My job was not ‘as advertised’

Money Box

BBC

Business

4.2 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A BBC investigation has found that more than 50 people were tricked into working for a design agency that turned out to be fake. They were hired during the lockdown and convinced the company was a successful business. But it had an online universe of fake profiles, stolen work and lies. Workers were all Jobfished. Charmaine Cozier talks to BBC reporter Catrin Nye who investigated this story for the past 12 months and to former employee, Jordan Carter about what happened to him

The programme also discusses what lessons we can learn to keep safe while searching & applying for jobs and what you can do if your job was not “as advertised”?

We are offered guidance by: Keith Rosser , Co-Director and Chair of Jobsaware which provides free and independent advice on how to protect your rights as a non-permanent worker, whether that's through an agency, umbrella company or as part of the gig economy.

John Clinch, an employment lawyer at 3CS Corporate Solicitors Ltd

For further information https://www.jobsaware.co.uk/workers

Producer Smita Patel Editor Emma Rippon

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:38.3	Hello, it's a program of two halves for you today on today's Moneybox Live.
0:43.1	Later on we'll be hearing about how to keep safe while searching and applying for jobs.
0:48.1	But first, the case of one company which our colleague, Katrin Nye, has been investigating for the last year.
0:54.7	She found out that more than 50 people were tricked into working for a design agency that turned out to be fake.
1:01.6	People from the UK and all over the world were hired during lockdown.
1:05.5	They were convinced the company was a successful business through an online universe of fake profile, stolen work and lies.
1:12.6	They were all job-fished.
1:14.6	Catherine Knight joins us now.
1:16.3	How did this happen?
1:17.7	It's mid-2020.
1:19.1	The UK is in and out of lockdown and unemployment has rocketed.
1:24.2	And of course, that means there are loads of young people online searching for work.
1:28.3	And what some of them find is an advert for jobs at a design company called MadBed.
1:34.1	The company has a great website.
1:36.1	It looks fantastic.
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