My coworker recently told me he moonlights doing an online job while working our normal job. I asked him what he does and he said that it’s hard to explain but there’s a powerpoint that explains when i get hired. He said it’s all legal and we get paid $10 an hour and pay goes out every week. He showed me he’s made an extra $250 this week on an excel spreadsheet. I think it sounds like a great opportunity/s
Anyway what flavor of scam do you think this guy is part of? I’m thinking mlm because he’s trying to bring others into the fold, but I heard him tell someone else theres a fee to join, and that screams pyramid scheme.
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“it’s all legal” is usually followed by “trust me bro” and then you get to learn about RICO
If he has to explain that it’s legal, and refuses to tell you what it is until you get hired, it’s a scam. Probably an MLM he got sucked into.
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I like how you can tell who didn’t read your whole post by them giving you real advice about not taking this job
Or they missed the /s after the bit about it being a great opportunity.
Even if you miss the /s, the second paragraph makes it pretty clear that was sarcasm. Unless you know people who think getting scammed is a great opportunity.
it’s all legal
Ultra gigantic red flag.
Definitely a scam.
The fee to join makes this absolutely a scam, but everything else reminds me of trying to explain my work for Appen. They do extremely strict NDAs and pay similarly, it’s legit but it also kinda sucks, or at least all the projects I was on sucked.
100% a scam and your coworker is either naive and needs someone to tell him that too or is an asshole who’s trying to get out of the hole he’s put himself in by recruiting other people
Sounds like a scam, but hey hear him out it may be legit. Don’t draft that resignation letter just yet. I can tell you, with almost complete certainty, that it’s an MLM scheme and you should just walk away.
It’s a scam.
Yeah, hard to say the exact nature of the scam. It could be some kind of ponzi, paying out the teeny “wage” from the fees coming in from new recruits.
It’s definitely sex work. Don’t do it.
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I had a similar experience and it turned out a be a MLM scheme, If you’re not going to be given any details on the job before you take the job then I definitely wouldn’t take it.
Whyy don’t you try and explain what it is?
Some negative people in here but I’ve hired several of my former colleagues to work nights and weekends for me. I pay much better than their current roles .
Because OP’s coworker refuses to explain what it actually is until he’s on it. If a job can’t be explained to you properly and will only be once you sign up, that’s a huge red flag.
Well I asked them so I’ll wait continue benefit of charity.
I’ve hired people to answer phones, label data, do advanced ml, all kinds of stuff. Its a job. And I use slide decks to present to them about what we do.
I’ve hired people to answer phones, label data, do advanced ml, all kinds of stuff. Its a job. And I use slide decks to present to them about what we do.
Yes, but did you not tell them what those tasks are even just in general terms before you hired them? OP’s coworker can’t even show him the powerpoint until after he’s “hired”. Giving the benefit of the doubt that the deck might have proprietary information so contracts need to be signed first, the point still stands that OP should at least be given a general idea of what the job entails and what tasks are involved before they sign up.
My read is that this might be a lack of comprehension on the part of OP not the person offering to pay. So I asked them to try and explain it better.
I don’t have any more info to add. Well I’m pretty sure the “business” is located in india
I would check it out further. My guess is its simple data labeling. There are many shops in India that do this kind of work.
