I should have known better, but after receiving an email invitation to work on another project for that company I worked for last spring, I thought that I would give it a shot again even though Jon reminded me of what an obnoxious hassle it is for very little money (when you break it all down hourly.)I spent an hour installing update software and getting the new PC certification that jives with the company site. I used 50 sheets of MY paper to print out instruction manuals and example essays. I had to go buy a new $20 ink cartridge for my printer to be able to print the crap they wanted me to print. I spent 6 hours one day, and almost 5 hours the next training online, under the assumption that I was getting $15 an hour for my training time. WRONG.
I misread the pay agreement and when I went ot fill out my time card, I saw that it said to fill in the hours I was training BUT I would only be paid $15 PER TRAINING MODULE of which there were TWO. Thirty dollars for all those hours I put in, plus using my supplies, my electricity, and all of the time it took. I even did studying while logged off on my own time using the guides I printed out. SO, I didn't even finish training. I quit.
I sent them an email and I got a snotty response back to call the office in Iowa. Using MY cell phone minutes??? NO WAY! I sent another email stating that I only have a cell phone and even if they have a toll free number, it does me no good and I am not spending any more of MY money for work I am doing for THEM. I told the person in my email that the money I am getting for training doesn't even cover my supplies and is not enough for my time.
What company doesn't pay for training? Every regular company I have worked for has always paid for training time, and a probation period. If I break down $30 over the 11 hours I worked so far, that comes out to be what? About $2.72 an hour. . . what I made hourly in 1972! And training would have gone on till October 30th!
I feel like such a sucker!
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