Caution As We Seek Remote Jobs, There Are Scammers Out There
Humans want a better world, a world where humans are rational and behave humanely towards each other, the reality is we are not going to have such a world, it is left for each individual to do as pleases if taking advantage of the other person is what feels right go ahead and if being a source of help with a spread of positivity on others makes you happy go right ahead and do it.
Whichever one we choose, has its respective outcome with SBF as a practical example.
Remote Jobs
Unless one is not paying attention to the events around us and especially after the world was hit by the Covid 19 Pandemic, it is not news that remote jobs are becoming increasingly popular and a preferred way of working for lots of reasons.
The opportunity to save on the cost of traveling to the office daily, cutting down on +- two hours of traveling, and spending more time with loved ones are obvious reasons some are opting for work remotely. As a result, the search for remote jobs and hosting platforms is on the rise.
Landing A Remote Job
To ease the spending pressure on my Hive stakes I have been searching for remote work as well the on-site Telecom job, so I can take whichever one that comes first.
Landing a remote job hasn't been forthcoming I have never landed any of those freelance remote jobs but I keep searching.
I recently applied for a writing job on LaborX, the requirements for the job are simple, all I had to do is write the exact words from JPEG photos onto Word and convert it to PDF.
The offer for this job on the LaboX website was $3000, I knew that wasn't going to be the payment, perhaps he is trying to get someone quicker so we can negotiate.
I was sent a link to download the photos to work on, I checked the link with two website safety checks and found out they were safe, and I proceeded to download the images onto my phone instead of my laptop.
There were a hundred images and I was to work on the first 30, I am expected to be done with it in 48 hours. That was doable for me so before I commenced I asked about the payment terms and how much is his budget for the job.
I thought you saw you it before applying
above was his response.
And I responded as seen above. That said it all for me, there was something fishy, and offering me $3000 for writing something I can push myself to finish in less than 48 hours isn't real for me. So I let go and deleted all the photos from my phone.
It wasn't long until I received the above message in my chat box on laborX.
It is scary how some are on a mission to exploit others, again this makes me wonder if there is anything close to Hive out there where one can earn for their time as we do on Hive.
We've got to be careful out there as we search for ways to make an income, some are waiting to take advantage of people.
We owe it to ourselves to make Hive great
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