The Latitude Group

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I just got the e-​mail today and made the interview for tomorrow. But after reading the reviews I called and canceled. You guys just saved me a whole lot of time

After submitting my resume via Yahoo! Hotjobs and being offered an interview via e-​mail and phone the next day (wtf?) I decided it would be in my good interest to do a little more research on the company. Thank you Google and Unilocal.
I’ll pass on the all-​day coupon selling gig… I mean. entry level marketing and sales. right? thx though

This place is shady. Saw there add on craigslist, applied.
They called me back immediately, which was odd. In this job market I’ve been applying for sometimes ten job a day, and no one ever gets back that quick to me. They called me I called them back, the lady on the phone was very vague and I got a funny feeling. Found this review, an didn’t go to the interview! Thank goodness!

I am basing my rating on the following experience:
Saw The Latitude Group on Career Builder (and all of its 800 postings — sketchy item #1) I was recently laid off in marketing, and thought this could potentially pay the bills.
Went to the site and wasn’t impressed, so never followed up by e-​mail. However, I got a call, and was asked to come in for an interview. I thought, «what the hell, it couldn’t hurt to see what they have to say.» However, usually in the phone conversation, you will hear a little bit more about the position and why they are calling… Sketchy thing #2.
So, I went online again and did my homework. Their website reeks — I mean, it is narcissistic if I have ever seen one. It looks like someone was trying to knock off the «Mist» game from the early 90s and missed the mark. Plus, the website only talks about employee opportunities… um, if you are a «marketing» agency, shouldn’t you be showcasing the work, your clients, and accolades you have established… not one mention of any of those things. (hello! Sketchy things #3, 4, & 5!)
So, I Unilocaled them… ha ha ha, and sure enough there are enough sour experiences to sway me. (Sketchy things # 6 – 50) Thank you to all who saved me 4 hours of my day and my sanity!
I finally did a general search on Google — and yep, there are some nasty blogs out there. (#50−80)
I wrote an e-​mail that night saying I was canceling and telling them all the reasons (a more kosher version of this review).
Funny, how a couple people who work there felt the need to get on Unilocal and try to save face. Hope you guys are doing well and finding some good experience. I would recommend a website face-​lift.

Who the fuck in his or her right mind would write a positive review about this place?
Oh, wait — i know. The «manager» that runs this place.
And to any people who really worked there and enjoyed the experience,
well, i’ll be damned. stupid stupid stupid. We choose to believe in the stuff that hundreds of people have written while you choose to believe in the false dreams that one single manager tries to feed you.
Little pathetic to call us easily brainwashed.
Believing Britney Spears having a baby with an alien? You’re whacko.
Believing Disturbing Hospital, Funeral House, and other Business with No Soliciting signs will eventually get you financial freedom? You’re hopeless.
Oh, please update us on how much money you end up making after 12 months in the field.
We are all dying to find out.

I gave this company one star because it will not let me put zero.
BIG WARNING to anyone who receives a phone call from this company!
When I received a phone call from someone at The Latitude Group regarding an interview, I was unfortunately unable to do any research because of my location at the time. I drove out to the site, which was in a very old building that looked more like an industrial warehouse. When I entered the lobby of the office, it was full of other candidates also interviewing for the position. The type of people in there vaired considerably. There were people dressed in jeans, and people in their 40’s sitting in the lobby, not people you would typically see interviewing for an «Entry Level Marketing position».
One by one the candidates entered Alon’s office and left within a 3 – 4 minute period, a very short interview. When it came to be my turn, I entered the office to meet with Alon, the «Marketing Manager». He was very vague about the details of the position, specifically the compensation and the actual type of work I would be doing. He kept mentioning the «income potential» and the chance to «run your own office within a year». He also talked about being part of a larger company with 5000 offices in the US. When I inquired about the parent company, he would not give me the name nor would he give me the name of other local branches.
After about 15 minutes speaking with Alon and not getting any of my questions answered, he said he would like to invite me back for a second interview to meet with his Assistant Manager and also get a better idea of what the job entailed. Then he mentioned it would be EIGHT HOURS LONG and that I needed to wear business attire (ie. a suit, which is what I was wearing to ths inteview) and WALKING SHOES.
That to me was an immediate red flag. He mentioned to me that I would be shadowing someone throughout a workday to see what the position entailed, yet he would not give me any ideas of what I would actually be doing. He then said he would see me Friday and shuttled me out, again leaving my questions unanswered.
When I arrived home, I went on Unilocal and read similar accounts to my interview process and accounts from people who actually went on the 8 hour shadowing interview. Basically, they have you walk around neighboorhoods and strip malls asking people to buy bundled coupon books at a discount price, which is why they have you bring walking shoes. You are not paid an hourly, or a yearly salary, but paid based on what you sell each day, which could be nothing.
This company is a scam, and anyone who actually gets to Alon’s position and is running their own office is someone who takes advantage of a recent grads need for a job. The number of employees that actually work there is also questionable, as you do not see any of them during the day. They are «out on the field» during the day and do not return until after 6PM with the «spoils» of their efforts.
In the end, save your time. Do not apply to their ads, and do not return their calls. I felt suckered into atrending the first interview but thank god I went on Unilocal before I could get suckered into a second.
Also, Upstream Business Solutions runs the same game. I received a phone call from them right after I returned home from this bogus interview. I did my research on them before I even committed to an interview, and I am glad I did.

Thankfully I did proper research on the company before committing my time to drive an hour for an interview that would be a complete dead end. Their web site is vague and definitely gave warning signs. Another company to watch out for is Upstream Business Solutions. They are trying to take advantage of this horrible job market and recruit as many people as possible under the «you can have an unlimited income» method. Best of luck to everyone job hunting and avoiding companies such as these… Thank you Unilocal !

I checked out these guys here on Unilocal and it saved me a lot of grief. Affiliate Traction in Santa Cruz seems to be working a similar game — interested if anyone else has the same feeling.

I’m so glad I followed my gut instinct and researched these people. I just called and was scheduled an interview with Alon. They didn’t ask me any questions on the phone, which I felt was odd. I too had a fishy feeling about the email response I got and their extremely vague website. Thank you Unilocal

The Latitude Group claims it represents array of big name clients, such as the Oakland As, Disney World and IMAX. If reselling bundled tickets counts as marketing representation, then I guess they do. But from my recent experience, I doubt their supposed clients would see it that way.
Read more about this… unem​ployedin​san​fran​cisco​.blogspot​.com/

Sooo Ok, They make you think that this is an actual Marketing group, well it’s not! You go there and when you first see the building, it is a shady shady building. It looks kinda run down and such and then you go inside and it is ok. The web site makes you think it is real and an actual marketing company when in fact, in reality, it is fake. It is door-​to-​door selling and they rephrase door-​to-​door selling as «Promotion.» I dealt with this guy named Alon and he is the rudest person you will ever meet. He gives you major attitude and when you question the company, he gives you an even bigger attitude. He then comes up with things to attack you on like: «Oh don’t come here and interview if you are too tired…» He makes up his own excuses to make you look bad. When really, I was not tired I wanted to know the truth and that was: Is this a real marketing job or not. The guy totally flips out and attacks you for trying to find out the truth about the Business and totally acts UNPROFESSIONAL! It gets posted on Yahoo as a legit job but it is a fake and Yahoo has no control on fake people with shady businesses. Also another bad thing, you give him your Resume at the interview and for some suspicious reason, he asks you to bring a second resume to the 2^nd interview (which is where you go door-​to-​door) and I foung that suspicious! I mean why do you need a 2^nd Resume when you already have one? Kinda weird to me…
Soo this is definitely not recommended. Do not fall for this company because you will find out that everything people say on this is true and if I were you, I rather find out now than find out the hard way when this company screws you over. I have a degree and I do not have a degree to sell things door-​to-​door… Or deal with a company that has guys that have attitude when all you want to do is find out the truth. Not recommended and not a good thing especially when I was fooled into thinking it was a REAL marketing company.
Just being honest. Thanks.

SCAM! Beware jobhunters.
Cheesy website, non-​descript mysterious interview process, immediate callback after submitting resume, and telling you what to wear to the interview… all red flags!
Just like the other reviewer said, this is the same as The Merrimack Group. «the merrimackgroup@yahoo» was cc’d on my interview confirmation email.
WARN YOUR FRIENDS!