Ya beat me to that one SJ
Safestyle Uk????
- Thread starter Speedy
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I suppose it is similar to the one my Mum uses to this day........'a workman is worth his wage'.
Perhaps it deserves to end in tears?
Anyone that has read nothing but negative revues about a Company, the quality and standard of their Salesforce & products then goes ahead and joins this 'team', deserves all they are bound to get.
Do yourself a favour, find an honest job, you'll be happier serving coffee in the long run and you'll find it a more profitable and satisfying job.
Just found this online:
Advantages: NON
Disadvantages: PLENTY
i worked at the manchester branch of safestyle uk 2 years ago.
i was at the job centre amd an asian man approached me asking me how id like to earn up to `300 pounds per week` plus!
i was only 16, young and gullible, i didnt know what he was talking about, he wouldnt even say the job or company he just told me to come the next week to a warehouse nearby.
i did that, and i started training with 4 other people,
i was told the company was safestyle uk and it was a canvassing job.
the `training` took place in an extremely broken down cold room, for a week, i didnt get a penny for the training even tho he guarenteed me at the begining id get paid normal salary for the training (normal salary was then 5.10 per hour for canvassers)
we were told... normal salary is 5.10 per hour, work 5 days a week, 8 hours per day, plus you get commison for anytime you get a lead (a lead is when the person at the door accepts an offer for a quotation .. which is when the salesman goes round, and if the person agrees to take the quotation and to buy, thats the `sale`)
i should mention by the way that i was constantly being teased (not in a light hearted way) but an abusive foul mouthed way for being *gay* when i am actually straight and not even camp acting.
i reported it to the manager whose response was `oh theyre just having a laugh`!
the next week i was told to start which i did, i was on a team of three people, whod obviously been doing it for years, we were driven to a poor area of yorkshire called bradford.
the first day i was told just to watch, as the people knocked on doors,
they told me all the tricks and trades including some extremely unprofesional comments from them that `we dont do asians as they give us payment problems`... thats what they told me - to avoid asian homes!!!
i was also told specifically to never give out the number of our actual branch, rather the number of the national safestyle hotline.. the 0870 number.
when i got back after the first day, i felt absolutly crap, id been walking around for about 7 hours in a freezing cold area, and it was a relief to get home.
the next day i was told to go by myself, i was dropped off in an area and told to go from house to house.
i must have knocked on about 5,000 doors before the night was up, about ten actually showed an interest, but said no when they heard the company. however two said theyd take a quoatation.
for me this was great - two leads equals extra bonuses!!
however at the end of the week i was told that because the leads didnt go through (the salesman didnt get to sell the windows as the customers decided not to)... that i wouldnt get any extra bonus!!!!!
this is not what i was told by training!! at training i was told that just getting a lead would generate my bonus... after all thats what a lead is... a chance for a possible sale!
to cop it all off, i was paid just 91 pounds that week... the manager said something about `tax` and `being a starter` which didnt make sense.... i was GUARANTEED 5.10 PER HOUR, PLUS A BONUS FOR EVERY LEAD I GENERATED! considering id worked almost 40 hours, i should have been due well more than that amount!
the next week carried on like this.. by mid week id got another two leads, neither of them sold. i was given a warning that if i didnt get a lead by the end of the week, id be sacked...
all the time i was putting up with `homopobic abuse` and ridiculing.....
i decided id had enough, and just didnt turn up for work the next day and quit!
during my time there i experienced the following:
they will use EVERY con tactic to get you to work for them, wether its lying about the nature of the job, or lying about the wages.
they claim on their website to be the best payers in the canvass industry.... that is 100% absolute bull****.
theyll give anyone a job if they think they can make money out of them, hell i saw people there that didnt speak a word of english!
i could go on and on but the bottom line is, they are the lowest of the lowest company, they will do anything to make money, they treat their staff like crap, they hire (i know this for a fact) ABSOLUTLY ANYONE.. even with criminal records! (anyone whos worked with safestyle can vouch for me on that)
i hope my story inspires people to
a/ never even dream of working for that company
b/ never buy anything off them
c/ write to the trading standards, and watchdog.. and create as much media awareness as possible of this lowlife company in the hope that one day their dishonest methods of operation are made known to the world.
the icing on the cake for how sick and twisted these people are.. if you go on their website, their `customer advice charter` says `if we do not live up to these standards.. we will apologise`!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is that it??????????????????? a simple apology!! are you kidding me!!!!
ummm weve smashed up your home and given you a ten grand debt from the loan for windows which only costed two grand in the first place but we`ll `aplogise` and its all okay?????????????????????? are you kidding me??????
it sums up their diabolical customer service!!
stay far far far away from them!
your comments much appreciated!
Summary: read my story for the true insider on this company
Interesting reading
Advantages: NON
Disadvantages: PLENTY
i worked at the manchester branch of safestyle uk 2 years ago.
i was at the job centre amd an asian man approached me asking me how id like to earn up to `300 pounds per week` plus!
i was only 16, young and gullible, i didnt know what he was talking about, he wouldnt even say the job or company he just told me to come the next week to a warehouse nearby.
i did that, and i started training with 4 other people,
i was told the company was safestyle uk and it was a canvassing job.
the `training` took place in an extremely broken down cold room, for a week, i didnt get a penny for the training even tho he guarenteed me at the begining id get paid normal salary for the training (normal salary was then 5.10 per hour for canvassers)
we were told... normal salary is 5.10 per hour, work 5 days a week, 8 hours per day, plus you get commison for anytime you get a lead (a lead is when the person at the door accepts an offer for a quotation .. which is when the salesman goes round, and if the person agrees to take the quotation and to buy, thats the `sale`)
i should mention by the way that i was constantly being teased (not in a light hearted way) but an abusive foul mouthed way for being *gay* when i am actually straight and not even camp acting.
i reported it to the manager whose response was `oh theyre just having a laugh`!
the next week i was told to start which i did, i was on a team of three people, whod obviously been doing it for years, we were driven to a poor area of yorkshire called bradford.
the first day i was told just to watch, as the people knocked on doors,
they told me all the tricks and trades including some extremely unprofesional comments from them that `we dont do asians as they give us payment problems`... thats what they told me - to avoid asian homes!!!
i was also told specifically to never give out the number of our actual branch, rather the number of the national safestyle hotline.. the 0870 number.
when i got back after the first day, i felt absolutly crap, id been walking around for about 7 hours in a freezing cold area, and it was a relief to get home.
the next day i was told to go by myself, i was dropped off in an area and told to go from house to house.
i must have knocked on about 5,000 doors before the night was up, about ten actually showed an interest, but said no when they heard the company. however two said theyd take a quoatation.
for me this was great - two leads equals extra bonuses!!
however at the end of the week i was told that because the leads didnt go through (the salesman didnt get to sell the windows as the customers decided not to)... that i wouldnt get any extra bonus!!!!!
this is not what i was told by training!! at training i was told that just getting a lead would generate my bonus... after all thats what a lead is... a chance for a possible sale!
to cop it all off, i was paid just 91 pounds that week... the manager said something about `tax` and `being a starter` which didnt make sense.... i was GUARANTEED 5.10 PER HOUR, PLUS A BONUS FOR EVERY LEAD I GENERATED! considering id worked almost 40 hours, i should have been due well more than that amount!
the next week carried on like this.. by mid week id got another two leads, neither of them sold. i was given a warning that if i didnt get a lead by the end of the week, id be sacked...
all the time i was putting up with `homopobic abuse` and ridiculing.....
i decided id had enough, and just didnt turn up for work the next day and quit!
during my time there i experienced the following:
they will use EVERY con tactic to get you to work for them, wether its lying about the nature of the job, or lying about the wages.
they claim on their website to be the best payers in the canvass industry.... that is 100% absolute bull****.
theyll give anyone a job if they think they can make money out of them, hell i saw people there that didnt speak a word of english!
i could go on and on but the bottom line is, they are the lowest of the lowest company, they will do anything to make money, they treat their staff like crap, they hire (i know this for a fact) ABSOLUTLY ANYONE.. even with criminal records! (anyone whos worked with safestyle can vouch for me on that)
i hope my story inspires people to
a/ never even dream of working for that company
b/ never buy anything off them
c/ write to the trading standards, and watchdog.. and create as much media awareness as possible of this lowlife company in the hope that one day their dishonest methods of operation are made known to the world.
the icing on the cake for how sick and twisted these people are.. if you go on their website, their `customer advice charter` says `if we do not live up to these standards.. we will apologise`!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is that it??????????????????? a simple apology!! are you kidding me!!!!
ummm weve smashed up your home and given you a ten grand debt from the loan for windows which only costed two grand in the first place but we`ll `aplogise` and its all okay?????????????????????? are you kidding me??????
it sums up their diabolical customer service!!
stay far far far away from them!
your comments much appreciated!
Summary: read my story for the true insider on this company
Interesting reading
Following on from the prevous post I can fully believe it giving my experience as a customer.
It's about 10 years ago received a telephone call usual story reps are in the area are you interested in double glazing at that time we were so arranged for them to visit the following day at 6pm
Had a call the following day to check if the appointment was still ok confirmed it was
Arrived home at 5.40pm and around 6pm suited guy turns up, no introduction plonks himself down on settee and asks where the wife is I indicate she has taken the kids to Blackpool but should be back soon and is that a problem
He then asks to use the phone and says to his office "his wifes not here" I then go on the phone and am told they cant offer provide me with a quote as I'm on my own and following a court case in Sheffield involving an elderly lady they cant provide a quote
I inform them that all I want is a quote and that I wouldn't be able to make a decision on whcih company to choose until I had at least 3 quotes and there was no way i would be signing for anything today
Mystery suited man gets up and leaves pursued by me down the path, he accuses me of being a time waster at which point I remind him I'm the customer, he has come into my house and insulted me and that there is now noway i would buy from his company and they are clearly a bunch of cowboys. Ay=t which point he follows me back down the path in a threatening manner so I close the door in his face
He gets in his car at which point i wave him a fond farwell!! he then accuses me of kicking his car which is difficult as I'm stood on the pavement and he is in the middle of the road (even Peter Crouch would have been unable to do that!)
I ring last number redial and ask to speak to a Senior Manager nobody their only security I'm told. Ring the following day to say as a result of the inconvienience they will do me a real special deal
Needless to say It didn't take me long to consider their "kind offer"
Following that everytime Safestyle knocked on my door they got the full story and I real didn't mind wasting 10 minutes of my time to waste theirs and prevent them harrassing some other unfortunate punter
Safestyle - wouldn't touch woth a bargepole!!!!
It's about 10 years ago received a telephone call usual story reps are in the area are you interested in double glazing at that time we were so arranged for them to visit the following day at 6pm
Had a call the following day to check if the appointment was still ok confirmed it was
Arrived home at 5.40pm and around 6pm suited guy turns up, no introduction plonks himself down on settee and asks where the wife is I indicate she has taken the kids to Blackpool but should be back soon and is that a problem
He then asks to use the phone and says to his office "his wifes not here" I then go on the phone and am told they cant offer provide me with a quote as I'm on my own and following a court case in Sheffield involving an elderly lady they cant provide a quote
I inform them that all I want is a quote and that I wouldn't be able to make a decision on whcih company to choose until I had at least 3 quotes and there was no way i would be signing for anything today
Mystery suited man gets up and leaves pursued by me down the path, he accuses me of being a time waster at which point I remind him I'm the customer, he has come into my house and insulted me and that there is now noway i would buy from his company and they are clearly a bunch of cowboys. Ay=t which point he follows me back down the path in a threatening manner so I close the door in his face
He gets in his car at which point i wave him a fond farwell!! he then accuses me of kicking his car which is difficult as I'm stood on the pavement and he is in the middle of the road (even Peter Crouch would have been unable to do that!)
I ring last number redial and ask to speak to a Senior Manager nobody their only security I'm told. Ring the following day to say as a result of the inconvienience they will do me a real special deal
Needless to say It didn't take me long to consider their "kind offer"
Following that everytime Safestyle knocked on my door they got the full story and I real didn't mind wasting 10 minutes of my time to waste theirs and prevent them harrassing some other unfortunate punter
Safestyle - wouldn't touch woth a bargepole!!!!
No not at all, i simply wondered if anyone had worked for the company and had any stories to tell about them that would influence my decision to work for the company or not.
Given that there is not one positive posting about Safestyle and several major negatives I would say that you certainly need a lot of influencing to change your decision.
Perhaps you can only see the good in people - hope you never have to do jury service - it seems like you would find everybody innocent. still working for Safestyle you could soon be in court yourself
Not long after I met my future wife I was hunting for double glazing and rang SafeStyle as it was the first name that popped into my head. £5,000+ for four windows and a door, and knowing little better I thought that must be OK.
Barbs then told me she'd got the windows and doors on her whole house done for £2,100 six years previously by Sureframe in Accrington so I ended up going with them as they had done an excellent job. SafeStyle wouldn't give up though and immediately said they could match the new price of £1,900.
Why not just quote me that first then? Worst PR move they could have made with me.
Buy local, it's usually the best option.
Barbs then told me she'd got the windows and doors on her whole house done for £2,100 six years previously by Sureframe in Accrington so I ended up going with them as they had done an excellent job. SafeStyle wouldn't give up though and immediately said they could match the new price of £1,900.
Why not just quote me that first then? Worst PR move they could have made with me.
Buy local, it's usually the best option.
Its surprising just how many people are taken in with these so called national companies with mass TV advertising campaigns. To me though the safestyle BOGOF ad would be enough to ignore them altogether, it gets on my nerves. Its just the same with these fitted kitchen and bedroom sharks, the other have was quoted £12000 for a kitchen which was 10 ft square and I was there when the rep gave her the price, suffice to say she didn't take him up on the offer
Ken
couldn't agree more we received 3 quotes for Double glazing including one from Valley Windows at haslingden who came in measured up gave us a price which was very reasonable said it's a fair price and not open to negotiation its entirely up to let me know if your interested. He told us he didn't advertise and most of his custom was by word of mouth
His quote turned out to be the cheapest but we were impressed with the guys honesty and was proved right by his product so much that we recommended it to the in laws
what safestyle dont tell you in the adverts when spouting the bogof thing is that the windows have to be like for like - as in the same size windows at the back of the house that are at the front - how many houses actually have this?
not many terraced ones in hyndburn thats for sure..
total rip off..
not many terraced ones in hyndburn thats for sure..
total rip off..
When i lived on Blackburn rd in Haslingden the front of the house was two storys but the back was four.
One of the ones (can't remember which) came round that promised buy the front get the back free. Had him hooked till i showed him the rear, babbled some excuses then left.
One of the ones (can't remember which) came round that promised buy the front get the back free. Had him hooked till i showed him the rear, babbled some excuses then left.
Now we have all had our say about Safestyle, Speedy would you care to share your experience with them about your first week?
To be totally honest its pretty darn good. 
Admittedly theres probably sections of the company that are not as good as the section im working in, but i have to say being a canvasser for them has been awesome so far.
Been treated brilliantly by the bosses and the whole atmosphere at the office is nice and relaxed, i know its cliche but it really is like a lil family.
Admittedly theres probably sections of the company that are not as good as the section im working in, but i have to say being a canvasser for them has been awesome so far.
Been treated brilliantly by the bosses and the whole atmosphere at the office is nice and relaxed, i know its cliche but it really is like a lil family.
Good, I hope it stays that way.
please let us know how you get on
Best of luck
BG
please let us know how you get on
Best of luck
BG
To be totally honest its pretty darn good.
Admittedly theres probably sections of the company that are not as good as the section im working in, but i have to say being a canvasser for them has been awesome so far.
Been treated brilliantly by the bosses and the whole atmosphere at the office is nice and relaxed, i know its cliche but it really is like a lil family.
Well you've had 4 months with them hows things now?
Hope your still happy.