Retailers and shippers across the nation planning to hire hundreds of thousands of seasonal employees this holiday season, but the Better Business Bureau says there are others saying they are hiring but are not on the up-and-up. Employment scams continue to put people at risk both locally and nationwide, so the BBB has some advice to protect yourself from scammers. BBB Investigator Don O’Brien says you should beware of offers that promise big money for little work.
“A lot of these are reshipping schemes; I know that we have talked about that before where someone says they will pay $3,000 a month to reship items. You will actually do work for them. You will go through all the steps. It will seem like a job, you will give them your social security number, your driver’s license, and you will think it is like a real deal. You will do work for them for three or four weeks and when it comes time to get paid, that is when the company ghosts you. Not only do they ghost you, but they have all that personal information that I talked about.”
If you are able to find an actual job, let your employer know this is a second job in addition to your day job, be upfront and clear with your new employer about your available hours. And you should remember as a seasonal employee, you can expect to work long, sometimes inconvenient hours, possibly including Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.
***Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
