312-499-5900

very suspicous

Received call from this number for the President of our company. The caller claimed to have received a voicemail from her. No such voicemail was left (I checked), and when I asked what it was regarding he became abusive. Asked him to play the message for me, and he got more irate. Once he became abusive I bid him good day and hung up.

this guy called twice. definitely some type of sales person. refused to give any messages, just tried to get a good number for the company owner. as if!

PERSON CALLED CAME UP ON CALLER ID HOULIHAN SMITH ASKED FOR PRES AND I TOLD HIM HE WAS OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS WEIRD

Did a reverse number look-up and internet search. Came up with this website: http://www.houlihansmith.com/ The contact number matches the caller ID number I had on my phone. When this guy called he asked for the boss and I said, "I'll see if he's expecting your call." I was told my boss wouldn't be expecting my call so I asked what it was regarding. He told me, "He'll know what it's about." That didn't make sense to me so I told him I'd transfer him. I then put him on mute and listened to him grumble about being on hold for a minute or two. Then he hung up.
It seems Houlihan Smith is a CPA firm.

The guy was very mean. I asked him to leave a message. He just said it was a confidential business between his company and the President of our company. Did not even want to say what kind of business does his company do.

Weird salesperson!!!

same here.  he acted familiar, assertive and vague.

Push-ie sob. Keeps wanting to talk to my boss and irs my job to keep weirdos away from my boss.  This guy is very rude and has called 3 times  since I have been working here.  I give his phone number out to all my enemies and pricks at the bars.

Mandy

HOULIHAN SMITH & COMPANY INC. is a specialized investment banking firm that provides financial advisory and financing services to public and private businesses. Founded in 1996, Houlihan is recognized as a leading provider of financial opinions, financing, merger and acquisitions advisory, and other corporate advisory services.
The Houlihan name is synonymous with deal-making expertise and leadership in valuation and fairness issues. As a licensed and regulated company Houlihan receives referrals from attorneys, CPA’s, lenders, investors and clients. As a matter of confidentiality Houlihan will not discuss the nature of the referral with anyone other than the referred business owner/s.
For more information on Houlihan Smith & Company or the services it provides please visit www.houlihansmith.com or call Toll Free 1-800-654-4977.

Same deal here.  The caller implied that our President was expecting his call regarding a 'confidential business matter'.  I confirmed that he wasn't and hung up.

Same thing as stated before,"acted familiar, assertive and vague."  I got a woman who really was pushy.

Male caller Identified self as "Jay Miller" of Hoolihan/Smith and asked for the President by familiar first name.  I asked if the call was regarding a specific project. He answered "No."  I asked if it was a sales call.  He said "No." I said I would need to take a message.  Man asked quite rudely "Is he not in?" I put him on hold and he hung up within a couple of minutes.

I was stupid enough to take a job with this strong armed scam company that calls itself an investment banking advisory firm. We had to cold call 300 or more numbers a day. We would be barked and yelled at by our supervisors and managers every day.  We all used fictious names. This company lies to its so called clients. It lies to it's employees. And they all lie to each other.  Why did we have to use fake names when we called clients?????  An investment bank is typcially filled with ivy league graduates and MBAs.  This company is filled with people who can hardly get a job.  The cold calling floor I worked on was led by a team of non college educated scammers who all came from a highly fraudulent company called IPA or International Profit Associates.  They scammed their clients at that firm and they are doing the same here. BEWARE!!!! I guarantee they will get sued numerous times for scamming clients for $30K to $100K for so called advisory work as a bait to get them to think they will get funded with debt or equity. Yeah right.  Worse is the strong armed intimidating techniques they do to business owners.

This guy is very rude.  I know they have called my boss before but they are not getting past me. I like the put him on mute idea I'll remember that one.

This ia a company that is ran like a boot camp! There is no prior training needed nor industry knowledge. On your first day they sit you at a desk with a phone and a jacket full of call lists. They tell you to make up a name and basically do whatever you have to do to get through to the business owner, oh but don't be rude- WTF?! THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE NOT SALES REPS, WHEN IN ACTUALITY THATS ALL YOU ARE IS A TELEMARKETER. The so called senior associates and team leaders think they can talk to you any kind of way and that you will sit there like a nail in the wall and not budge. If you're not in the "click" they will find a way to get rid of you. This stems from Mohammed Azfar, Chris Gogolewski, Stewart Smith, Dean Knudtson, Kim LeDolce, Steve Richards, Hitesh Patel, Michael Andrade and all the way down to the foolish associates who allow themselves to be treated in this manner. They will soon have plenty more lawsuits against them- Jason Robbins was a smart man with the trick he pulled on them... keeping a tape recorder in his pocket! He recorded them cursing and demeaning the associates in a "training" session. So newbies beware- you'll be working 7a-7p like slaves; and business owners beware- you'll be out of your pocket 30-100 grand!

Our call just now was from one Mike Shapiro with Houlihan Smith.  He asked for the company prez by 1st name, checked with our prez and he had no clue who this guy or his company was.  I was told to put the person through to voicemail.  I tried to offer to send Shapiro to voicemail, but he refused saying he does not have a voice message to leave.  He wanted me to just let our prez know that he had called, but he didn't want to leave a number.  Well, our prez has never heard of this person or Houlihan Smith, so he has no phone number for these people.

Received a call today from a person asking for my boss by first name like they knew each other.  This puts me on alert if I don't recognize the voice so I told him my boss was on a conference call.  He TOLD me, not asked me, to tell him that Houlihan Smith was calling and that he could hold for a few minutes. I told the guy my boss was on with a client and hung up, then looked up the website.  He will not get through as long as I answer the phones here.

called for the president acting like they were "best buds." when i said the pres was on his other line, and could i leave a message... he gave his name, company... and said "he'll know what it's about."
when i took the message to the pres, he showed me this site. isn't it interesting?!

I just got a call from these guys, like I was there friends. Never heard of them and don;t know them. They offered me a "great stock deal" told the rep to take it himself so we can get enough cash to get a better possition.

"Andrew" from Houlihan Smith has several called several times asked for the owner by familiar name, even after I tell him the owner is not interested.  Then he becomes pushy and rude. The first time he called he said "that's ok, I'll call back in 3 years."  3 years?  Ok??  Just ask a bunch of questions, they love it, lol.