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Hi, so some infos : I’m pretty new into my IT career and don’t know a lot of people in the field yet. Western Europe.

I was contacted by a recruiter recently about a job offer. Client is an MSP and I’d be working with only one end client. Job is full remote, very good salary, good benefits.

The end client is a big company, not super wlel-known but no problem with that. The recruiting firm is young but has some decent online presence, nothing shady here either.

The MSP though, I can’t wrap my head around it. Very minimal website. Pretty much no activity on Linkedin, I only found one person claiming to be an employee. CEO is super young and has other ventures in unrelated fields.

I don’t know why but it gives me bad vibes, like this thing is gonna crash tomorrow night and I’ll be left with nothing. On the other hand, this big company (and others) is trusting them with their infrastructure. I just don’t get it.

Is it something you’ve seen before? If the job is legit it’s a dream but I don’t know. Any advice? Thanks.

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Welcome to Spiceworks!

Concerning what you’ve stated, I would go with your gut feeling on this, if something seems off, it probably is. Good luck with it all!

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Not all companies have a big online presence, smaller companies get business by word-of-mouth, however, talk to the MSP, ask for some previous contracts and if you’d mind doing your own checks on them. Any stable or non-flaky company wont mind.

I also never trust fully remote work, how will you assist this client if their network is down?

Are you paid for only specific tasks and only under certain conditions?

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I agree with Rod, the website may be just something the threw out there, to have a presence, and is temp, and are you on contract for “everything” from D-Mark to computers being turned in at end of life, or just remote helpdesk type stuff?

If your not have good vibes going in, then don’t go: but validate that feeling, if you can’t put a finger on it, then maybe that’s what is bothering you about the job offer, the lack of certainty.
I walked from more than 1 job offer for that exact reason.

I wish you the best here Desperate Candidate, your not in an enviable position.
-Tim

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I learned the hard way & accepted an offer for a small company that didn’t have their websites update, so that let me know how they handle things. I was out of that company after 1.5 years because they went under. Find something you know is stable, the market out there is tough.

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If the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t true.

Two years ago, I got an unsolicited offer from a recruiter to join a smaller MSP in the midwest US. They promised me more money and work-from-home time (90% of work hours) for the same kind of work that I was already doing. I did well in the interviews and got the job. As soon as I arrived at their office on the first day, I realized that they had lied to me multiple times during the interview process. They told me they had 150 employees, when they actually had 5 employees other than me (3 of them were management). The work wasn’t the same (field engineer work in suburbs), the work-from-home time was more than I had previously but still less than they promised, and the benefits were the worst I’ve had in my career. My boss micro-managed everything and wouldn’t listen to feedback, but he often asked me for my opinion anyway. My boss hadn’t participated in any of the interviews, and I should have recognized that as a red flag. The organizational culture was stifling, and after two months I became depressed and dreaded work every day, even during weekends. I endured that place only for 9 months before quitting without a new job lined up.

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Go with your gut. If it sounds too good to be true, well you know the rest.

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Hello again everyone.

Well, the company showed their hand. They wanted me to pay for a cert before onboarding.

I decided to dig deeper into it and the recruiting firm, the client and the school are all “fake” companies - registered but with no employees, no capital, nothing. CEO of both the firm and the client were heads of the same company a few years back. Both companies changed name recently. Lots of stuff like that. They had websites, phone numbers, email adresses, all pretty elaborate too.

I’m glad my instincts told me to run, but it sucks. I’m going to the police soon and hoping nobody actually fall for it. Thanks everyone.

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I am glad you got that sorted, and are on the safe side of the shade!

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Yes go to the police, these people are just praying on people looking for honest work, the only problem is within a few weeks they’ll be back at it with different companies / identities.

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