There's a reason this company was investigated by the FBI - Anonymous employee At Auction Employee Review

1.0
Jul 18, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

After working for John House for a couple of years, it's truly difficult to come up with positive things to say about him or the company he runs.

Cons

This company is owned and run by a man named John House. He has been disbarred from practicing law in multiple states, which directly speaks to his character and the way he conducts business. Many times when I was working for At Auction, I was contacted by angry vendors for not getting paid by the company. On more than one occasion employees were asked not to deposit their paychecks until a later date. As if that wasn't enough to run like hell from this company, they have also been raided the FBI for defrauding United States military members and their families on the AAFES website. Employees are in constant fear of being fired for situations that are out of their control. For example, if sales dip as a result of a vendor withholding products for not being paid by John House, the employees are held responsible. This a company that should be avoided by all, from entry level to experienced candidates. I have never met a group of people running a company who are more morally bankrupt that John House and the people he has in positions of leadership.

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3.0
Apr 11, 2014
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Pros

This is a small company environment. The people are friendly, including the principles in the company.

Cons

Stability is a big question mark. Sometimes shipping employees were asked to work through the weekend so that the company could bill enough to meet payroll. This is uncomfortable, to say the least.

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1.0
Apr 6, 2017
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Pros

The people who work there are nice for the most part. But even some of them are expected to report back to the owner on other people.

Cons

I have seen John House (owner) take people into a room with lots of upper management and proceed to berate an employee for 30 min before telling her she was going to be fired before she left crying to the bathroom. Her boss pleaded with House how she was her best employee. So he sent someone to fetch her, and for the next 30 min he talked her up and laughed and said she needed to tell him that she was doing so good. The next day I came to the office and asked if she quit and was told no that they had given her a raise. That is a typical day at this company. They got raided by the FBI, who seized $200k in fake sports autographs. They buy junk watches and jewelry and pass them off as high end. The whole company is a con job by a disbarred former lawyer.

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