So a couple months ago I applied for a job as an operations assistant for ANTmailbox, working from home. I've never heard of it before, but they do some stuff with mail, idk. I just applied bc I've had experience with mail sorting/distributing and it was a job and I just graduated from college and applied for everything because dang it I need a job.
I got a response from a hiring manager, saying that they are interested in hiring me. I filled out an application on their website (which looked legit). Later they got back to me about doing a phone interview. Everything seemed legit, but there were some things that set off red flags:
- They gave me the job but I never interviewed. They said they would call me, but I never ever received a call from them even though they said they tried multiple times. The phone number I provided didn't have any errors whatsoever. I even tried calling them, but I just talked to a bunch of robots, and when they tried to direct me to a real person I got the "sorry we're busy pls leave a message :)" crap, so I did. After all of that I get an email saying "After a review of your credentials, on behalf of ANTmailbox I take pleasure in advising you that we have chosen you to be our Operations Assistant in the United States." I was like what??? I didn't even do an interview and they're giving me the job??? I emailed back and told them I never interviewed and they gave me the same "we called but you never picked up but it's ok anyways here are some forms to sign!" That was weird.
- Pay might be too good to be true. The employment agreement says:
a) $725.00 per week;
b) 8% (eight) of each payment processing operation;
c) $20.00 per each completed mailed order;
d) $500.00 Application Bonus.
- That's like, $18 per hour if I technically work 40 hours a week. I've never worked a job with a salary before so maybe this is my 20 yr old brain looking at this the wrong way after years of garbage pay, but it just sounds too nice, especially with that application bonus.
- My duties are questionable:
- Receive correspondence using your own address;
- Check your mailbox daily and confirm receipt;
- Forward envelopes to our office using prepaid USPS/FedEx Labels; USPS/FedEx Labels will beprovided by the Company;
- Maintain accurate records of items shipped and received;
- Receive domestic bank wire transfers from our customers in your area (the payment from our customers for services provided under the contract. Since our company works all over the world, it is easier for our customers to transfer their money to our Operations Assistants who are located in the same state/region); an existing Paypal account is highly recommended.
- Create reports for each transaction;
- Follow the instructions from Supervisor / Manager.
- Using my own address? What? My sister pointed out it's way sketch that they're having me, a new employee, handle important money transactions. What if a transaction messes up, out of my control? Then it's all on me. The agreement also says "The Corporation shall have the right to decrease the Employee’s commission in case the payment processing terms were violated by the Employee. In this case the Employee’s commission will be decreased at a rate of 1% per day." Which is understandable, but it's all through paypal? I figure if this is a legit company they wouldn't do all this through paypal maybe?
- They used some weird lingo in their emails. In their job offer email, they start off with, " Rest assured that we are here to help you get started and will always be happy to offer advice or answer any questions you may have. You are definitely not on your own. You can look forward to a new stage in your professional career and life-enhancing personal growth. You will expand your skill set to include financial services, reporting under US and international standards, adding to your development and future marketability." Now that is the thing that's bothering me the most. Since I graduated and applied for jobs, a lot of pyramid schemes and "mentorships" reached out to me, and they would say the same things, talking about how they could help with my personal growth, expanding my career, etc. without really specifying what they're doing. Later I find out it's because they get paid to recruit as many people as possible but the job itself is a scam, so I avoid those. This is the most legit looking offer I got, but it's the wording in that email that's setting off alarms in my head.
I have also tried looking up to see if this company is sketch like I did with previous offers, but nothing weird came up except that this company is relatively new.
Maybe since I'm on the fence but leaning towards no with this thing, and I wrote a whole essay explaining why I'm suspicious, I should just deny it. But while I'm not super desperate for a job right now, I want to develop a stable income and move out, so this offer is looking nice, albeit too nice.
tl;dr: not sure if this job is legit or a scam/hustle, pls help out this helpless 20 yr old who's entering the workforce.
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