Slavik's new job is insane... /=

This is his second day on the job and they dumped a crazy amount of work on him because he's apparently taking over someone else right from the get-go. In the interview they said he'd be trained for a week, so it's weird and then they only pay $3 per hour for this crap. All these work-from-home jobs are annoying but this one is particularly messed up because it's a business that "helps people in poor countries move abroad" yet it's my understanding that it rarely works out, and that they only return a small percentage of the money that their customers paid in these cases. It's so much worse than the "dating site" that just took advantage of dirty old men, because these are actually people in very difficult situations, it feels bad.

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Quimliqer · 70-79, MVIP

Sounds bad, as well one has to be cautious of being linked to a scam company!!

Nightwings · F

@Quimliqer Yeah, I think it threads some line between scam and legitimate business.

OlderSometimesWiser · F

Takes serious advantage of vulnerable clients and vulnerable employees. That really sucks. Hope he can find something better very soon. Wish you could smuggle him out of there and go back to Denmark.

Nightwings · F

@OlderSometimesWiser He is still applying to other things, it's a shame he never got the IT job. That was a normal job, and it had normal salary too. Hopefully another one like that comes along soon. 😩

LookingForTheSummer · 36-40, M

Unfortunately, it's very common for many western companies to take advantage of people who are living in countries with weak economies. First it was mostly about opening factories in China and many other countries, and apparently now they're doing it in other forms like giving remote jobs.
Since those people really need the money, they just tolerate it. It's not so much different from slavery in my opinion. This just makes me very angry.
If I were him, I would wait for a couple of weeks. If things didn't improve, I would just leave.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

Yeah, it's a popular scam, as old as the times. In many cases they even fly them over and then abandon them with no living conditions, work or anything. So they end up asking for money from home so they could buy a plane ticket to return home.

WanderingHelplessly · 51-55, MNew

A lot of places do the "we will train you" and then throw you into the deep end. $3 an hour? Damn

Nightwings · F

@WanderingHelplessly Minimum wage here in Ukraine is ridiculously low, but it's close to the same as before the inflation. It wasn't great then, but now it's like they're telling a joke.

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