This company is ridiculous! I am also an ex employee. I am not bitter in the least towards this company, however, I just could not stand working for them. It is true about the company being in the hole. I wasn't outsourced and I still had problems cashing my check, along with several others. I even went directly to their bank, and their bank charged me $6 to cash my check. It is so bad, that the VP was telling the whole accounting department that they could only refund $3600 a pay period to their customers. Can you imagine? A company that requires all of it's employees to sell at least $30, 000 a DAY, can only afford to refund a small amount every 2 weeks. They even tried to blame the post office for checks not getting to the outsourced workers. Give me a break!

DO NOT use this company for web design. Most customers are told their websites will be up within a couple of weeks. That is so not true. It normally takes 2 weeks before you are even put into the design department. This is the most absolute worst company I have ever worked for!! After I was hired and read all of the complaints online, I wanted to tell them no thank you, but I went ahead and gave them the benefit of the doubt. I wish I would have never stepped foot inside this company. Everything you have read on the complaints boards is absolutely true.

Oh, and the only way to ensure that you are not charged for anything in the future is to just cancel your credit card. The employees are under so much pressure to upsell you and make you buy things, that we saw trends of employees putting though unauthorized sales just so they wouldn't get in trouble by their managers.

After working for Heritage Web design as a outsource writer and having our payment schedules changed and having more and more hoops added each month to what we were suppose to do to earn our $.05 a word I was glad when they had a downturn in business and could no longer keep my contract.

I turned in my last invoice and was expecting my check in a timely manor. This did not happen. I had heard rumors that they shorted, "lost" or took their sweet time paying you for your last check but only had a problem with them once until this time. Checks are sent out and you have to give them 10 days to reach you. I usually received mine within 3 days so I called to ask if they had sent them out. (that was the one problem; once they "forgot" to send out everyones checks for outsource.

I was then told to wait the full 10 days. I went on vacation and came back 4 days after the 10 day time period. Another 2 days and I finally got my check. I was working so I tried to cash this final check 3 days after I got it. I went to the bank and was told that there wasn't enough money in the account to Clear the $240 check. I overheard the teller talking to the phone help guy and they were over $78, 000.00 in the hole!

I just wanted to warn all those who have heard the rumors and thought it was just a bunch of bitter people, well yes and no. Are these people bitter, yes because they haven't gotten what they were suppose to and no because I'm sure somewhere there are people who have never had a problem with them. I unfortunately am not one of them. Warning do not expect any money from them. You may not get it.

They've changed their name from Heritage Web Solutions to HIT Web Design.

They automatically charge you for web hosting to the tune of 39.99 a month when they haven't designed the website for you yet. It took six months to get it done and I was charged for every month even though it was in their hands. It's criminal...

They also have you send everything over as you want it placed. You have to size everything. You can't send in a picture and say, "make it look amazing." ALL THEY DO IN DESIGN is plug it in. They do no design. They aren't designers. YOU submit the fonts, pics, everything as you want it. They design nothing. I designed my website. I had to repeatedly send things back to have them make changes. They simply cut and paste, when you paid A LOT of money to have a website designed. No design whatsoever.

They post their own reviews online and when you submit a review...they must be approved. Needless to say, they are NOT approved if you have anything negative to say.

Google Heritage Web Solutions if you want the truth about HIT Web Design.

Don't be upset if you read this and go with that company. You'll be very disappointed. Seriously. Google Heritage Web Solutions. They are HIT Web Design. It's no wonder they changed their name.