I was offered a job as a general clerk in an advertisement inside the newspaper.I went for an interview for the first day and thankfully i've got a call the next morning for a second interview and the manager congrats me saying that i've got the job but suddenly he ask me to follow this young lady for job training.She ask me to ride in her car along with other 2 trainees and told us that all that we had to do is just helping with holding some stuffs when we get somewhere around the town and just watch what she's doing as part of the training.Then i realize that the job they gave to us is actually not as a general clerk but it's actually a direct selling lessons because we were thought to sell these items with the company's name on it..All i had to do is run away silently and the lady with the other trainees not even aware of it.I ride a cab home safely.The company have been trying to contact me for a few days but i just ignore them.So,did any of you had these same experience?
2006-10-03 21:45:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I am an Employment Consultant in Sydney Australia. Contact the government body you have that investigates this type of situation (ours is called Industrial Relations) - don't let this happen to other people
2006-10-03 21:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by Hanky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's a fly-by-night operation. They misrepresented the position to get more people to apply, which means more profits for them. It would've been better, just as a matter of ethics, if you had spoken up and let the trainer know that this was not what you had signed up for, and thanked her for her time, and then left. They're trying to contact you because they are desperate. Just call and tell the hiring manager that the job didn't meet your expectations, and you're sorry you didn't inform them sooner. Don't say anything that suggests they lied to you, just say it didn't work out for you, and thank them. Of course, they'll probably try to talk you into coming back, and fabricate something that they think will lure you back. Be nice, and keep telling them It didn't work out, and get off the phone, before they hassle you anymore.
2006-10-04 21:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Chatelaine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I once got a job as a "manager trainee," when in fact it was a job going door-to-door selling vacuum cleaners. What a racket! I tried it for one week, and then quit. If I'd known what it really was, I never would have applied.
2006-10-04 09:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by locolady98 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has happened to me before. Report the company to both the newspaper and the Better Business Bureau. Tell newspaper that this deceptive advertising. Then go into detail to the Better Business Bureau. Give them names, addresses and Phone #s and everything else.
2006-10-04 08:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by damisaunders@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of that! That's unreal!
I would definitely report it. I would start by looking at your state website. You may have to look around on the site, but that's not right for them to do that, and I would sure let someone know!
Good luck!!
2006-10-04 05:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by class act 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid you were duped. This scam goes on everywhere. I fell for it when I was 22. Get out now.
2006-10-04 05:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋