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My brother in law has a job offer from them, but I don't think it's legit. They lock you in with a 2 year contract that you must pay a large sum to break early.

Looks like a tiny bldg in Atlanta

Looks shady based on the website

He has a masters degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering but can't find a local job in Houston. A recruiter contacted him about this company. He has had a couple phone interviews and now they offered a two year contract. If he breaks the contract before 2 years he owes them money (+$10k) but the contract doesn't provide the salary amount, benefits, or expenses. The work is IT contact work and it can be anywhere in the US. He has been told verbally an hourly rate but nothing is in the contract.

I assume he will have to pay all his own expenses, travel, and insurance and they will change his salary to about $10/hour.

I have tried to talk him out of it but he thinks it's his last resort. I'm trying to find more info about this company to prove to him that's its not legit.

nukeaggie2000 said:

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He has a masters degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering but can't find a local job in Houston. A recruiter contacted him about this company. He has had a couple phone interviews and now they offered a two year contract. If he breaks the contract before 2 years he owes them money (+$10k) but the contract doesn't provide the salary amount, benefits, or expenses. The work is IT contact work and it can be anywhere in the US. He has been told verbally an hourly rate but nothing is in the contract.

I assume he will have to pay all his own expenses, travel, and insurance and they will change his salary to about $10/hour.

I have tried to talk him out of it but he thinks it's his last resort. I'm trying to find more info about this company to prove to him that's its not legit.

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LOL. Why is this even a question? If you can't talk him out of this, he deserves whatever he gets. This is radioactive.

Did they say why he would end up paying back $10k if he quits before two years? Are they offering him a sign-on bonus, relocation package, miscellaneous bonus etc? If so, that's common for companies to have a stipulation about paying back the money if you leave within a certain time frame. If not, then that is a huge red flag.

update?

update: he's in the process of being trained and making $8-10/hr while in training. He should be done training in the middle of January and then have his first assignment shortly after that.

Wow. I hope it works out, but this sounds like a horrible deal.

If he is willing to relocate to Central Texas it seems like somebody with his qualifications could get on with a company in the Austin area easily. I know we have to pay our IT staff fairly well, because they can easily go to work for one of the numerous Tech companies in the area. If he has a decent client service attitude and is willing to help non-IT types fix their basic computer problems he could probably carve out a decent niche.

I think the engineering / consulting field isn't where a lot of computer types look, but it is a computer and software technology heavy field and each office of 50 engineers / architects / accountants / scientists seems to need 2-3 full time IT people just to keep things working. There are a lot of those firms in the Houston area too.

nukeaggie2000 said:

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He has a masters degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering but can't find a local job in Houston. A recruiter contacted him about this company. He has had a couple phone interviews and now they offered a two year contract. If he breaks the contract before 2 years he owes them money (+$10k) but the contract doesn't provide the salary amount, benefits, or expenses. The work is IT contact work and it can be anywhere in the US. He has been told verbally an hourly rate but nothing is in the contract.

I assume he will have to pay all his own expenses, travel, and insurance and they will change his salary to about $10/hour.

I have tried to talk him out of it but he thinks it's his last resort. I'm trying to find more info about this company to prove to him that's its not legit.

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If he wants to move to Dallas, my company(a software shop) is hiring.