If anyone remembers my night shift hell, its about to come to an end.
Again thanks to everyone for help.
I am meant to start my new job (tyre fitting..) for Jet on Monday morning. So far nothing is written down. I spoke to the manager and he told me to come in on Monday and start. Starts at min wage around 13k p/y I believe.
Today I received a call about a 'Guaranteed' Junior Broker position up London. The advert said 18k-21k. The guy who called said the training starts Wednesday & Thursday (my first week at the new place) and by Friday I would be a broker. They are called Core Agents and work in partnership with a company called IronFX who would employ me. Even if they did not they still guarantee employment elsewhere.
I dont really know what to do, this guy at Jet is expecting me in next week but this 'Guaranteed' job as a broker seems much better, even if I am wary of working on phones all day.
Even worse is my mate works there and recommended me to him in the first place.
I have about 20 minutes to decide before they call me back and I have to pay for the training before 6 (£50), any views would be appreciated.
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Would be worried about shelling out.
And £50 doesn't sound much for training, but what is the training?
Initially they signed 30 people on on Friday however I missed the 6PM deadline but they called today saying there is one spot left.
I am not sure where I would look to check that. Here is the email they sent me today..
Working in partnership with IronFX we’re offering you a guaranteed job offer as a Junior broker in the city of London and a fantastic opportunity to gain behind-the-scenes insight and hands-on training offered by IronFX in their prestigious offices in Liverpool Street, London.
In a nutshell Core Agents are offering you:
· Guaranteed Job Offer as a junior broker within one week!
· Behind the scenes FX Training by IronFX Global (a top 5 Global FX broker and official sponsor of FC Barcelona)
Please book yourself in for the training programme now by following the instructions below:
The FPA has repeatedly requested to communicate with the CEO of IronFx regarding the unethical behavior of employees of the company. Two employees who have been asked to put the FPA in touch with the CEO have refused to do so.
Readers of this review page should note the fake reviews left by IronFx employees pretending to be clients. These are from "Dimitri, London, United Kingdom" on 2013-08-02 and "Eva Leine, Stuttgart, Germany on 2013-02-04".
IronFx employees have also spammed the FPA's forums on three occasions.
First IronFx Forums Spam Incident - 2012-11-12
Second IronFx Forums Spam Incident - 2013-05-24
Third IronFx Forums Spam Incident - 2014-02-05
These incidents began in November 2012. The most recent was in February of 2014.
Permanent Banking and Finance vacancy Junior Broker | x20 positions| Basic + Commission (SG25) located near - United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London paying £18,000 - 21,000/Annum + Commission and other company benefits:
These companies have you selling (and I mean pushing the hard sell) and are often stressful and horrible places to work with very difficult targets to meet.
Some are legit, others are dodgy (like this one):
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-raid-city-office-and-arrest-traders-over-alleged-wolf-of-wall-street-fraud-racket-9282542.html
Check they are registered with the FCA, and find out more about them and what exactly it is you'll be doing before you make a decision.
Good Luck and all the best for Monday.
A possible reason why they are looking for so many new recruits, is the amount of staff that leave.
I don't believe in paying for training...you should be getting paid whilst training!
I can understand paying for equipment etc, but as soon as a potential employer asks for money and rushes you to do it, might be legit etc, but quite frankly, its just a load of bollocks!...plenty of arseholes out there that make false promises.
Good luck with new job, climb the ladder.