Foxy Communications???

FrankSpencer_2

No it's not based in Stockport!!! It's one of the genuine homeworking opportunities available and is straight forward, no long unpaid training, no upfront charges, just good honest pay for good honest work!

FrankSpencer_2

RichTeaBiscuits wrote: »

Oh that's nice :mad: dear.

So they want you to work for free for 4 days and payment two months in arrear!??? It's getting better and better, doesn't it.

You've heard it first on moneysavingexpert.com!

No, you have to show that you are committed to working for them for a 24 hr period which I think is fair, after you've sailed through the 24hr period you just carry on as normal, and even get paid for the trial. From experience, I don't think there's better paid or more reliable home based telephone work available, you work as many hours as you want as there's never a shortage of work as with some companies. Also you get paid a basic hourly rate + bonus which gives you a lot of security. I know I'm going on a bit but those of us who work hard and like what they're doing should set the record straight when people who clearly don't know any of the facts write such rubbish. Right, better get back to work!!!

FrankSpencer_2

Browntoa wrote: »

requoting my original post for Happyone , I am purely pointing out that they seem to change the company name for some reason ( if you decided to change the company name thats fair enough but you would leave a link form the old site saying "we have changed our name , this is our new web site" and have a click throught web link to your new site but there is no link)

I'm just allowing people to make an informed choice , regular users of the forum will know that I do this all the time

There's no connection..... DHW was a pilot scheme set up for a completely different project run in conjunction with a government agency. It's amazing how information can be mis-construed don't you think?

FrankSpencer_2

Bluelady53 wrote: »

I got the call from someone in Manchester, and i worked for them for 3days, so didnt meet their standard of 24 hours call time, I always thought if you worked for someone you have to get paid for what you did, but not so with Foxy (very appropriate name I think ) anyway lesson learned !:p

Why did you start and then quit so soon?

Browntoa

seem to know a lot about this site Frank...any connection ??

another new member , only posts praise about the site in first post and then seems to answer questions on their behalf

missdee85

I have never heard of this foxy communications company but i have worked in market research before and i would look into how many surveys you have to complete in a normal working week.

The reason being is that some days you do better than other days also some days you may get telephone numbers that no-one has been able to get hold of so in turn is very unlikely that you will get hold of them too, i was working on behalf of a large supermarket and even getting people to answer questions on them at times was very difficult. So please check if there are any targets which may have a knock on effect in your wages.

kgc

Im interested to see if this develops for anyone. Keep us posted!

rapunzelz86

Id just like to comment here as ive started work for this company (though i am going through an agency for 13 weeks).
I started 2 days ago so obviously havent been paid yet so cant comment on that, but i must say that from what i can see theyre a legitimate company and this is a legitimate job. I had an online "webex" like a meeting,we could all see and hear each other and a guy took us through the script question by question. We all asked questioned and everything was answered, nothing was sketchy or seemed dodgy at all.
The questions themselves are actually trying to get people to agree to 3rd party contact ie "weve teamed up with Eon and theyre offering xxx would you like them to give you a call" etc. So in a way it is sales even though youre not technically selling anything.
As for targets and bonuses, pay etc. I get a base wage of £6.50 per hour. This is regardless of targets, although i imagine if you were appalling and not even trying then youd be no good to them,just like any other company. Each question has points. For example, if they say yes, Eon can contact them, you get something like 12 points. If they agree to having one of those cash4gold envelopes sent out you get 35 points. They expect an average of 50 points per survey, which is calculated each month, so in response to someone who said about good days and bad days, i guess this one cancel it out.
So, averaging 50 points a survey and doing 5 surveys an hour (which im doing no problem) they said its an average of £300 a month bonuses.

The staff at foxy and uniflex (agency) are extremely helpful, always on hand to help out or rearrange hours.I am self employed but while im with the agency they are classed as my employer,they pay all my ni and tax.
If anyone has any other questions please ask, and ill keep the thread updated as i go along. As far as i can see it ive got a job that pays more than my last,no travel expenses or lunch money,no hour+ commute, i can pop downstairs to see my kids when i want,and as soon as i finish work, im home, can do what i want.
To me it seems like the best job ever. I hope it stays that way!
Oh one more thing, there is a downside, you need to be extremely disiplined! The temptation to keep going down to see my baby when im running low on break time is a little unbearable lol but you just have to remember you are in work, and if you were at the office you wouldnt have a choice! Hope this helps you all anyway

pebbles973

Hi All,

I recently had a call from a Manchester firm called Uniflex Staffing acting on behalf of Foxy Communications. There is something amiss, there was no interview, no reference checks, no information requested about my right to work in the UK. The firm never even asked for information regarding my national insurance number. They just wanted me to start working ASAP.

Once again you had to do 24 hours of work before the agency would pay you and they never asked for my payment details either. Ask yourself why they never asked for any of the above and you will come to the same conclusion as I did.

When something tends to be too good to be true it usually is. Hope this helps.

Mr_Oink

So they are telephone spammers using other people to do their donkey work?