Evan Johnston to work at Advanced Financial, in Carlsbad and was told my salary would be $24 hourly.
At my in-person Interview with Carla Litton, at Advanced Financial, she asked me, what they told me my salary would be. I reviewed my notes from my phone call with Evan and told her what he told me, $24.00, hourly.
Carla Litton told me, it's actually $21 hourly-
I asked Carla, "Is this still a work from home position?" She assured me it was, after completing my 2-week training, I would have to be on the collection floor for 30 days and then I could work from home. Then she turned around and pointed out to the empty desks and told me, "See, look, we have a lot of people working from home." I asked her, "Why are those few working here?" She told me, "Those are the ones who have had some challenges working from home."
On day 3 - Training with Delbert Reed, he stated, "This is NOT a work from home job." He suggested I stay late that day to discuss it with Carla, and so I did. Carla told me, "The boss wants us in now, we won't be allowed to work from home anymore." I asked her, "Are there usually this many inconsistencies, or miscommunications, when hiring through Aerotek, because it seems like the most important aspects to consider, when finding a job is, 1) Salary & 2) Location." Carla just brushed over my question by offering me more of a demotion, from Account Representative, to Customer Service, and then that way I could work from home after training, but then the pay drops even more, to $17.00, hourly.
At that point, I wanted to be done there, but I planned to hang in there until I found another place to work.
We, (myself and two other girls) sat through training with one of Advanced Financial's drunk employees. I mean, this lady was plastered and even spilled her alcohol on the training room table, from her "water bottle," then she stepped out to take a call, but instead took a 2-hour nap and never returned to the training room.
The next day, our Trainer, Delbert Reed told us all about the drunk woman's issues and why they had to let her go. Mind you, this is Day-4 with Advanced Financial. Carla, Delbert and Danine, all Managers at Advanced Financial, spent at least half an hour complaining about some guy Aerotek hired, who used to work with them, (Advanced Financial,) some guy by the name of Aaron, or something like that - Who knows, it could have been Evan, or Ervin, or something like that. Advanced Financial stated, we had to fire him for being a no call/no show and now he's working over there for Aerotek.
On day 4, I was terminated for stepping out of training for an emergency call, because my son was hit by a car, off his skateboard. I even told Delbert after training, I had to take an emergency call - I apologized and I thanked him for his understanding. Delbert said, he understands, life happens.
That day, Evan Johnston called me to tell me Advanced Financial let me go, for taking that call. He asked me to email him my final hours, so I did, for 2 days of pay, June 15 & 16, 2021, at $21.00 10.25 hours, total and I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MY FINAL PAY. Today is June 22, 2021.
It has been over a week and Evan Johnston, with Aerotek, has yet to submit my final pay:
California State law governs, an employer must pay final wages to an employee who separates from employment, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
I sent Aerotek my FINAL DEMAND for my final pay. My next step is to reach out to my Attorney, to seek civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with California Labor Laws, but also to collect my penalty interest payments, which California calculates at the employee's daily rate of pay and is calculated by multiplying the daily wage by the number of days that the employee was not paid.
I have not been paid for the two (2) final days I actually worked, which were Tuesday & Wednesday, June 15 & 16, 2021 PLUS the four (4 ) days Aerotek has let pass by, without giving me my final pay. The four (4) additional days are: Th, Fri & Mon, Tues, June 17, 18, 21 & 22, 2021.
$21.00 at 5 hours per day, for two (2) days worked: 6/15 & 16., PLUS 6/17, 18, 21 & 22 = 6 Days total x $21.00 hourly, at 5- hour days:
So far, Aerotek is required to pay me $630.00, provided they pay me no later than 6/23/2021.
DO NOT WORK FOR THIS SHADY, LOW CLASS, DECEPTIVE, MONEY DRIVEN COMPANY. It's no wonder they are doing the hiring for a sneaky, deceptive, collection agency, called Advanced Financial, which is under the umbrella of Grand Pacific Resorts. YES!!! That crooked, suffering, grimy, timeshare agency. They're still at it, trying to sell timeshares, as if anyone needs one in this century. smh
Questions, or concerns, I am here to help anyone from jumping into the coals of these two companys.
Theresa 760-798-5715 read more
