You being desperate for a job is something these sorts of scammers use to their advantage. Some things which may help in future:
1) Keep in mind that when you're dealing with legitimate employer, you will generally be contacting them first. If the first you've heard of an employer is them contacting you out of the blue to say "here's a job for you", it's a scam. 2) Legitimate employers will want to interview you BEFORE they decide whether or not to employ you. There will also, in most cases, be a gap between the date you're offered the job, and your actual start date. 3) In an Australian industrial relations context, any employer who is offering "sick leave, vacation and personal days" is exactly as shonky as a car salesman saying "plus it comes with all four wheels, and the tyres are included with the car when you buy it" - sick leave, personal days, and vacations (holidays) being factored into all Australian awards and workplace agreements as a matter of course. 4) Any employer who is offering health insurance as part of their employment bundle in an Australian context had better be a health insurance agency, or else your best bet is they're scammers who think the whole world is the USA. Employer-sponsored health insurance is a very USA-centric thing - legitimate Australian employers know we have Medicare, and rely on that for their employees' health needs. 5) If someone is offering you "at will" employment in Australia, they're scamming (or again, at best they're a US-based firm which has no idea about Australian employment law). "At will" is another US-centric term of employment art - and it isn't a particularly complimentary one either. "At Will" states in the USA effectively have no unfair dismissal laws - employers can sack you as and when they fancy, for any reason they want, or no reason at all. It isn't a legitimate basis for employment in Australian terms. 6) The clause about "the Company will have the right to reassign you, to change your compensation, or to terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice" is also pretty much direct notice they're not playing a fair game - I wouldn't be taking any job which includes that kind of clause in the contract, simply because it effectively abrogates all your rights as an employee. 7) A job offer out of the blue may seem too good to be true. That's because it is.
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Re: Thank you!!!
1) Keep in mind that when you're dealing with legitimate employer, you will generally be contacting them first. If the first you've heard of an employer is them contacting you out of the blue to say "here's a job for you", it's a scam.
2) Legitimate employers will want to interview you BEFORE they decide whether or not to employ you. There will also, in most cases, be a gap between the date you're offered the job, and your actual start date.
3) In an Australian industrial relations context, any employer who is offering "sick leave, vacation and personal days" is exactly as shonky as a car salesman saying "plus it comes with all four wheels, and the tyres are included with the car when you buy it" - sick leave, personal days, and vacations (holidays) being factored into all Australian awards and workplace agreements as a matter of course.
4) Any employer who is offering health insurance as part of their employment bundle in an Australian context had better be a health insurance agency, or else your best bet is they're scammers who think the whole world is the USA. Employer-sponsored health insurance is a very USA-centric thing - legitimate Australian employers know we have Medicare, and rely on that for their employees' health needs.
5) If someone is offering you "at will" employment in Australia, they're scamming (or again, at best they're a US-based firm which has no idea about Australian employment law). "At will" is another US-centric term of employment art - and it isn't a particularly complimentary one either. "At Will" states in the USA effectively have no unfair dismissal laws - employers can sack you as and when they fancy, for any reason they want, or no reason at all. It isn't a legitimate basis for employment in Australian terms.
6) The clause about "the Company will have the right to reassign you, to change your compensation, or to terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice" is also pretty much direct notice they're not playing a fair game - I wouldn't be taking any job which includes that kind of clause in the contract, simply because it effectively abrogates all your rights as an employee.
7) A job offer out of the blue may seem too good to be true. That's because it is.