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I agree with this. I've written my own review stating similar. If I hadn't had to relocate, I would not have moved on.

I agree with this. I've written my own review stating similar. If I hadn't had to relocate, I would not have moved on.

As an ex-employee of Corporate Commercial Surveyors, I can say that this is completely untrue. This comment speaks about negative reviews, yet they are completely justified when the company is only interested in chasing businesses for their money and not to help them save money as promised! And saying that the company is supportive to their staff is a load of rubbish too. They will only focus on the staff that they like and won't even bother trying to help the staff that need help or require further training! The training is completely poor and unprofessional and it was because of the treatment I witnessed to myself and a couple of others that I decided I was going to leave the company. I can hands down say I am embarrassed to even work for a bunch of scammers that only want to take your money and I hope they get exposed for who they really are. As for the staff there making loads of money from their commissions in "saving customer's their money", you should get a job you could actually be proud to do without the need to scam others who actually go out and work hard for what they earn.

I'm not saying this out of spite. I'm saying this to protect people so they can actually save their money for real by not letting Corporate Commercial Surveyors touch your money because the company is a scam. Stay well away.

Well from my first few days at Hampton Lovett (before they changed their identity to Corporate Commercial Surveyors), they would have me sitting with the manager and one of the assessors writing down notes, writing the things to say and not to say, as well as details about the company's history which ultimately didn't help in any form of training for the job at all if I'm honest. After that we were dumped to one side listening in on calls from other staff members until we were basically told we were going on the phones. The staff get a folder of data of various businesses which they search on the GOV website to see how much they pay in business rates and how much they can potentially "save" them. They use a script which they repeat to their customers once they have got your interest at the start of the call and will run by it word by word. The same script was used after the company changed it's name after Hampton Lovett kept getting so many negative reviews and comments. As for what made it even more poor, we as new starters were never assisted by the management or given any tips or help to help us learn the job, nor were we taken notice of as the management liked to focus on their favourite members of staff and give them their time to help them achieve results rather than help the staff that were actually struggling. When they did notice, they just got an assessor to sit with us again but not actually help us. It made me feel more of a hindrance than a valued member of staff.
As time went on and I began speaking with more customers and hearing about their experiences with the company and how some of them were still waiting months (or even a year or more on some occasions) for the company to go back to them after taking their money, the pieces started falling into place for the type of company I was working for and I didn't like it. All they cared about was taking money from business owners with no care to actually help them and they would do anything it took, including lying to the customers, in order to get it. They even had a chart on the wall showing the amount the staff on the phone calls make once they've secured a successful booking with customers and the more money they're told they could get back, the more money the company would get out of you. The fact that one assessor actually said he's been telling customers he takes no commission when in reality he actually does get a cut from it really disgusted me and made me feel ashamed to even be in the same building as them.

Believe me when I say as tempting as it is when they say they can save you money or even get money back, it would be a lot safer in the long run for you to say no to them and keep your money where it's safe from their greedy hands.

Sorry but I am merely stating what I had personally witnessed from my time there. And the fact that people seem to give my response a thumbs down just makes me think they're from people that work with the company or have been asked to do so because all I have done in my comments is try to protect business owners from being scammed. Look at the latest comments on this reply, two more people stating how they have been scammed by CCS! It's disgusting behaviour and I don't know how the people in that business can live with themselves! And for you to say you think I might be referring to a different company, I can assure you I know full well who I worked for, and I'm ashamed to admit ever working with them in the first place. Had I known the kind of business I was walking into in the first place, I never would have done it. But on the other hand, at least I can use what I have experienced to warn others from getting scammed by them.

I worked with many businesses in the Birmingham area… it is no suprise there were savings to be had!

It sounds like an awful experience. How did you find out about the company's status at the Companies House?

Your experience sounds a long way from ours… but you seem to be referring to Hampton Lovett? Who are they?

I’m sorry you had a bad experience - we found them to be very professional and helpful.

Sorry you had a bad experience, but reading your post it seems that you chose not to pay their fees and that your issue is that they chased you for those fees.

You say that your understanding was different to the contract you signed. It seems to me that this was all a misunderstanding on your part, rather than a case of a bad experience.

Material misrepresentation and inducement. Totally unethical. No governing body or regulator. Scamming companies. UK shouldn’t allow these companies to operate