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Complaint Review: Hessler Worldwide - St. Louis Missouri
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Hessler Worldwide Dishonest Cutlery Scam St. Louis Missouri
I am a former employee of Hessler Worldwide, that was recruited into the company with grossly deceptive and dishonest hiring practices. The promise was for a fun job demonstrating Hessler knives in Sam's Club locations nationwide. The income opportunity was promised to be a very easy six figures, and the product was described as amazing. There was also an offer of rapid advancement and company paid travel.
Everything about the hiring process was horribly misleading. In reality, the job does not even pay minimum wage for most employees. Most travel expenses are not reimbursed by the company, which in many instances means that you can actually be working for the company for ZERO compensation. Some managers require you to work 12 days straight without a day off when on the road, and then you spend a day getting to your job location by car and another day of driving to return home. Work days are a minimum of 9 hours. Pay is straight commission. The average sales person sells 6 or 7 boxes of knives per day with a commission of just over $6. per box.
The acutual product is a very cheaply made set of Chinese made cutlery. The knives are advertised to be dishwasher safe, and to never need sharpening. Both claims are totally false. The product is known to rust, quickly dull, the tips of the blades will break off, etc. They also claim that they are made of surgical grade stainless steel, which is another false claim. They may have some surgical stainless steel in them, but true surgical grade stainless steel will not rust.
Turnover in this company is virtually 100%. It is a total churn and burn scam. Paychecks are usually short, and often late. They always have an excuse, such as computer problems or something similar. Most employees quit within their first 90 days of employment. By then, your personal vehicle will be destroyed from being used as a supply van, mileage, etc.
There is a steady stream of customers returning knives, because they are defective. Employee complaints and problems are nonstop, and create constant drama. Management and training are a total joke. It is obvious that the knives are so cheaply made and sold for $50. per box and higher, so nobody cares. They just want you to keep selling. You can buy better knives for less money.
This scam needs to end. Many lives are being ruined with false promises of huge paychecks, when reality is that most do not even make minimum wage. If it is too good to be true, beware, This is a horrible, cold hearted company. Stay away!!!
