Scammed by employment agency.

Fuck, I just lost $50 to a fucking employment agency that I will never get back.

Current position, still no job and $50 down.

Any ideas how to get these pieces of shit back? >

I was going to throw a brick at their window at night but that seems too hardcore...

I have their phone number and adress but no clue how to counter attack these bastards.

Right now thinking about posting their number everywhere on the internet and over the city.

On July 06 2010 00:07 textbook wrote:
I was going to throw a brick at their window at night but that seems to hardcore...

On July 06 2010 00:08 Chill wrote:
I have no idea what you are talking about. Can you explain the situation?

On July 06 2010 00:10 jello_biafra wrote:

If they did properly screw you over then you should definitely do this. It's what I'd do at least, just be ready to run fast ^^

On July 06 2010 00:11 textbook wrote:


Basically, I had to pay 50 bucks and they garantee a job I like, and refund the $50 deposit if I don't like it.
They gave me a shit job where I have to do heavy lifting (factory work) and stuff for only minimum wage. I called them and they are basically making up random excuses and shit and how I am not getting my deposit back. Need to get these fuckers back.

On July 06 2010 00:12 NuKedUFirst wrote:

Don't forget about the racing gloves / black ski mask.
What did they do to rip you off 50$?

On July 06 2010 00:10 jello_biafra wrote:

If they did properly screw you over then you should definitely do this. It's what I'd do at least, just be ready to run fast ^^

On July 06 2010 00:14 Baksteen wrote:


Isn't there some kind of government related thing you can go to?

In holland if it was like that and you had it in your contract you could first write them a letter and after that if they don't respond you could maybe go to court with it.

On July 06 2010 00:15 textbook wrote:


I don't know, small court claims?
That will cost more than my original $50 in Canada.

On July 06 2010 00:14 textbook wrote:





Are you guys being serious or just joking? I might actually do this.

On July 06 2010 00:16 Baksteen wrote:


And that's why they will ussualy give you the money before it turns out like that.

You need to have some evidence to back your claims up though otherwise you'll just lose.

On July 06 2010 00:15 textbook wrote:


I don't know, small court claims?
That will cost more than my original $50 in Canada.

On July 06 2010 00:18 Chill wrote:

I don't know where you live, but I had success with Adecco. They found me overnight work in a factory, which was hard work but paid really well. They didn't charge a fee. When the factory went on shutdown for 2 weeks, they found me temporary work in other places during that time.

On July 06 2010 00:22 textbook wrote:


Trying to find new work isn't #1 on my list right now, #1 priority is getting them back somehow. So apparently I should go with the brick? Any less violent ideas?

On July 06 2010 00:18 Chill wrote:

I don't know where you live, but I had success with Adecco. They found me overnight work in a factory, which was hard work but paid really well. They didn't charge a fee. When the factory went on shutdown for 2 weeks, they found me temporary work in other places during that time.

You have only 2 real options here:
1) Call your employment agency and tell them (calmly and humbly) that if you're going to be doing factory work you would expect better pay. You'd like them to continue looking for a better job for you.
2) Let it go and find a better employment agency. In the end it's only $50.

We haven't really touched on the fact that working in factory for minimum wage isn't really all that bad before you have a degree...

On July 06 2010 00:22 textbook wrote:


Trying to find new work isn't #1 on my list right now, #1 priority is getting them back somehow. So apparently I should go with the brick? Any less violent ideas?
The reason I am mad is not because they couldn't find me a better job, it is that they promised my deposit back if I don't want to work in whatever they found for me.