Employment Agencies

[Nephythys]

It went like this-

We have 3 jobs we would suggest for you. We get 10% of your first years income. Minimum of a third up front.
If you lose that job for any reasonable cause in the first 90 days we have 15 days to find you a new job. If not, you are off the hook for paying the fee. If you keep the job you make payments yourself for the rest of the year.

Um, no. I am not going to magically come up with $1400 plus to pay a fee to help him find a job when I can't even pay the mortgage.

No thanks.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

We get 10% of your first years income. Minimum of a third up front. If you lose that job for any reasonable cause in the first 90 days we have 15 days to find you a new job. If not, you are off the hook for paying the fee. If you keep the job you make payments yourself for the rest of the year.

Scam (or if serious, seriously exploitative). Don't know if this is the scam but it's in the direction I'd go if I were doing such a thing:

1. You get three job suggestions.
2. One of them, in collusion with scam offers you job at $30,000/year (or whatever).
3. You have to pay $1,000 up front.
4. "We're sorry, sudden downturn, you're fired before you start."

They get $1,000 and you're relieved and your debt to them.