Work from home as callcentre agent for British Gas

ANDY597

Below advert that I found today

Its working for a home teleworking agency that has been recruited by the gas boards service department.

http://www.jobserve.com/W14FDADC49DBDA974.job

geordie_joe

Been discussed here today, and I think the general opinion was it was a scam.

ANDY597

Hey Geordie Joe,

Sorry I should know better by now to search old topics before I post something.

I am 80% sure that its not a scam though, but I could very well be wrong and would be happy to admit so.

Likewise, when you click through the above link to their website, I very much doubt that BG would allow them to have a clip of a HR manager talking about the opportunity, if it was a scam.

Also, after searching for the original topics, by finding your other posts, someone has suggested the font is wrong for BG, which is also rubbish.

Anyways, I will shut up now, just my tuppence worth,

Moderator, feel free to delete thread or merge it with the other one. Sorry

Cheers
A

geordie_joe

Hi Andy

I think it had a lot to do with the site charging you for the training first.

I didn't see the video clip, so can't comment on it, apart from I wouldn't know a BG HR Manager if he came up and bit me.

I'm not picking on your post, I know it was made in good faith, but I guess we'll only find the truth when someone coughs up the training fee and gives it a try.

Personally, I wonder why BG went this site for recruitment. It seems to have been set up just for BG as it has no other jobs. I know it is a US company and there is a US site. But why would BG go to a US company to recruit people in the UK?

ANDY597

I see you point exactly. My understanding is that centrica, the parent company of BG already uses them in the Canada market where they already own some gas company or other.

geordie_joe

ANDY597 wrote: »

I see you point exactly. My understanding is that centrica, the parent company of BG already uses them in the Canada market where they already own some gas company or other.

You may be right, and I hope you are as I'd rather have a genuine site than a scam site. But for me the site asks for money in exchange for a job, or training for a job, and that makes it suspect.

I looked at the US/Canadian site and could see no sign of a utility company.

The site also says that once you are qualified (you have paid for and done the training) you will be able to apply for jobs.

It seems you pay for the training and then are allowed to apply for the jobs. I suspect you buy the training, apply for the jobs and the site says "Sorry, you didn't get it"

I don't know of any other site that makes you pay for training, so that you are qualified to apply for the jobs. In fact, there are sites popular on here that don't charge anything and pay you while you are training.

I also can't see BG getting involved with a site like this. It just doesn't look right.

I hope I'm wrong and people do make money out of it, but I don't pay for work, and certainly don't pay just to be qualified to apply for work.

ANDY597

geordie_joe wrote: »

It seems you pay for the training and then are allowed to apply for the jobs. I suspect you buy the training, apply for the jobs and the site says "Sorry, you didn't get it".

Now that would certainly be an angle to make wads of cash.

geordie_joe

ANDY597 wrote: »

Now that would certainly be an angle to make wads of cash.

It's one of the oldest tricks in the book. Long before the internet was around you could send cash to "companies" and they would send you stuff to do at home, promising you'd make loads of money. All you ever got back was "Sorry, your work isn't good enough".

I think this is the same, you pay for the chance of work and never get it.

If it was legit there would be a bit that says if you have worked in a call centre for X years you don't need training. But it doesn't, it says everybody has to pay for the training before they qualify to apply for the jobs.

Not to mention the fact that I can't see any way to contact the company, no email address, real address, phone number, just nothing.

Maybe I missed it, but imagine you paid them money and never heard from them again, Now set about trying to contact them.

I also notice that all of their "events" have passed, and one was in the Park Inn West Bromwich, which is hard to find. The google map doesn't point to where it is and it is not in the phone book.

smartie1976

I work for BG/Centrica and I've no knowledge of this at all*.
I'll be passing it on to check out.

*Doesn't mean it doesn't exist, just seems like something we'd have heard about on the rumour mill!

smartie1976

My union contacts tell me this is 100% genuine, for anyone worried it isn't.

bessieboops

I signed up to the company, it's not the one that is advertised it's livexchange, I had to speak to the help desk and ask them. I used to work for BG (but they made me redundant 2006 as was shipping the work to India) so thought this be a great opportunity and at £10 to £12 hr, but you do have to pay for training and a totally seperate phone line, ear piece, webcam.