UGA Corp

UGA Corp is a division of Mega Life, the New United Agency, and Performance Driven Awards, Inc. The company claims to serve the needs of small business owners and the rising class of the self-employed. UGA Corp offers them benefits and compensation programs, they say are, equal to what they would receive from most employers.

Although UGA Corp is a legitimate company and is a division of a multi million dollar corporation many people have spoken out against it. Part of the reason for the complaints is the way in which UGA Corp recruits its sales force.

They routinely scout job search sites like Career Builder and Monster for potential sales reps. They send out very ambiguous emails telling folks that they have a position for them paying between 60-100k. Those that pursue this opportunity quickly learn about the misleading nature of the opportunity.

When people show up to their "interview" they're surprised to see a large meeting room full of 20-40 other applicants. The UGA Corp event is more of a sales pitch session than a standard job interview. The speaker spends most of the time hyping up UGA and the opportunity, talking about how high their stock is and all the finance magazines that have featured UGA.

They also push the UGA opportunity which will have you selling UGA products on a strictly commission basis. Moreover, they charge you around $300 as a set up fee to get involved with UGA Corp. You can see how frustrating this gets for job hunters who don't have time to be sidetracked with this.

They also use a lot of in your face sales tactics, like waving around bonus checks, which discredit the legitimacy of the opportunity. When's the last time you were on a job interview where the interviewer bragged about his bank statements.

Basically the entire ordeal does not feel like a real job interview. They assume that everyone is qualified for the position. The managers take no more than a glance at your resume, if that, and keep telling you about the large commissions you'll be earning.

The insurance products themselves have been criticized as well. Independent insurance brokers have said that the Mega Life products are deceptive and have many exclusions. To make matters worse, their recruitment efforts result in a sales force that is unqualified and often don't present customers the best options.

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Kim, Orange County	Posted at 6:05pm on Monday, August 25th, 2008
Thanks for the information below, I have an interview scheduled and I am definately going to cancel, especially when they have a website and "WHAT DO THEY SELL, IS IT ADVERTISED" the website leaves you too much in the DARK. Signed: Already scammed by too many other not to be aware of the signs.
steve, portland	Posted at 3:55pm on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
I received c call from them today. I immediately googled them and spent 5 minutes on their website. when you go through someones website and cant figure out what they sell or who they're its a scam. I would never attend any meetings without drilling down on a 5 minute call.
Greg Adkins, Detroit area	Posted at 3:32pm on Thursday, August 7th, 2008
I recently went to a group 'interview' held by a guy named Kirt at a UGA office in Birmingham, MI. All went much the same as described in your warning/letter. Detroit area job seekers beware. It's a shame there are so many scam operators flocking to Michigan to take advantage of the hoards of unemployed here now!
Jeff, Springfield,Mo	Posted at 10:15pm on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Steve, I looked up UGA Marketing and read your article and all of the comments that other people made about this article, I definitely am going to report it as a scam and delete from my e-mail. Thanks for alerting us, ya done good Steve
jason, indiana	Posted at 9:26am on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Thanks to all of you for posting your info on this page, I received my 2nd call from them today...I will obviously avoid them...
Chuck, Nebraska	Posted at 10:26pm on Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
I worked for them for about 6 months and I too am now getting threatening phone calls demanding repayment or they will take action and ruin my credit. How did you fight them? Or did you just ignore them? Please tell me.
Sher, Missouri	Posted at 8:34pm on Monday, July 28th, 2008
Thank you, I just got an email from them too and it just seemed fishy. I appreciate the heads up.
John, Oregon	Posted at 5:48pm on Monday, July 28th, 2008
Thanks for the write up. I just got the phone call from them. It sounded like from the message the guy left this was a scam and sure enough it is.
Shalamar Petty, CC, Texas	Posted at 9:51am on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I had an interview scheduled and have now cnacelled it due to these comments. It's good to hear people speak out.
Chase, Nebraska	Posted at 2:31am on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Thank you so much for the heads-up. My wife received an e-mail to the same effect, luckily it got debunked right out of the gate thanks to these postings. Unsolicited job offers are tough to take serious.
Dana, Wiscosin	Posted at 1:52pm on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Thank you! I received an e-mail from them also. Good thing this site popped up when I searched the company name.
Paul, TX	Posted at 11:17am on Monday, July 7th, 2008
Just got a call from them. Whew! Good thing I saw this. I actually called them at the number they asked me to call at and described everything said in this article. The woman that I said this to asked how I knew this and I promptly told her that most people are intelligent enough to avoid a scam like yours. Thanks to the poster.
Natalie Doza, Missouri	Posted at 2:08pm on Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Hey thanks for the warning! I just got an email from them and it seemed telemarketing -ish! So I googled them and got this page thanks so much! I tried to post a copy of the email they sent me but it said my message looked like spam so they wouldnt let me post it! But thanks to people and web sites like this hopefully they will be a thing of the past! They wont last long! -Natalie Doza
Anonymous, Location unknown	Posted at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
These are the exact same comments I read about this company on a similar site.
Kim, Illinois	Posted at 3:58pm on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Thank you very much to everyone who posted. I received an e-mail and a phone call, looked up company on internet and found you....thank you very much for the information.
Tara, Grayson, GA	Posted at 7:38am on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Thanks for the heads up. I too had an email invite for a sales postion & before I responded did some research about this UGA name I never heard of before. I now will ignore this recruiter.
Phil, Maine	Posted at 1:36pm on Friday, March 28th, 2008
I worked for them for 6 months and the commissions I earned they are now calling a "loan" and are harrasing me to pay it back with interest or they will "destroy" my credit. There should be legislation in place to stop this form of employment abuse.
Tom, Wisconsin	Posted at 4:31am on Monday, March 3rd, 2008
When my newlywed bride movied to WI from MN she did not have a job, and she spent a lot of time looking. She came across this opportunity, advertised in the paper classifieds like a real job. She went to what she thought was an interview but instead was more like a recruitment event. I was originally suspicious, and told her that if they expect you to pay money to do this job then it is likely a "business opportunity" and very possibly a scam if not just dishonest or deceptive. Thankfully she heeded my warnings and advice ( having personally been scammed by a home business opportunity that I fell for back in 1999, it took a lot of effort to fight that and recoup my costs. But I learned a lesson. If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is ). So she got out of that meeting, and I assured her that at some point she would get a real and legitimate job, because she had a lot of great qualifications. Indeed less than a year later (after a different part time job she held... read more »