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Personal Experiences with HomeCS?
whoami-ky asks: "If you believe the info on their homepage, HomeCS is 'the Internet's Premier work from home career portal which unites thousands of job seekers and employers everyday.' But, when you try to apply for a job through them, you're immediately asked to pony up $29.95 for a 'lifetime' membership. Has anyone used this company to successfully find a telecommuting job? They have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Anybody gotten a refund? A quick Google search on the term HomeCS didn't seem to show any positive or negative feedback (I only went through the first 3 or 4 pages of results)."
From the HomeCS website under the "Companies" link:
The following is a list of employers who have historically hired telecommuters. Although they may not all have jobs posted with us currently, these and companies like these are examples of companies that could hire you via HomeCS.com.
...which sounds somewhat like a load. I work for one of the companies listed, and they do all their hiring through a company-owned hiring service. There are *no* full-time telecommuters in the division I am in, it's a "couple of days a week" thang.
Of course, I could be wrong...
Cool, you can get a job working for SCO from home!
# QT
http://www.homecs.com/telecommuter_employers.php?
At least that way, you wouldn't have to worry about getting all of your stuff packed up and out of the office when they finally go under.
I'll tell you for $15 :)
The following are pictures of women who have historically dated. Although they may not all have accounts with us currently, these and women like these are examples of girlfriends you could meet through date.com!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Google Webquotes is one of Google Labs' projects; to quote the blurb it "annotates the results of your Google search with comments from other websites. This offers a convenient way to get a third party's opinion about each of the returns for your search, providing you with more information about that site's credibility and reputation."
Sad to say, the news isn't good. Check out this forum thread for a comprehensive bashing.
Let me get this straight -- this outfit wants to charge you money up front for
the valuable opportunity to do business with them and possibly get a job, and
you're sufficiently unsure whether this is a good idea that you have to ask on
slashdot?
Dude, nobody legitimate has to charge you for the chance to work. A temp
agency might charge your employer more than they pay you and so skip off the
top, but they don't get a *dime* until you get a paycheck. Similarly, a more
traditional employer might place expectations on you (dresscode or whatnot)
that might result in your spending money before your first day on the job,
but you don't pay *them* anything.
Work-from-home is notoriously fertile ground for scammers of all kinds, but
if they're wanting to charge you up front for a lifetime membership for the
opportunity to work, that should set off loud alarms and flashing red lights
in your brain even if the job in question were more traditional (e.g. factory).
Cut that out, or I will ship you to Norilsk in a box.
Haven't pursued it yet - it was a couple of months ago, and I've had other priorities. But I'm considering taking legal action if they don't respond when I get around to sending a paper letter.
I write code.