Poland Forwarding Company - Work From Home Scam

I have posted the work from home scams before, this one actually wants you to sign a contract, and what a contract it is....  Certainly makes the job seem great and very legit, however it of course is not, it is way too good to be true and with everyone being unemployed now, they are looking for desperate people.

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Job Info
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Thanks for the response to an open position of manager turnover in Poland Forwarding (PF) Enterprise. Let me tell you about the proposed position and working conditions.
Please note that the vacancy is only open to the residents of the USA.

Now we recruit new staff in the U.S.. For the position of manager turnover on the procurement of goods from manufacturers, we are looking for energetic and ambitious people. Experience in this area is welcome but not required.

During the first 3-4 months of work your responsibilities will include:
-Communication and ongoing training under the guidance of your personal manager
-Management of turnover of private clients and small firms
-Drawing up of proposals for the purchase of certain goods to customers' request

A detailed description of the most popular products can be found in the FAQ for this position.

For our employees we provide career growth and good working conditions:
* Annual salary of $ 30,000. In the presence of MBA / scientific degree - $ 60,000.
* To provide support for connection each employee is given a mobile phone (iPhone 4 / Blackberry / HTC) and Laptop. Fully paid travel expenses (if any) and communication services.
* Ability to work from home during the first 3-5 months of work.
* Possibility to combine this position with your current job. For the first time you will be not required more than 2-4 hours.

Immediate answers for some common questions:
-You do not have to communicate with customers and make cold calls
-If you wish you can start to work within a week after signing the contract (after the execution of all documents)
Employees are provided with mobile phone and Laptop which remain forever in their use and they should not pay for anything
-In order to start working, you should not pay for anything.

We are always ready to discuss all the nuances and answer all your questions by phone or email.
We work from 8 to 16 Monday through Friday. At this stage, we suggest that you sign the contract, which you can find in the annex to this letter, to develop further partnerships.
We are waiting for your response.

Sincerely,

Natalie
Poland Forwarding Inc., Manager

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Contract Copy

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PURCHASING AND LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT

Personnel Department 

(Please fill in this contract not in hand-drawn lettering, but type in by PC, because very often we can not read the handwriting of our employees.) 

                                                                                                             

____ (date)__________ 2010. 




Poland Forwarding Enterprise, hereinafter referred to as «Enterprise», represented  by Natalie Norman, acting on the basis of the license №0006341 of the one part, and ________________(your name)_________________________________,  hereinafter referred to as «Employee» of the other part, have concluded the present Agreement as the following: 



1.Subject of the Agreement. 

1.1. The Employee is employed by the Enterprise as a manager of a remote link which duties will include monitoring of a condition of the goods and its transportation according to waybills. Also it will be necessary to keepaccount of the goods and to bring quarterly estimates.

2. Term of the Agreement. 

2.1. The agreement is entered between the Enterprise and the Employee for the period of one year. The agreement can be extended if mutually agreed by the Employee and the Enterprise.  

3. General Provisions of the Agreement.

3.1. Concluding the present contract, the Employee takes into consideration that the Enterprise is the company conducting the activity in areas of retail and wholesale purchases of the equipment in the countries with the lowered prices for the goods.
3.2. Performance of his immediate duties by the Employee shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement.

3.3. The Employee is subordinate directly to the Coordinator of Financial Operations hereinafter referred to as «Coordinator». 
3.4. When performing his immediate duties the Employee has the right to:

a) to coordinate with the Coordinator time and date of reception and goods sending for a warehouse;
b) at occurrence of difficulties during work performance to use the help of the Coordinator;

c) demand revision of overstated or obsolete rates of financial, material,  labor expenditures, etc.; 

3.5. On termination of the certificate of transfer of the goods of the Employee and the Coordinator the total report on operation end is made out, which is a necessary and obligatory condition for end of transfer of the goods from the Enterprise to the Client.

3.6. The Employee is a full-fledged member of the Enterprise.

3.7. The Employee has the right to express his personal opinion in regard of any issue of the Enterprise activity.  
3.8. The Employee has the right, if necessary, to get acquainted with the rules of the Enterprise internal labor order, collective agreement, and labor legislation. 

4.Obligations of the Parties.  

4.1. The Employee agrees to: 
a) timely and in the terms discussed in advance with the Coordinator to complete all the operations connected with transportation and the control of the goods;

b) to give in the shortest terms all necessary data requested by the coordinator concerning operation made;

c) inform the Coordinator on short notice when any problems or  emergencies  arise  to solve them as quickly as possible;

d) provide a copy of his passport or any other document proving his identity for verification purposes;

e) in case of occurrence of problems during fulfilment of the operations interfering its termination to give all necessary documents on request of the Coordinator, for confirmation of legitimacy of the actions;

f) maintain weekly communication with the Coordinator via telephone, e-mail, im-client or other commutation means during time previously discussed with the Coordinator;
g) perform his duties fairly, timely, qualitatively and accurately and observe the Enterprise internal code of conduct; 
h) accurately and timely execute orders of the Enterprise Director and the Coordinator;  

4.2. Operations can be made only after providing us by Employee several telephone numbers of his relatives\friends\work phones. Telephone verification is necessary. This is needed for that the Enterprise could reach the Employee in case of any force-major. The numbers, provided by employee is a strictly confidential information and can`t be transferred to a publicity under international and European laws.  Please fill in this numbers below in the manner of "telephone number -- the owner of this number (name)" -- whom happens to be the owner of the number to the Employee -- the time when the verification (a call) of this number can be made.

 

________________________________________________________________________ 

________________________________________________________________________ 

________________________________________________________________________ 

________________________________________________________________________


                                    (telephone number- the owner of this number(name))


4.3.The Enterprise agrees to: 
аrovide the Employee with work according to the provisions of this Agreement;

b) keep personal information of the Employee confidential, reserving the right to forward all the necessary information on demand of the state authorities if this influences the Enterprise's prestige and/or makes the Enterprise judicially responsible before Client;
c) ensure work conditions necessary for the Employee to carry out his obligations under this Agreement, including provision of the Employee with necessary technical and  material resources (for example paying USPS/DHL commission fee);

d) observe labor law and labor protection rules; 
e) meet the provisions of labor remuneration and working and rest time standards according to the present Agreement and effective legislation; 
f) in case the Employee dies or becomes disable when performing his duties continue to pay his family or him the amount equal to the average earnings received when working under this Agreement till the expiration date.   

5.Labor Remuneration.

5.1.1. The Employee is guaranteed a salary of $30,000.

5.1.2. For those holding MBA degree special conditions are provided. They are guaranteed a salary of $60,000.
5.2. The following award is set for the Employee based on the results of his quarter work depending on the values: 
1) up to  50 successful operations per quarter - $10,000;
2) up to 100 successful operations per quarter - $20,000; 
3) up to 200 successful operations  $30,000.

5.3 Employee monthly is paid with bonuses depending on quality of his work.

5.3.1 If the Employee:

1) during the month has executed 90% of all operations in a term of 1 day, so he gets a bonus at a rate of 10% from salary;

2) during the month has executed 80% of all operations in a term of 1 day, so he gets a bonus at a rate of 5% from salary;

3) during the month has executed 70% of all operations in a term of 1 day, so he gets a bonus at a rate of 3% from salary.

5.4. In the case the work is not done in 1 day by a Employee, will be imposed a fine at the rate - 3% of operation. Every next day of delay by the Employee will make imposing a fine at the rate of 2% for each day.

5.5. Please, underline the most comfortable way of salary enrolling for you: PayPal, WIRE transfer on the bank account, E-Gold, Western Union, MoneyGram, Credit Card, other (specify):_________________________.

5.6. Salary is paid in case if the Employee has no unfinished operations. This is explained by a high-financial risk of the Enterprise. This is the reason why salary may be paid earlier or several days later.

6. Work and Rest Time 

6.1. The Employee has normal working hours, but due to remote character of work, the working day is considered to be a day of performing particular actions connected with operations.
6.2. Usual working hours may not exceed 8 hours per day. Lunch break is not included in working hours.

6.3. The time of working-day start and end as well as of rest and lunch break is determined from the occupancy of the Employee during working day. 
6.4. The Employee is entitled to have two week-end day-offs. 

7. Social Services.

7.1. Social services are provided to the Employee by the Enterprise management in accordance with the decision of general meeting of staff out of the funds designated for this purpose.
7.2. The Employee, upon his immediate wish, may be provided by the Enterprise with funds to pay telephone calls and other commutation means, as well as transportation costs, used for work and causing personal expenditures.

7.3. A medical treatment is provided for those Employees who successfully fulfill his duties in one year's time. 

8. Employee's Liability at Performance of His Duties.  

8.1. The Employee can be imposed with duties related to material responsibility before the Enterprise Clients, or judicial responsibility before the Enterprise itself, if goods transferred from Client to the Enterprise are lost due to neglectful attitude of the Employee. The following actions can be considered neglectful:

а) Refusal of performance of operation without the reasons;

b) The prevention of cessation of work with the Employer for term is shorter than 2 weeks;

c) Transfer of the goods which have arrived at the disposal of the Employee to the third parties;

d) the goods intending to transfer to the Client were at the Employee for term which is more than 24 hours. 

8.2. After reception of the goods and till the moment of its further transfer the Employee answers completely for it financially. 

9. Agreement Change, Extension, and Termination. 

9.1. Change, extension and termination of the Agreement are possible at any time if agreed by both parties. 
9.2. The Agreement is terminated after its expiration.  This is not applicable to cases when employment relations continue and neither of the parties demands to terminate them.  In this case the Agreement is extended for the same period with the same provisions.

9.3. The agreement can be terminated before the appointed time on the Employee's initiative in the following cases: 
аIllness or disability of the Employee that prevent him from performing his work under this Agreement; 
b) Violation of labor legislation or this Agreement by the Enterprise management; 
c) Other valid reasons.
9.4. The agreement can be terminated before the appointed time on the Enterprise initiative on the following grounds: 
аchanges in work management (dissolution of the Enterprise, reduction of personnel, changes in working conditions, etc.); 
b) Revealing of the Employee's unfitness for work performed without his wrongful acts; 
c) Wrongful acts of the Employee (systematic or prolonged no fulfillment of his duties without valid reasons, disclosure of commercial secrets). 

10. Compensations at Agreement termination.


10.1. When the Agreement is terminated (on the basis of valid reasons) the Employee receives payment stipulated by valid legislation and one-time compensation in the amount of $36,000. 

11. Special Provisions. 

11.1.

a) The Enterprise may be both primary and additional employment for the Employee.

b) Along with this an Employee must not work for other companies which have closely-related interests with the Enterprise and whose working methods are similar to Enterprise methods, as it can bring  grave consequences for the Enterprise and its clients.
11.2. Working functions not stipulated by this Agreement can be performed by the Employee in the Enterprise only with the consent of the Enterprise Director.

11.3. All the materials created with the participation of the Employee and under the assignment of the Enterprise are the ownership of the Enterprise. 
11.4. The Parties assume the obligation not to disclose the provisions of this Agreement without mutual consent. 
11.5. The provisions of this Agreement can be changed only if agreed by the parties. 
11.6. The Parties are responsible for fulfillment of the obligations under this Agreement to the extent permitted by applicable law. 
11.7. Disputes that may arise between the Parties are solved according to the applicable law.

11.8. In all other issues not stipulated by this Agreement the Parties shall be governed by the law.  


12. Other Provisions. 

12.1. You will be hired as a contract employee on a 1099 basis.  The company withholds no taxes from you and issues a 1099 form at the end of the year. For registration and making Employee`s tax payments by Enterprise, an additional information is needed: 

______________________________________________

                           (date of birth -- DOB: mm/dd/yyyy) 
 

12.2. This contract is made in two copies: one for each of the Parties and is valid only with the signatures of both the Employee and the Enterprise and sealed by the latter. 

12.3. Information and addresses of the Parties: 

12.3.1. Enterprise 

Address: Wspolna St. 60, Warszawa, Poland.


12.3.2. Employee 

________________________________________________________________________

                                (complete full home address: street, home#, city, state, zip)


_______________________________

                 (home phone)

_______________________________

                (cell phone)

_______________________________

                 (work phone)

_______________________________

                 (e-mail) 
 

Employee: ___ (your surname and initials)_______________________ 

Enterprise: Poland Forwarding Inc