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Have you ever had a job or gone for an interview at a workplace you realised was a scam? What tipped you off? When did you get out of it?

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[โ€“] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably 1997, way before anyone had cell phones routinely, I went to an open house kind of interview for some cell phone company who were hiring people to go door to door. They hired everyone who came on the spot, and I never heard from them after that day. The only thing I remember was when the guy who interviewed me said that eventually everyone would have their own phone number, and that was such a foreign concept then.

[โ€“] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

That guy? Bill Jerbs, of iFame, and co-CBO of GWiU/Pixer (or as I've taken to callin it, GWiU + Pixer)