Similarities on how Smart Circle offices operate vs. how cults operate is a subject worthy of some consideration.
1. Subject the member to fatigue and or stressful conditions.
Like a cult, fatiguing a new rep is very important to Smart Circle. Generally speaking, a rep/leader in the Directv program will arrive at the office around 9:30 or 10:00 am. They are then subjected to the brainwashing of "atmosphere" before they get to go out into the field and sell. They will be on their feet all day long playing the game of abuse for cash also known as sales. This lasts till about 7:00 pm when they get to go home. Between the time that they leave their house to go to their job and get back, they have worked the better part or 12 hours with a handful of peanuts to show for their efforts. A rep will do this for six days a week and when they do get their day off, they are too tired to do anything but the chores that they have neglected during the week. This unrelenting schedule leads to..........................
2. Social disruption and isolation.
The rep will naturally be isolated from friends and family due to the grueling work schedule. Later, reps are pressured into eliminating influences and people who are not sold on the business because "they will hold you back". It's not uncommon for reps to live with each other or even with their manager and is sometimes the only way to make ends meet. There are also team building nights and conventions designed to keep you cocooned in the shell that Smart Circle has created.
3. Control of information.
The owner uses the tools that were given to him by Smart Circle to keep a steady stream of propaganda directed at the rep. It all starts with the morning routine where a rep enters a room with upbeat music and "positive" people. This is where they will brainwash you on their "opportunity" and get you to bond with those that have just been recruited. Information is carefully controlled in this setting. If someone is being negative or has objections, they are isolated and leaders will bombard this person with memorized rebuttals to counter their concerns. They will also insure that this person is not left alone to infect the rest of the group. This is a choreographed meeting where the owner is treated like a rock star and reps are meant to look up to him and hope beyond all hope that one day they will have their own office.
4. Escalating commitment.
As you progress, you must show that you are willing to go the extra mile. As mentioned above, you might end up living with other cultists. You will be flown all over the country to meet the indoctrinated. Your phone will ring at all hours of the night with cult members wanting to have a "chit chat". This is done so that you eat, live and breath Smart Circle. The last thing that they want is for you to have a moment to yourself because you might remember who you are and realize that you are being conned.
This country has had it's fair share of cult leaders. David Koresh, Charles Manson and Jim Jones are just some of the devils that America has had to deal with. Why do we allow Smart Circle to keep operating? If the propaganda of Joseph Goebbels ran contrary to the values promoted by this country, isn't it an insult to those who defeated the Third Reich to have a outfit like this do business in the U.S.? Go back to Canada already.
Yet another Smart Circle front attempting to do "business" in the Fort Myers area. They now go by the name of "Horizon Media Solutions". Like other Smart Circle subsidiaries, Horizon has flooded the Internet with fake job advertisements offering positions that don't exist. It's what they do.
Take this ad for example currently available on Careerbuilder. Although the words assistant manager appear in the title, "Horizon Media Solutions is hiring for Entry Level customer service, marketing, and sales positions." It's one big lie because all you'll be doing is selling.
ENTRY LEVEL - Assistant Manager - Immediate Hire
Horizon Media Solutions is hiring for Entry Level customer service, marketing, and sales positions. We will cross train in all areas of Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Human Resources, Account Management, and Campaign Management.
Success isn’t something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared. Here at Horizon Media Solutions, we believe that the success of our future depends on finding the right candidate, training from the ground up, and promoting from within. This is an ENTRY LEVEL position. Successful candidates can grow to a management role.
The rest of the ad goes a little something like blah blah blah blah blah blah blah but if you need to read it just go to
I decided to visit their website at horizonmediasolutions.com and wouldn't you know, their account has been suspended. If you are the webmaster at Horizon please contact your hosting provider.
On the plus side, their free Facebook page is up and running and full of the usual Smart Circle mumbo jumbo. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horizon-Media-Solutions/410086692508364?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal
Be sure to check out their photo page where you can get a good look at people like Mike T. and Brian McG. A.K.A. the usual suspects. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horizon-Media-Solutions/410086692508364?sk=photos_stream&ref=page_internal
If you go to thedevilcorp.wordpress.com, you will find a wealth of information about this business. Be sure to explore all pages available at the top of the home screen.
Smart Circle would have to be the most malign company I ever had the misfortune of working for. Without a doubt the most vicious, evil-minded and hostile work environment I have ever had to suffer. They offer slave hours for slave wages disguised as an opportunity for financial freedom and their owners are nothing more than professional dream sellers who will do anything to keep you around as long as possible. Drug dealers deserve more respect. The dream of owning your own business is just a dream because there are no business owners at Smart Circle. Anyone unfortunate enough to be promoted will be required to give Smart Circle power of attorney over their corporation and their bank account. They incorporate their managers only to have a ready made scapegoat on hand for when something goes wrong. You will be maltreated by this organization in ways you thought were not possible. It is a barbarous cult.
If you Google search 'Smart Circle scam', you will find an oversupply of complaints and testimonials damning this company. The lives that have been ruined due to the greed of the 'people' who run this abomination are countless. The turnover rate is amazingly high and they like it that way because it's much easier to dupe someone who hasn't witnessed the perverted, vile and nauseating activities of this enterprise.
Since the creation of the Inernet, people have warned us about this business. This is why they keep changing their name. Before Smart Circle they were known as Granton Marketing, before Granton it was DS-Max and Wholesale Warehousing Industries before that. Don't take my word for it, do some research. Then take into account the fact that all their affiliates go by different names and come to the realization that they have used THOUSANDS of them. It's the only way to keep new recruits in the dark and is a necessary safeguard because this organization has been stepping over people for decades.
In a perfect world, the light of truth would be shined onto the this business like a kitchen light being turned on in the dead of night exposing a solitary cockroach. Although this world is not perfect, I hope this review as done it's part in uncovering the tangled web of lies being woven by this company on a daily basis. If you just take some time to research this business, you will find reports from an army of disaffected, dissatisfied and aggrieved ex-employees all saying the same thing. STAY AWAY!
If you go to the world's #1 consumer advocacy website (RR) and search for DEVILCORP, you will find a plethora of links to news reports, government rulings, lawsuits and video footage showing how these people do business. They are corporate Nazis.
Smart Circle International, LLC Reviews
This is done by design. Cheaters Prosper.
Similarities on how Smart Circle offices operate vs. how cults operate is a subject worthy of some consideration.
1. Subject the member to fatigue and or stressful conditions.
Like a cult, fatiguing a new rep is very important to Smart Circle. Generally speaking, a rep/leader in the Directv program will arrive at the office around 9:30 or 10:00 am. They are then subjected to the brainwashing of "atmosphere" before they get to go out into the field and sell. They will be on their feet all day long playing the game of abuse for cash also known as sales. This lasts till about 7:00 pm when they get to go home. Between the time that they leave their house to go to their job and get back, they have worked the better part or 12 hours with a handful of peanuts to show for their efforts. A rep will do this for six days a week and when they do get their day off, they are too tired to do anything but the chores that they have neglected during the week. This unrelenting schedule leads to..........................
2. Social disruption and isolation.
The rep will naturally be isolated from friends and family due to the grueling work schedule. Later, reps are pressured into eliminating influences and people who are not sold on the business because "they will hold you back". It's not uncommon for reps to live with each other or even with their manager and is sometimes the only way to make ends meet. There are also team building nights and conventions designed to keep you cocooned in the shell that Smart Circle has created.
3. Control of information.
The owner uses the tools that were given to him by Smart Circle to keep a steady stream of propaganda directed at the rep. It all starts with the morning routine where a rep enters a room with upbeat music and "positive" people. This is where they will brainwash you on their "opportunity" and get you to bond with those that have just been recruited. Information is carefully controlled in this setting. If someone is being negative or has objections, they are isolated and leaders will bombard this person with memorized rebuttals to counter their concerns. They will also insure that this person is not left alone to infect the rest of the group. This is a choreographed meeting where the owner is treated like a rock star and reps are meant to look up to him and hope beyond all hope that one day they will have their own office.
4. Escalating commitment.
As you progress, you must show that you are willing to go the extra mile. As mentioned above, you might end up living with other cultists. You will be flown all over the country to meet the indoctrinated. Your phone will ring at all hours of the night with cult members wanting to have a "chit chat". This is done so that you eat, live and breath Smart Circle. The last thing that they want is for you to have a moment to yourself because you might remember who you are and realize that you are being conned.
This country has had it's fair share of cult leaders. David Koresh, Charles Manson and Jim Jones are just some of the devils that America has had to deal with. Why do we allow Smart Circle to keep operating? If the propaganda of Joseph Goebbels ran contrary to the values promoted by this country, isn't it an insult to those who defeated the Third Reich to have a outfit like this do business in the U.S.? Go back to Canada already.
Yet another Smart Circle front attempting to do "business" in the Fort Myers area. They now go by the name of "Horizon Media Solutions". Like other Smart Circle subsidiaries, Horizon has flooded the Internet with fake job advertisements offering positions that don't exist. It's what they do.
Take this ad for example currently available on Careerbuilder. Although the words assistant manager appear in the title, "Horizon Media Solutions is hiring for Entry Level customer service, marketing, and sales positions." It's one big lie because all you'll be doing is selling.
ENTRY LEVEL - Assistant Manager - Immediate Hire
Horizon Media Solutions is hiring for Entry Level customer service, marketing, and sales positions. We will cross train in all areas of Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Human Resources, Account Management, and Campaign Management.
Success isn’t something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared. Here at Horizon Media Solutions, we believe that the success of our future depends on finding the right candidate, training from the ground up, and promoting from within. This is an ENTRY LEVEL position. Successful candidates can grow to a management role.
The rest of the ad goes a little something like blah blah blah blah blah blah blah but if you need to read it just go to
http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobseeker/jobs/jobdetails.aspx?APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J8J1K56XJHF9941XT3X&showNewJDP=yes&IPath=JRKV0B
I decided to visit their website at horizonmediasolutions.com and wouldn't you know, their account has been suspended. If you are the webmaster at Horizon please contact your hosting provider.
On the plus side, their free Facebook page is up and running and full of the usual Smart Circle mumbo jumbo. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horizon-Media-Solutions/410086692508364?sk=timeline&ref=page_internal
Be sure to check out their photo page where you can get a good look at people like Mike T. and Brian McG. A.K.A. the usual suspects. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horizon-Media-Solutions/410086692508364?sk=photos_stream&ref=page_internal
devils
If you go to thedevilcorp.wordpress.com, you will find a wealth of information about this business. Be sure to explore all pages available at the top of the home screen.
A Corporate Horror Story
Smart Circle would have to be the most malign company I ever had the misfortune of working for. Without a doubt the most vicious, evil-minded and hostile work environment I have ever had to suffer. They offer slave hours for slave wages disguised as an opportunity for financial freedom and their owners are nothing more than professional dream sellers who will do anything to keep you around as long as possible. Drug dealers deserve more respect. The dream of owning your own business is just a dream because there are no business owners at Smart Circle. Anyone unfortunate enough to be promoted will be required to give Smart Circle power of attorney over their corporation and their bank account. They incorporate their managers only to have a ready made scapegoat on hand for when something goes wrong. You will be maltreated by this organization in ways you thought were not possible. It is a barbarous cult.
If you Google search 'Smart Circle scam', you will find an oversupply of complaints and testimonials damning this company. The lives that have been ruined due to the greed of the 'people' who run this abomination are countless. The turnover rate is amazingly high and they like it that way because it's much easier to dupe someone who hasn't witnessed the perverted, vile and nauseating activities of this enterprise.
Since the creation of the Inernet, people have warned us about this business. This is why they keep changing their name. Before Smart Circle they were known as Granton Marketing, before Granton it was DS-Max and Wholesale Warehousing Industries before that. Don't take my word for it, do some research. Then take into account the fact that all their affiliates go by different names and come to the realization that they have used THOUSANDS of them. It's the only way to keep new recruits in the dark and is a necessary safeguard because this organization has been stepping over people for decades.
In a perfect world, the light of truth would be shined onto the this business like a kitchen light being turned on in the dead of night exposing a solitary cockroach. Although this world is not perfect, I hope this review as done it's part in uncovering the tangled web of lies being woven by this company on a daily basis. If you just take some time to research this business, you will find reports from an army of disaffected, dissatisfied and aggrieved ex-employees all saying the same thing. STAY AWAY!
DEVILCORP
If you go to the world's #1 consumer advocacy website (RR) and search for DEVILCORP, you will find a plethora of links to news reports, government rulings, lawsuits and video footage showing how these people do business. They are corporate Nazis.