On May 22nd, 2018, I started my employment as a Western Regional Sales Manager for Nordfab LLC, a subsidiary of Nederman of America, in Thomasville, NC. This was after six months and nine interviews; as well as a series of personality and aptitude tests, drug tests and criminal background check. I quit my successful sales manager job with a staffing company located in Colorado to pursue this industrial sales position for the upward potential of performance based compensation. I was told that I would receive six weeks of training and I could not contact customers until I completed it. After three weeks on Friday June 8th, I was informed by my supervisor, the Director of Sales, that my "employment with Nordfab is not a good fit and [they'll] will be going in another direction". I was terminated with less than three weeks on the job, most of it was training. This news came shortly after it was announced Nordfab's sales in the Western Region dramatically dropped over 20% in the month of May. Because of not having a sales person covering this territory for nearly eight months, and the previous sales person now working for Nordfab's competitor taking customers away, Nordfab's sales suddenly plummeted in the Western Region.
Again, I spoke with my supervisor the following week and explained to him the hardship this puts on me and my family since I quit my job to join Nordfab. He apologized and said this was a decision they've been contemplating since I first started interviewing with them back in December 2017. My supervisor told me that the executive management team was convinced I wasn't "aggressive enough" for this position, even though I expressed a desire to start meeting with clients before my six weeks of training was completed. My supervisor said that the two weeks that I spent training at Nordfab's location confirmed their feelings about me, even though he couldn't provide me a specific event or incident. Additionally, while I was at Nordfab training I received only complements and praise for some of my cost cutting/streamlining ideas for their supply chain. Unbeknownst to me the management staff was saying something completely different behind my back.
I am convinced it is because of my seniority that they determined I was aggressive enough. My exact age wasn't discovered until I accepted their offer and completed their employment onboarding paperwork. I look younger than I am. Additionally, I feel that I was fraudulently recruited/employed since they never informed me about their concern of my lack aggressiveness during the nine times I interviewed with them. Without this information, I was misled and would have never accepted this position knowing their concerns.
This deception cost me my livelihood and place undo stressed on my family. Nordfab dragged their feet paying my final expenses until five weeks after they dismissed me increasing the financial hardship on my household. Nordfab, as well as its parent company Nederman, lacks any modicum of business integrity. They say one thing but do another. Their management staff cannot be trusted in the very least. They say nice things to your face yet stab you in the back. I highly recommend to anyone that they do a thorough due diligence and research before engaging in any business activity with Nordfab, and its parent company Nederman. read more