312-499-5900

There's a vast expanse between working your butt off & merely spinning your wheel.  Apparently, you took a job without a full understanding of its expectations and compensation.  Unfortunately for you, it appears that employer isn't willing to pay its staff just to show up and be unsuccessful at assigned responsibilities.

Brent Evans with Hoolihan Smith called--same story--asked me to tell my boss he was holding.  Wouldn't give any specifics--stated a confidential business matter between him and the President got very upset when he was sent to voice mail.  If he ever calls again--I'll just hang up!  Thanks!

These people have tried getting through to my boss several times now acting as if he is expecting their call and try to find out when he will be in. They'll agree to be transferred to voicemail then hang up.

I am glad I know this about them now, I am going to have some fun next time they call!!!

Stan DeGaulle from Houlihan-Smith calls and acts like he is an old friend of the CEO of our business.  Very pushy and rude.  I have been receiving calls from this company bi-weekly as long as I have worked here.  Always different names.  When they realize they can't get through me they really get nasty and threatening.

No i knew exactly what type of position i was taking and i understood very well what the compensation was- what i wasnt prepared for was the extra nonsense and bull that went along with the job...descrimination, favortism, and constant verbal abuse to name a few. But fortunately for me i was terminated under false pretences, basically for all of the things listed above,so now i can spin my wheels all day long and i'm being paid for it- so hey thx again to you guys over at the sweat shop that u call Houlihan Smith ----lmao

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Gordon Gekko huh? So somebody from Houlihan actually has the time and to check out these sites and post a response? What a waste! What company of high repute should have to fix their reputation like this?

Yea, I got a call today from sounds like Pete Weddle asking about the funding on one of our real estate investments.  Didn't sound right.  So I appreciate all the input I have read here.  Definitely will not bother to call back.

guy named Stan got me on the phone...started out calling me by nickname and saying "its Stan..."  then silence waiting for my response

very clever telemarketeering

when finally figured out it was not one of our customers in the Chicago area- he claimed he understood I was raising capital

they are growing more clever than their m.o. from previous posts

...replying to my own message
today it was a cat named Ryan Bailey...same approach

asked them to remove our number

they called here also, claiming to be great friends.  Ya right!!!!

I received a call for my boss, the President of our company, from "Jim" at this #, ext. 7192.  Jim gave his name, the name of his company (Houlihan), and acted very familiar, asking for my boss by his first name.  I asked Jim to hold, then announced the call to my boss. My boss had no idea who Jim was, so when I went back on the line, I told Jim that my boss was unavailable & could I take a message?  At that point, Jim's attitude kicked in!  "Well, what do you mean, he's not available?  Did you tell him I was holding?  What did he say to you?  You must not have told him who I am."  The attitude & mouth continued, as I kept asking if I could take a message.  He finally gave his name again, with a tel #, and said that I must have gotten his name wrong because this was not a sales call, but a very important call that my boss was expecting.  He couldn't give me any more info because "it's a very personal, private financial matter".  Then, click - he hung up on me! They've been calling my office 1-2x/week, and everyone there is extremely rude!

Asked for the owner by first name as if he knew him.  Then refused to ID himself.  Said he'd call back later.  Avoid this idiot from "Houlihan Smith" on your caller ID.

I get a guy named Andrew Wentz
Calls maybe once a month
I always say the President is in a meeting when people call.
He always lets me know ahead of time if he is expecting anybody anyways.

So this guy always demands I let the pres know here calling, so I just put him on hold and within seconds he hangs up.

At least I know who he is for next time, karma is a b***h

This guy was a jerk! I work for my dad as his receptionist, the guy called and he was just an ass. He wont talk to anyone else except for the person who calls for him, so dont let him through!!!!

Same story here. "Vic" wanted to speak with our owner Steve. When I told him that he was in a meeting he said to tell him that "Vic was on the line." When I got back and told him I'd have to take a message he got REALLY bent out of shape. He finally did gave me his number though. 312-499-5900 Ext. 7198 Give him a call and see if you can sell him something.

Rec'd a second call from these folks...asks for CEO by first name as if they are old friends.  I did my gatekeeper dance with him and he was very persistent.  Finally was able to get a name out of him: Matt Perkins but it's probably fictitious.  Also, found the info below on the internet:

Houlihan Smith Beaware of bogus Capital Funding Cerrito California
*Consumer Comment ..Get your RADAR up on these folks
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Submitted: 12/14/2007 3:32:37 AM
Modified: 12/17/2007 3:08:05 PM  
Crystal display
Delama City, Delaware


I got a call from a guy name Mike Davis that started with, 'I know you are raising capital for your business'... They used this firm & positive approach to get you listen what he wanted to say. Most small business owner would like to raise some capital, but have difficult time with local bank. Houlihan Smith knows most banks would not offer credit line or loan over $100K unless you have significant collateral to back it. Anyway, to cut the story short, they want to send a senior regional director to your office the next day to talk about equality financiering and other unconventional method to get you funded. When I asked about the fee over the phone, Mike Davis said, 'we are performance based, and bill you the transaction fee after capital raised'. Sounds so wonderful! But it turned out FALSE! When Houlihan Smith regional director shown up at my office, he tried various ways to put our business down and pointed out if they are very 'selective' in choosing customer to work with. Everything comes down to a piece of contract that asked for $1850 to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the business to see if we are qualify to become their clients. On top of $1850 there is a travel fee and hotel re-imbursement for the Houlihan Smith business analysis team to come to our office to analyze our business. It's just full of crap! Absolute scam and only sucker would fall for it. Even though it's very hard to get a good loan from the bank, but at least they will never charge $1850 up front for analysis fee!

Crystal display
Delama City, Delaware
U.S.A.

They call a few times a week and have been doing so for about a year. Today I felt adventurous and I answered the phone. The guy was short with me and rude. All he wanted was to talk to the owner.
Is there a way to get them to stop calling?

You can call Houlihan at 1-800-654-4977 and request your phone number(s) be removed from any and all lists.  I did.  I guess I'll find out soon if it really works.

I just received the very same type of call from "Kyle" with Houlihan Smith.  Was very abrasive and asked to speak to the President.