Fake Pay Rate Scam EXPOSED
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- McDonald's, Costco, and Staples are just a few of the many corporations who thrive by promising fake pay rates and false positions only to take it all away in the final job offer. Many applicants often have no choice but to accept the job or risk losing their unemployment benefits.
Our investigation with Eoin Higgins uncovered the scam happening across the nation.
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Well thank the republican party for having less worker rights and lower wades. They have been chipping away at this since 1980. It's call trickle down economics that's why you never let your state approve or vote in right to work because right to work laws take away all your rights and make it illegal for or at the very least very hard for unions to establish themselves and your state . This is so very important . Right to work state have less law's for workers and gives company's more right then the people who work for them. Corporations don't care about their workers the quality of their products they only care about their bottom line and their stockholders and if they can find a way to screw their stockholders they would do it too look at the end of housing bubble and what corporations did to everyone
@@joeblack5723 GOP is the same as Dems for labour issues, dikbreth. Same. Demz get the same campaign contributions that the GOP does. Politicians in the US are corrupt. We need to vote them out or do like in France, burn down the buildings they work in.
@@joeblack5723you shouldn’t ask the government to fix problems they create with their money printing, neglegant spending crony capitalist lobbying , regulation, tax loopholes and endless war. It’s common sense. If you are dumb enough to take a lower wage than what you were applying for than you kinda deserve what you get. Nobody forces you to take or keep a job and prices go up for business’s too when the cost of goods goes up due to inflation and our governments horrible policies.
@@joeblack5723 Thank Reagan for shoving the country off of this cliff. And every administration since for not extending a net, rope, or even a parachute. They just watch the middle class plummet while the rich line their pockets.
In other words “our jobs suck, so we lie to you.”
Basically
That’s really all there is to it
In other words: 'come work for our garbage company, but we'll pay you less than what we actually offered on our listing'. No thank you.
This is why people get hired on but never show up, or they come in for the first week then bounce once they find out the truth.
FTC act is a law that prohibits false advertising in any medium directed to the consumer. FYI yes, postings of false salary still falls into this category. You can sue. 😉 Make sure you save the listing as proof. 😆
It is also known as false inducement. It is illegal and actionable.
Sure if you can find a lawyer who will work for free and has deep pockets!
Its the big companies doing this the most I'll bet. They know they can get away with it because they have the deep pockets to outlast all these lawyers in court. Call it brute economic force.
@@davidpeppers551 never hurts to try. If you sit back and do nothing, then nothing you'll get.
@@Buttered.0 You should. Make sure it wasn't "up to" and you have all your documentation. You may have to prove it cost you something.
We have a legal system which limits remedies and access based on ability to pay up front. If losers have to pay all legal costs no matter the violation, then maybe suing for things where the monetary losses are unclear, then at least a law firm could take more casses with good winning evidence.
If you stop my right to assemble, right to speech, right to vote, right to petition the government for redress of grievance, then maybe you don't suffer economic losses, so what would a lawyer get for restoring your rights (what contingency fee)?
Sorry we don't really have a right to vote.
@@markyarbrough5511 this is not something that will only happen to one person. these asses are tricking a bunch of people into coming down just to be lied to, in order for the COMPANY to gain a coerced, higher than average pool of hires. this is fraud.
My company just gave a 4 dollar raise but it was to new hires only, what a slap in the face.
Wtf???
What company?
They usually only do this for like peak seasons. New hires with higher pay but for a short span of time. Like a season hire person. After the season is over. You go home or can be hired as a full-time employee with the normal rate like everybody else is being paid. This helps on the heavy workload that happens in certain months of the year.
@@gimcrack555 They could temporarily raise the pay of the other workers too. Otherwise Im gonna slack off and not work as hard because theyre getting paid more for the same thing.
This was the argument I used for increasing the minimum wage... That will only cause those who have higher wages due to longevity to take a huge pay CUT. Suddenly the $20/hr they've spent years working up when the min wage is $12/hr see all of their progress snatched away when the new minimum wage brings the newbies up by $3/hr but their 20 rate doesn't budge and prices around them go up by exactly the same ratio.
What this country needs is to *get rid of* the minimum wage and, instead, adopt a MAXIMUM wage. The highest paid position in a company cannot be more than a multiple (ex: 200x) of the lowest wage paid in a company in the primary unit of currency the company uses - to include interns and foreign labor. If the boardroom wants to raise their pay they have to raise the pay of the lowest paid workers. Ancillary executives (i.e. consultants and the like) would be limited to a multiplier of x25. All profits become an asset that is then taxed accordingly.
The only problem with this solution is how to keep the sudden excess of profits out of the shareholders' pockets and in the company to improve products, conditions, benefits, lower prices.
In Slovakia a law recently passed, that employer cannot put on contract lower wage than advertised. Employees can sue the employer even three years backwards if they have a copy of the advertisement. This is an effective solution unlikely implemented in the USA.
It should be implemented in the US in every single state
@@LTGDSP it should also be implemented that people learn how to read. Every job listing I see may be deceptive, but it's in the description. People are just stupid
There's a law called FTC that prohibits false advertising in the U.S. in any medium to the consumer. Fyi
@@Buttered.0 Doesn't look like that lol.Not very effective because the corporation know how to maneuver around it with powerful lawyers. America is a corrupt nation face it.
@@mycitysucks8096 You need to be ignorant somewhere else.Maybe you should contact one of the corporation and volunteer to kiss their butt.
This practice needs to be made illegal
The fact that it isn't is shocking
This is so disheartening to find out the truth.
So basically High turnover karma is a guarantee.
If this is how they start off , keep looking! If you have to have a job right now, get the training and keep looking. From my experience this is not the employer you want to work for. They are showing you who they are and what they are about, believe them.
But if you turn down the job that was based on false advertising, you will lose your unemployment benefits and you're so poor that you can't afford to do so. You have no cushion, you have no choice, otherwise you'll end up on the street. You have to take the job.
If most employers utilize this tactic as a commonplace business practice then what are other alternatives?
They do the same thing in the trucking industry. There is a lot of things truckers have to do every day that they don't get paid for at all.
Just call it what it is. They're lying.
And this idea of taking a lower wage just because you're desperate (which is what they want) is sickening. Why even bother taking a job that doesn't pay enough to meet basic necessities. If I can starve because I'm not working vs. starving despite working my ass off, why work at all?
The pitchforks and torches need to come out sooner than later.
I think the main issue is stopping yourself from getting hired in the future. Sure you could turn it down and they might not consider you in the future. Do that enough times and you don't have anywhere to work. The issue is as a single person you cant do anything really. That's exactly why unions formed.
Some do pay the wages but then it's just part time two days a week maybe three part time not enough, stay safe everyone
Common tactic in California. You ask about the advertised rate and they say, “Well, that’s with the temporary Covid pay and only if you work the graveyard shift.”
Cali: "only for Grave-"
Me: "I'll take it!"
Cali: " Wha-?"
Me: "I said, I'll take it. I prefer Graveyard shifts anyway"
They look on their faces would be hysterical
If company advertisers false Wage we must boycott this companies.
If you can't really afford staff close your business or work solo , $10 a hour is a insult to any adult , even teenagers should earn better than that
This is why unions are needed. Go ahead and negotiate your on your own. Go to a union when you want fare wages and conditions.
And by the time you pay your union dues you're back to square one.
I’ve been in a few unions. Not worth the toilet paper they write the contract on! The union is there for the union. They collect dues and justify their existence by pointing to how many people they have in the membership not by what they have won the membership through contract negotiation!
The unions only get you what minimum wage should be then collect their dues, and sign contracts in favor of employer because our goal is to keep you employed...
Basically have you chasing the carrot which you never quite reach.
Yeah it's been like this for at least 20 years now! Way to be on the ball with this timely reporting
You can sue for this. When you took a job under false pretenses, it deprived you of your time, money, and, in some cases, an alternate job you might have passed up.
How much does a lawyer cost and how long does that take cuz I'm broke.
@@joshable337 not cheap. But there is a very small chance you can find a lawyer willing to take a case on a contingency or free (pro bono). Before a lawyer would take a case like this, he would probably like you to be able to show they lied to you in a job advertisement or to your face, you spent time, money, and hardship to pursue the job, and you passed up another possible job opportunity.
It would also improve a case if you lost unemployment benefits that were higher than the wages they gave you or you lost less unemployment wages but the job you got stuck with makes it very difficult to look for a higher paying job and you can't quit because that will disqualify you for getting unemployment back.
Professor Richard Wolff at democracy at work has extensively talked about how your labor is never valued at what it's worth. It's the capitalist mindset. Cut costs and wages to maximize profit. Workers be damned.
Take the job and ghost them when you find a better paying one.
THIS IS THE WAY
They have no loyalty to us
You will need a reference from the company that you worked for. Lev
@@vshah1010 Use the previous job you had.
@@vshah1010 Find a coworker you like to pretend to be your manager. Never fails me, just make sure they use your boss' name.
This job I work at has me constantly in McDonalds. I was talking to an employee and he told me that that particular McDonalds hires different. They hire an employee with their first and last name and then the same employee as their first and middle name. That way when they are close to getting overtime they clock into their other name.
This sounds like something you need to contact the labor department about.
Sounds illegal as fuck
Fuck off with that illegal horseshit. That is awful. I really wished they got sued. 😕
Super illegal.
@@Hippie_punk Because it is. Highly illegal. Report to the irs immediately.
Corporations lie, lie, lie....did I mention they lie?
Can we please adress PTI the rail transport industry is bad bad bad they still dont pay people an hourly wage some drivers literally put there life on the line for under 25 cents a mile no hazard pay hit a deer your done
This is why I will never applied to retail stores I know my worth and I know they’re not gonna pay so I’m not wasting my time, Until labors come together and demand proper pay from the CEOs and company owners who are making more than they need things won’t change.
Walmart ##$&👹🤬😈😈
I had this exact same thing. This must become illigal...
This sucks
You can file a complaint with the attorney general in your state, for bait and switch job ad.
This practice is heinous. The PEOPLE (and the companies) behind this have no souls. They are devoid of everything that makes a person noble. I say to the articulate man being interviewed (Staples) - if you must take the job...give them all of their TEN DOLLARS WORTH, and nothing more. And immediately start to look elsewhere for employment.
Wait till you realize, the pay increase isn't a pay increase when all the companies, corporations just raise prices.
@@james_chatman they raised minimum wage to $15 and now prices are going up. Explain in detail 🤔 how this is not valid.
@@matthewstewart5113 Have you not been paying attention? The pandemic has caused supply chain issues which increase costs and our capitalist overlords aren't going to eat that cost they're going to pass that on to the consumer.
@@oddward5759 keep drinking that punch. Prices are never going back down, only up from here.
@@matthewstewart5113 I mean yeah if the US keeps printing money.
@@oddward5759 they US will keep printing money. When the US Dollar is more Available world wide. It will be adopted and recognized as the WORLD Currency.
I see signs stating $13.00 or $12.00 starting pay. The next week they’re forced to write in “ up to”.
For my area $13 is actually good pay for fast food or a non skilled job.
Waitresses would love if they got $13 an hour plus tips in my area. They only get like $4.00 base.. It’s not like our rent and mortgages are that much lower. Average house in my area is about $350,000. Food, electric is pricey too. But if say McDonald’s was forced to pay their employees $15, they would all go to kiosks and a skeleton crew.
I have to scan my groceries because there’s only 1 or 2 cashiers. Pretty soon all places will be self scan, kiosks with skeleton crews because companies need to make money for themselves and their investors.
Well no shit, everyone that fell for that can only blame themselves. Every time they advertised $15 to $16 an hour in the fine print it said for experienced experienced managers.
Bunch of whining people on this video. “I went to an interview and they didn’t offer what I expected but I accepted it anyway and that’s unfair.”
@@piezoman79 says the guy in his mom's basement
@@MahkyVmedia1 very original 👍🏻
It’s called lying and I would report to the BBB!!
Why is Costco included in this? Working there, I never experienced any pay rate embellishment. Plenty of terrible managers but pay was always straight forward and outlined in their employee agreement books and standard across the board for hourly's, even for non-union stores. All the video had was stock footage of Costco workers.
If a company does a bait and switch form the job ad, you can file a complaint with the attorney general. They might take the case against that company.
How do I do that? I might start.
Or you move to the next opportunity like an adult. But you’re not an adult; not mentally or intellectually, anyway.
It’s not bait and switch though. There is ALWAYS fine print. That’s why there is the * on the sign.
They won't. This has been standard practice for decades
The trick used to be that on those posters they’d put in very small text “up to” and then in huge text “$15 an hour”. Now you can’t even catch the trick until the last second
It's called fine print, get some glasses or something
Companies that do that should be sued
Employers think that this won't have a negative impact on their lives. I hope they're ready to suffer in afterlife for fooling people.
There's no afterlife. And if there is then fuck God for making such a shitty system that people are still doing evil Acts.
@@TheShubLub Missing the point of the afterlife comment a little...
"I was looking for something with livable wage potential, like 15, 17 an hour"
😂😂😂😂😂 maaaan... lol that's hardly living
This was so sad to listen to. Can't anyone be honest anymore? The real tragedy is there are no morals today.
I'm sure it says "Make up to 16$ an HR."
The genuine shock on an employer's face when I walk out of the interview tells me not enough people are in the position to stand up for themselves. I can only do it thanks to my parents who are willing to support me between jobs. Parents please support your kids in their hunt for a decent employer. If the job description given in the interview doesn't match the job title you initially applied for, walk. If the employer uses a lot of red-flag buzzwords, walk. You do not want an employer who always "expects you to go the extra mile" even if "we're all a family." Those are the type of people who would request you miss your son's birthday so you can work overtime. Miss me with that shit
unsurprising Scoundrels. so tired of, so wounded by, corporations and their slavish devotion to the almighty dollar. FFS
Don’t mean to sound defeatist. Keep fighting, peeps. We have a lot of work to do
I took a production job that advertised a range for their hourly wage. I assumed (big mistake) that the range was to accommodate varying experience in that kind of production work. Then I found out that everyone started at the very lowest amount in that listed wage and the "range" was what people could expect if they stayed for several years. Once I started I was also told that raises weren't automatic and we'd have to show initiative and hard work to get any kind of boost. Six months and I was back on the job market.
Back in the 90s, I worked temporary jobs and I am going to tell you this: they’re worse leave people ===walk.
No wonder people are quitting and doing gig work
This could be why businesses can't find employees.
How can a “worker” be screwed during an interview??? You could just turn down the job.
The problem is that if you are offered a job and turn it down you lose unemployment benefits, catch 22.
@@andreaslind6338 you receive unemployment benefits based on wages from your previous job not from an interviewer offering an opportunity to work. There’s no catch..
@@recognizegame215 there are different laws and regulations in different areas.
@@andreaslind6338 you’re always free to assemble a team and develop your own business. Probably take less time than a job search. hotdog cart moves 200 to 300 units on any given 12 hour day. Assemble your team and Pick your market!
Because if you are on unemployment you aren't allowed to turn down work. If some sleezbag employer lies about the pay on Indeed and then tells you you'll actually be making substantially less once you're in the interview you're trapped because if you turn the job down you loose your unemployment insurance.
"The Federal Reserve System is not Federal; it has no reserves, and is not even a system at all. But rather an international criminal syndicate."- Eustace Mullins.
This has been an issue for years. Glad someone is finally bringing attention to this but it should have been brought up years ago.
One time I applied for and interviewed for what I was told was a full time job. They waited until after I went through orientation and training and showed up on the first day of work to tell me "oh by the way, this job is only part time." That was G4S security. I didn't realize that was illegal at the time (fraudulent inducement).
I had left my previous full time job, under the direct impression that this was a full time job. I would have never taken a part time job and they knew that, which was why they lied.
Before the pandemic I took a job as a salesperson for Big Lots. I was hired as a full-time employee; but I was never scheduled more than 24 hours a week. After the first month I and others were getting scheduled 12, 8, or even 4 hours a week. When I asked why, the manager said he gets allotted a maximum of hours to distribute and he needed hours to train new hires.
Why keep hiring when they had plenty of workers wanting to be full-time?
Only management, supervisors and up, got full-time. One supervisor said it was so they didn't have to give us the benefits that came with full-time hours. They kept hiring because eventually employees quit when they realize they will never get anything but part-time.
The State of California gave raises but took all of it back to pay for their mismanagement of the retirement funds
$15-$17 as a living wage? This guy can't possibly live in the US, or he is living with someone completely rent free.
Any job that does this is not worth taking. Leave. If they are willing to lie and decieve you about pay, they will not treat you with respect.
Experienced something very similar with a restaurant I was applying for sous chef.
App: $18/hour
Offer: $14/hour
Told him to shove it up his ass and not waste my fucking time. When I got to the dining area I just started saying out loud the boss was a scumbag who lies on job applications. Got a couple customers who were waiting for tables to walk out with me.
@@TheLazyass111 Good. Fuck that POS.
#Scumbags
Walmart had a PR prob. After a scandle in 2011(?) So they claimed they were giving raises to employees of $19/hr PR stunt. The ppl who actually qualified for the raise ( ZMS Zone mngr) were already making or close too. 6 mos later they eliminated that, & one other position. Changed the job title gave that position, dbl responsabilty for less pay. If offered, the employee didn't take the job? They were let go. Mngt can not step down & take a lower job. Since consolidating 2 positions it eliminated a lot of ppl.
Costco is one of the best companies to work for and have always paid more than any other retailer
I work at a staples to this day and at least in my state they had signs stating the wage would go up 1 dollar a year.
Not only is that insane as most of us are making around 10 an hour, but also these signs are put in the employee restroom door instead of a bulletin board thats right in the middle of the break room.
A dollar per year @ $10/hr is 10%! That beats inflation, even with current inflation. $2200/year at full time. Sounds like a damn good raise! Should be grateful, they aren’t obligated to give you anything!
The gentleman at beginning of the video said he was paid well at the Staples store he works in which is in Cutler Bay. Cutler Bay is a suburb in Miami-Dade County. If you talk to workers in that store, they say they are paid well. The workers in that store believe they will advance. In terms of work and wages, it is well known that retail, fast food, restaurants, and call centers do not pay well and treat their workers with no dignity in Florida. The best jobs are sales jobs with commission. With this video, I watched Hegel's contradiction in practice. On the one hand, they will tell people in a brief article or documentary that they are not paid well. Yey, when they work in the business which employs them, then they say their pay is great. This is the great contradiction of the American workforce.
Costco does this? Very hard to believe. Workers there have a union.
Not at the Costco where I have shopped. And I live in very leftist, union friendly Western Washington. And I know many members of the largest retail union in the country- the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, UFCW.
@@briangarrow448 Good. I'll quiz Costco workers in my area next time I go.
@@eleanoraquitaine2966 You may be correct. I will ask my UFCW friends what they know!
Hey, look at this .. a back-and-forth in the RUclips comment section that didn't devolve into someone calling the other person a nazi ..
Well done, you two. Almost gives one hope.
@@darinsingleton3553 Go figure. :o)
We have fair labor laws, but you have to have money and a lawyer to pursue it, and the labor board needs the workers to enforce the laws we have but the budgets are not there.
That should be against the law!
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The fact that we get paid so little and then are expected to do a shit ton of work and even work other positions we aren’t trained or employed to do makes me really wonder why we pay so little for the most physically taxing jobs. I just don’t get it, I’m just a strong believer that people should be compensated for the work and effort they put in, even if you think that job is only for highschoolers or something.
And they wonder why people don’t want to work. Labor is not valued and people are not valued.
corporations need to be squeezed until they relent. older generations of American's are too invested in that system to be convinced that there is a better way
Those two magic words printed in mouse type: 'UP TO"
Workers can also sue those corporations for false advertising 🙄
When you work for someone else you are literally a slave .
Not really. Several of my friends and I were very successful multimillionaires and only one of us was self employed. Owning your own business is a pipe dream. You’re responsible for 100% of your health insurance, 100% of your retirement, no 401k matches, no pension, no stock compensation, not guaranteed income, no bonus, etc. If you go into the corporate world and work for someone else’s company, they take care of all of that stuff for you.
This has been going on for years.
i became the bad guy at a few jobs for calling that sh out and i walked out a few times!!
I dream of the day when large numbers of workers are able to save and invest enough to drop out of the workforce. I dream of the worker scarcity these companies need to get screwed by.
I wish I could say this was surprising
Companies: We can legally lie to you!! Hu rah!!
We should be able to sue these companies that do this for the waste of time cuz if you're out there looking for a job that pays a certain wage and the advertised that certain ways they should be paying that certain wage
Wow, I’m northern Indiana we still have places, factory’s, that only pay $8.50 an hour!!!, this is nutts
my current employer gave me a 5% raise.. which isnt cost of living and im already being under paid.. but the company said it couldn't afford to do so, i figured something is better then nothing.. then a few weeks later they spent several billion dollars acquiring another company.. needless to say looking for a new job but there are slim pickins..
This has been happening for decades!!!!!!!!
Contract violation if they say 15 it's 15 this is fraud. If it is 10 to 18 then it must be negotiated and agreed upon.
They're offering jobs at the page that they're advertising for can't they be sued for outright fraud
Only if their victims have the money to hire a lawyer
This is crap. Then that scam gets applied through the energies and sincerity of the key down future employee, which then just gets passed down to each and every one of us - the customer. This is a problem and explains one of the corners off the great resignation and then tyrannical fight against slavery. Pure crap if you ask me
My last CNA jobs did this to me.
Been doing this for 50 yrs. They also advertise jobs they don't have because their late with deliveries so they can tell customers they can't get enough people. They have no intention of getting enough people.
Always talk the people who already work there when you walk in the door.
$10 an hour? What is this, the 60s?
They also say they're hiring when they are not which is also a lie
If people had more drive, they could make $350 bucks a day simply owning a pickup truck hauling crap for people. Or cleaning for people at a rate of $30 plus dollars an hour…. The lowest wage jobs out there have a w-2 attached to them. They have the ultimate tool in their hands always (a phone) with apps connected to millions of people (fakebook) that can allow them to put themselves in the spot light. No one is creative anymore, and they’re ultimately lazy. I’m both, but at least I sit and think about things.
Just another fine example how the Wealthy are not honest Actors and needed to be remove from the Human equation!
And the ones that give you$18/hr they only schedule you for 25 hours a week!
I knew they were going to do this. Screenshot and document all of your stuff people. They are pulling all the strings
Butt-kissers will always do better ($) than hard workers. I’ve seen it too many times.
Don't forget to include nepotism recipients. I am almost 50 and have not had a job yet where I didn't see it. Although in some cases it was much harder to see but eventually it was unveiled.
Hobby Lobby $17/hr …But they’ll only hire new employees part time at $11
Well as a small business how in the world are your suppose to get somebody to work. When you're competing with higher businesses. So yes I see this happening with small businesses. But how are they suppose to get people to go to work. They been doing this for years.
That's why the signs say 'make UP TO $16/hr' .. don't you know by now?
Can just anyone do this job after 1 day of Training ? Yes. Well maybe you need a V,O,T,E,C job like Heating & Cooling. If only we had more Industry & industrial production jobs. Where starting pay is $22.Hr .
Do a job your more qualified for! Small business are first teens and college kids working their way up. Big corporate pay more if you have any talents. Or start your own small business.
The day we put the politicians in prison is the day our lives get better
and corporate executives.
Make yourself worth more than the minimum.
This has to be against the laws, right
If this guy can pass a background check and a drug hair test the chemical plants are always looking for hard working people and at a living wage.
Do you know these CEOs have addresses? I bet we could find them.
Here’s a thought: don’t spend your money with any of these companies, and see if they change? I mean just tell a reporter they didn’t meow back at you, and you identify as a cat, and sue the hell outta them?💩