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Jinn · 10-20-2010, 08:16 AM

Ahh, but why, my intrepid poster, do they "but they need to be put in perspective because bad experiences travel faster than good ones."

Usually only someone with a vested interest in a companies' interest thinks negative reviews need to be corrected. Most people know that positive reviews are rare, and opt to work with a company not because of positive reviews but because of the absence of negative reviews.

I was with Jazz before I read his comment.. seemed odd to have a 6 month gap and then two positive reviews.

Your intentions aside, I must admit that my only experience with College Pro was a good one, at least from a management perspective. My roommate in college worked for them as a manager and made about 30 grand after taxes (in a summer). He did a lot under the table and is a ridiculously personable person who can con just about anyone into giving away their life savings, so convincing people to have their house re-sprayed was nothing. He also worked like 60 hours a week. So I'm sure there is success to be had with CPP just like any other enterprise where you're particularly good at it without training and willing to work balls-to-the-wall hard for extreme hours. He would have been able to make that kind of money anywhere, just as the kind of person he is.

But CPP as an organization does terribly with training and takes an enormous cut from the profits for relatively negligible 'brand recognition'.

10-20-2010, 08:16 AM	#28 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Ahh, but why, my intrepid poster, do they "but they need to be put in perspective because bad experiences travel faster than good ones." Usually only someone with a vested interest in a companies' interest thinks negative reviews need to be corrected. Most people know that positive reviews are rare, and opt to work with a company not because of positive reviews but because of the absence of negative reviews. I was with Jazz before I read his comment.. seemed odd to have a 6 month gap and then two positive reviews. Your intentions aside, I must admit that my only experience with College Pro was a good one, at least from a management perspective. My roommate in college worked for them as a manager and made about 30 grand after taxes (in a summer). He did a lot under the table and is a ridiculously personable person who can con just about anyone into giving away their life savings, so convincing people to have their house re-sprayed was nothing. He also worked like 60 hours a week. So I'm sure there is success to be had with CPP just like any other enterprise where you're particularly good at it without training and willing to work balls-to-the-wall hard for extreme hours. He would have been able to make that kind of money anywhere, just as the kind of person he is. But CPP as an organization does terribly with training and takes an enormous cut from the profits for relatively negligible 'brand recognition'. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel Last edited by Jinn; 10-20-2010 at 08:20 AM..