Employment Scammers
Panhandling for "food money" and spending the proceeds on booze? Slimy.
Conning senior citizens out of their life savings? Slimier.
Making a living out of stealing unemployed folks' last buck? Fucking pathetic.
Let me tell you guys about two companies out there called Primerica and Altig International I've had some experience with - there's most likely a lot more out there. Thankfully I smelled something funny and did a little internet research.
Both these companies found me through my resume posted on Monster.com. Altig spammed me with e-mails while some dude from Primerica actually phoned me.
The scam is the same. These companies promise you a cushy job (Primerica promised $100,000 a year) and will stop at nothing to get YOU...YOUR resume is just perfect for them, no matter who you are. Five years digging ditches? You'd be perfect for selling insurance! Dropped out of grade school? Education not neccesary for your big paycheque! Primerica phoned me after I started working, and the guy advised me to quit my job and start working for them. That's right, they have the balls to ask people to quit their real, honest jobs to take part in their scam.
Once you visit their office (usually some crappy rented POS in the middle of nowhere), they will sit you down, wow over your resume, and tell you you have the job! Awesome! Now all you need is to pay them a $800 training fee. (I think Primerica's is $200, DEAL!)
Once you get the job, you will find out #1 it's all commission, and #2 the commission you make is not enough to survive on. The first thing they will tell you to do is phone up your friends and family and sell them the scam. That's right - for only $800 your parents could be making below minimum wage!
I'd like to end this by leaving a note for the beforementioned companies, because I know they do google their names to try to find any bad press.
If you work at these companies you are the lowest form of life. You are preying on people that are most likely broke, in debt, and living off Kraft Dinner. Yes, you would have to be pretty stupid to fall for your scam, after all, you are making enough money to stay afloat, but stupidity is not a crime. How about doing something a little more respectable, like those people who steal copper wiring, or fraud folks on eBay? At least then you'll know the people you're ripping off won't be starving tomorrow.
- Uni
Conning senior citizens out of their life savings? Slimier.
Making a living out of stealing unemployed folks' last buck? Fucking pathetic.
Let me tell you guys about two companies out there called Primerica and Altig International I've had some experience with - there's most likely a lot more out there. Thankfully I smelled something funny and did a little internet research.
Both these companies found me through my resume posted on Monster.com. Altig spammed me with e-mails while some dude from Primerica actually phoned me.
The scam is the same. These companies promise you a cushy job (Primerica promised $100,000 a year) and will stop at nothing to get YOU...YOUR resume is just perfect for them, no matter who you are. Five years digging ditches? You'd be perfect for selling insurance! Dropped out of grade school? Education not neccesary for your big paycheque! Primerica phoned me after I started working, and the guy advised me to quit my job and start working for them. That's right, they have the balls to ask people to quit their real, honest jobs to take part in their scam.
Once you visit their office (usually some crappy rented POS in the middle of nowhere), they will sit you down, wow over your resume, and tell you you have the job! Awesome! Now all you need is to pay them a $800 training fee. (I think Primerica's is $200, DEAL!)
Once you get the job, you will find out #1 it's all commission, and #2 the commission you make is not enough to survive on. The first thing they will tell you to do is phone up your friends and family and sell them the scam. That's right - for only $800 your parents could be making below minimum wage!
I'd like to end this by leaving a note for the beforementioned companies, because I know they do google their names to try to find any bad press.
If you work at these companies you are the lowest form of life. You are preying on people that are most likely broke, in debt, and living off Kraft Dinner. Yes, you would have to be pretty stupid to fall for your scam, after all, you are making enough money to stay afloat, but stupidity is not a crime. How about doing something a little more respectable, like those people who steal copper wiring, or fraud folks on eBay? At least then you'll know the people you're ripping off won't be starving tomorrow.
- Uni