r/geegees • u/FauuxNeocities • 11d ago

Yearly reminder to everyone to stay away from pyramid schemes (StudentWorks, 6 Figure Student, etc)

If someone does a presentation during the middle of a lecture talking about work opportunity that claims to offer you an opportunity for "leadership" is 100% a scam. They will say they are uni affiliated but it's a lie they tell professors. Every September, they will send parasites on campus feeding on naive 1st/2nd years.

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u/Resident_Step_191 11d ago

As a former StudentWorks employee, I second this.

Still the worst job I’ve ever had, and I’ve worked in an Amazon warehouse

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u/FloppiDysk 10d ago

Did you at least come out with a profit?

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u/EmotionalForever6908 10d ago

I’ve never but a really close family friend did and not only did he but his parents invested money. ( he did the window cleaning ) although the “it looks good on a resume, your running your own company ” it’s not worth it. Everyone ended up losing money.

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u/Think-Intention8 10d ago

I was invited to a presentation. Sat through it and then politely declined.

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u/HotAlternative6349 8d ago

Seconded. Boyfriend worked there and quit because of unsafe working condition. I have photos too. My sister worked there as well and they had a “site safety person” but they couldn’t even care about properly stabilising ladders while painting at heights.

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u/102856208942378028 10d ago

Any new students should look up last year's posts about 6 figure student - they had people enter classrooms and give presentations without any permission from the school or professors.

The same goes for multi level marketing schemes like YOUnique that put up posters around CRX. Majority of "business opportunities" advertised on campus are not looking to make students sell product for money - YOU are the product they are making money off of.

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u/Dry-Homework-4331 9d ago

How does the university allowing them to be on campus? They need to be officially banned 🚫

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u/Maleficent-Welder-46 9d ago

They don't. You're supposed to call campus security if they come.

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u/Straight-Battle-2647 7d ago

THANK YOU! It’s my first year and I had no idea about this

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u/steakcookest 7d ago

Almost fell victim to this. I called them and everything to be a pet of the program. I did not qualify because I did not have my drivers license lol.