Do not work here - Private Investigator PhotoFax Employee Review

1.0
Dec 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

At first it seems like a good job. It is not, do not be fooled by the recruiter.

Cons

Everything, the pay is below industry standard (Again, do not believe the recruiter. He is the same man that will reply to this review negatively, if he replies at all) the "State of the art vehicles" are dodge caravans with over 150,000 miles on them. Fixing them comes out of your pocket and will only be reimbursed after 90 days of employment. You are not trained in Chicago, they say this to seem more attractive you are actually trained in Elgin. A mostly rural area with very little GPS assistance. Again, do not believe the man who replies to this review. If you look through all of the other reviews, you will see that all of the ones that are positive receive responses like "Oh thank you for your kind and fair words" but anytime anyone offers one iota of possible criticism it is met with extreme backlash from him. Stay away from companies that are unable to accept any sort of criticism.

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PhotoFax Response
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Oh thank you for your kind and fair words. Just kidding. To start, I do respond to all reviews and I am not sure what your criticism is here. Do you want me to argue with people who are writing positive reviews? If you actually review all that is written on this website you will find that there are negative reviews that I do agree with. I AGREE WITH ALL REVIEWS THAT TELL THE TRUTH! This is not one of them. Our pay is in line with industry standards and the cost that you would have to maintain and insure your own vehicle to do this job is calculated into our pay when compared to other companies. We reimburse weekly and all vehicle repairs are reimbursed weekly. Your transportation to the Chicagoland area is the only cost that comes out of your pocket that you are reimbursed for after 90 days from the date of training. I am upfront about this in my interviews. So there are lies #1 and #2 in the above review. I tell everyone they are trained in the "Chicagoland area" which is true because if I told everyone Elgin, IL area they would have no idea where I was talking about. It is easier to say Chicagoland area which is why I do not say Chicago when recruiting, I say Chicagoland area which is lie #3 in the above review. I am open and able to accept criticism, in fact, PhotoFax has made many changes over the years due to feedback from employees. This is a fact. I do not have the luxury of anonymity when writing comments on this site unlike our reviewer above. Studies show it is easy for anonymous reviewers and commenters on websites to be dishonest and negative when they know their identity will be hidden. For example above, there are 3 blatant lies in the review above. You can choose to believe me or not believe me, but the ANONYMOUS reviewer above is not being honest. If you would like to contact me regarding this job, you will find me to be very upfront about every aspect of the job. Negative or positive. Thanks!

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