--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Peter wrote: > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > >> <no_reply@> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> After my period as a State Coordinator, > >>> I was asked to take over Barney Potratz's job > >>> at National while he was away on his sidhis > >>> course. So for a few months I was asked to lie > >>> to employees there at National on pretty much > >>> a weekly basis, and to potential employees (the > >>> people I was interviewing) on pretty much a > >>> daily basis. Most of the lies had to do with > >>> the mythical "course credit." > >>> > >>> When each of these existing employees had signed > >>> on, they had been told in explicit terms how much > >>> credit they would be "earning" each month towards > >>> ATR or TTC or their Sidhis course. Each of the > >>> new employees I was interviewing was told the > >>> same thing. > >>> > >>> But about the time I arrived, the "higher ups" > >>> (meaning, in this case, probably "International > >>> Staff" decided that they couldn't afford this any > >>> more, and thus had no intention of ever giving > >>> *any* of these people eve a penny towards any > >>> course. I was forbidden to tell them this. > >>> > >>> The way it worked was that when an employee > >>> applied to take the course they had been working > >>> towards, they were taken into an office and told > >>> that they had received no credit, and that this > >>> was a new policy that was a surprise to the person > >>> telling them this. (I never had to be the person > >>> who did this; I wouldn't have been able to pull it > >>> off.) If the employee spoke up about being ripped > >>> off, they were fired on the spot. > >>> > >>> After a couple of months of this, I quit and went > >>> to my own course, which fortunately I had enough > >>> money to pay for myself, and which even more > >>> fortunately turned out to be my last with the > >>> TM movement ever. > >>> > >>> This is just one example of how we were told to > >>> lie to people. There are many others. If the TM > >>> teachers here are honest, I'm sure they will come > >>> up with a few examples of their own... > >>> > >> > >> > >> I honestly can't and have no clue what you're > >> talking about...and, > >> hey, I've got ALOT of complaints about the TMO and > >> MMY but your > >> litany is foreign to me. > > > > If you worked on National or International staff this > > type of behavior was quite common. We posted alot > > about it several years ago. > > I've heard about this"policy" numerous times. What I don't understand > is why nobody ever threatened to sue the SOBs. That's deception, pure > and simple. > > Sal >
I used the word 'attorney' in a letter about an ATR credit refund and it got me blacklisted from courses for around 10 years even though I was a center chairman the whole time. I did get the money national promised me though. JohnY To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/