Client Review on New England Audio Visual, Inc.

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Update! 12/1/17 I received a few crank calls and a threatening text message from Jeff Butler. Threatening legal action if I don't comply and delete this review. I worked here for several months in 2015 both in the office and on the road for several events. Probably the most horrific few months of my entire life. (A little about me I'm a military veteran with bachelors degrees in both audio and video production). They work you hard for each event because they don't want to hire people and ruin their profit. So you're always undermanned. We went to Texas from Rhode Island for a show. They notified me the day before the trip that I would do 100% of the driving with two other grown men in a gigantic truck I had never driven before. What they did was so illegal I tried to report them but the loop hole was that on the road trips I was considered a private contract so I couldn't sue. I should have received money per mile plus an additional flat rate stipend but they refused. I got the same or probably less than the other two guys who have no degrees and no drivers licenses. They forced me to drive till I was about to pass out. Sleep on the floor in a Grimey hotel room.... yea even tho there were 3 of us I had to sleep on the floor multiple times because they Insane owners wouldn't spring for more than 1 room. And these were the cheapest hotel in each town we stayed at. Never paid me for food or expenses. That's 14 hours a day driving by one person. Out of pocket food and expenses. They complained I used too much gas and took too long driving halfway across the country basically alone. Both other drivers had suspended licenses. Two grown men that couldn't drive. They just slept the whole trip Way more, they allowed two employees to drop N bombs both at the office and on the road. The other employee in the office(only 2 beside the secretary) consistently dropped N bombs. Told me that black people don't know to leave the hood. Whether you believe that or not it's not a workplace conversation. The incident that was reported to the mangers was an incident that occurred when one of the two suspended licenses losers got into an altercation in New Orleans screaming the N word throughout the streets. After we got to San Antonio it was more horrific work conditions. After I completed the drive from Rhode Island to San Antonio i was forced to unpack the entire truck with one other individual. This truck was packed with thousands of pounds of equipment! It's like 2am and we have to work at 6am but with no other crew waiting we had to do it. We set up an entire Hilton Hotel(several conference rooms and the large convention center). So basically no sleep and back to a 14 hour shift for the morning. I was so distraught when I was done setting up that I tried to buy a plane ticket home. I toughed it out just to be short changed in my check when I got back to Rhode Island. Side note! There were so many people(customers and exemployees)that left 1 star reviews that I went through them all removing the reviews from here. They all said what I'm saying. I was just too blind to see at the time. I didn't want potential customers to see what people had said and decline my over the phone sale... You're cold calling around the country trying to steal someone else's event. It's been two years and the pain from working here is still present. I would never work here again but they never called me again so that's that. They knew no human being would do that twice. Use you, underpay you and delete you. The managers are lunatics. I've had to hang up on customers multiple times cuz the owners got into a screaming match in the office. Just a bunch of crooks