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New job offer but I have to pay for training?

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feelingsickaboutit · 28/12/2018 18:02

I have had a job interview for a nice new job. Great salary and perks etc but ... my new employer requires me to complete a 12 week course that equals to level 7 qualification and costs £450. I have to meet the costs upfront and they pay me money back for each completed module. To me this sounds fishy ... I heard of employers deducting cost of training if you left the job early but never heard of paying upfront and then the employer paying back. Also ... level 7 in 12 weeks? Sounds to good to be true but so want it to be. I don't have £450 to gamble on this. What do you think?

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Anotherdayanotherdollar · 01/01/2019 15:54

Oh, award levels must be different here in Ireland so.... Nevermind.

SilverDragonfly1 · 01/01/2019 18:28

Oh goodness no! My daughter's boyfriend got taken in by a similar thing where if he paid £1000 to do a computer qualification in an unfeasibly short time he would have this great job- far better than my son's (who did an 18 month apprenticeship) in the same field. His parents paid for it, but he couldn't finish in the time given and never heard from them once he'd paid and downloaded the 'training software'.

daisychain01 · 01/01/2019 18:28

Bachelors is level 6

Post Grad ie Masters is Level 7

Doctorate PhD or Medical Dr is Level 8

daisychain01 · 01/01/2019 18:32

OP they should give you the accredited institution running the qualification and you can contact them and find out if it's for real. It's highly likely at that cost and duration of study that what they're claiming will be your end-qualification will be a shadow of an MA/MSc from a UK university, and not worth the paper it's written on.

Given your comment that there were a lot of other people also being interviewed, sounds like they're going for a numbers game, as many £450s as they can get, then move to a different city....

I don't like the fact they don't have an office presence in UK.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 01/01/2019 18:40

Who do you pay the £450 to? Directly to an accredited institution in your own country that you know is running the course you are required to take? If not, if you have to pay it to the company who interviewed you or some other company that you've never heard of for them to book you on the course, then it's almost certainly a scam.

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feelingsickaboutit · 03/01/2019 19:30

Ok I can officially say it's definitely a scam. Please beware anybody out there who gets similar offer.
I got a job offer without a second interview. They were asking me to part with my money today ... got a call yesterday saying I must come today to sign contract and pay. I checked the company on companies house ... it is dormant. I asked a lot of questions which they never replied to. I can see how they work and how somebody desperate for work would sign up for this course.

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Bombardier25966 · 03/01/2019 19:38

It would help if you named the company.

Timeforabiscuit · 03/01/2019 19:44

Scummy company!

Can you report it to trading standards through your council? If lots of other people were being targeted it would be doing a service...

jessstan2 · 03/01/2019 19:46

I'm glad you found out it was a scam, op.
Flipping cheeky unethical people!

Timeforabiscuit · 03/01/2019 19:47

bombardier may not be wise for OP to publish the name, OP believes they are acting fraudulently but there's no proof - could make the thread go poof altogether if the company gets wind.

Company names can change on a sixpence, getting the scam exposed is worthwhile.

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feelingsickaboutit · 03/01/2019 21:10

I don't think posting the company name will bring anything in here and I think they may be using it without permission or knowledge of the other side. I'd hate to mix innocent people into it just in case.
If you get interview in a rented by hour office, big company from overseas that doesn't have an office set up, suddenly you're the perfect candidate for the job but just need to show commitment by paying x amount for training, get the job offer after the first interview just beware. They even rang my references (before they 'offered' me the position )to make themselves more credible ... the person who rang had an accent (false or genuine - hard to say) from where they said the company was based.

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PeaQiwiComHequo · 04/01/2019 23:19

can you report this to the police as suspected fraud? surely this is a crime? where was the job advertised in the first place?

OldPosterNewUsername · 04/01/2019 23:42

Level 7 is Masters level. What is the qualification, is it with an external provider or do they have links with the employer?

You took the words right out of my mouth!!

RomanyRoots · 04/01/2019 23:50

I'd report them tbh, if they have nothing to hide it won't matter.
Could the job centre help?

Gogreen · 04/01/2019 23:55

Why would you not report this to the police?

AwdBovril · 06/01/2019 22:32

If it's definitely a scam, you need to report them! Other people may not be so canny & will probably fall into the trap. I've no idea why you wouldn't,TBH.

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