Off topic: Do you have an opinion about this? Thread poster: Marouane Charaoui
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Never posted on Proz forum, so my apologies If this isn't the right place:
I applied for a job that was posted here, I was contacted back by the agency and I took their test. Days later, I received a profile mail from another agency about the same job, but the pay was lower. They asked me If I meet the requirements and was interested, then I should email them back and send them my CV.
After I did that, a less than day later they sent me an email saying that I was select... See more Never posted on Proz forum, so my apologies If this isn't the right place:
I applied for a job that was posted here, I was contacted back by the agency and I took their test. Days later, I received a profile mail from another agency about the same job, but the pay was lower. They asked me If I meet the requirements and was interested, then I should email them back and send them my CV.
After I did that, a less than day later they sent me an email saying that I was selected to join their team. Sending me a link to a profile they created for me on their website, and has all my information, and they sent me an NDA to sign.
After signing the NDA, I was ghosted. No information about the job on their task tab. No communication from their side, no nothing.
I contacted them twice, and I didn't hear back.
To me, this isn't right because:
A: I never gave them my permission and my consent to use and upload my information on their website.
B: I signed up for a specific project that I assume had a deadline. It's not like I simply email them, and they would contact me if there's any work for me. So where's this job?
C: It's been two weeks.
Is this how things usually go in this industry? ▲ Collapse
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Hey, man, if I start count how many times I signed NDAs and then ghosted...
This is happening often, and I myself as you don't know why, although I have some thoughts, but I wouldn't share.
The only advice from this forum is to move on, like you were ghosted by some chick and not by some company, which is a huge difference.
| | | | Dan Lucas 
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:10
Member (2014)
Japanese to English
| That's just the way things are | Mar 17 |
Marouane Charaoui wrote:
I contacted them twice, and I didn't hear back.
I'm afraid you cannot insist that they communicate with you once you have registered with them, or even if you have done work with them.
Everything happens on a one-off basis, continuity of order flows is unusual and cannot be assumed, and transparency on the part of the agency is not something that can be enforced.
This thread began from a similar premise. It didn't go well.
Unfortunately, this is indeed how it is in the industry, at least for low-quality agencies.
Regards,
Dan
| | | | Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 19:10
Member (2009)
English to German
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| the part that looks fishy | Mar 17 |
Marouane Charaoui wrote:
I applied for a job that was posted here, I was contacted back by the agency and I took their test. Days later, I received a profile mail from another agency about the same job, but the pay was lower.
So the first agency passed your data on to the second?
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Joakim Braun
Sweden
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Marouane Charaoui wrote:
Is this how things usually go in this industry?
Yes.
Being polite takes time which costs money. Can't have that.
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Zea_Mays wrote:
Marouane Charaoui wrote:
I applied for a job that was posted here, I was contacted back by the agency and I took their test. Days later, I received a profile mail from another agency about the same job, but the pay was lower.
So the first agency passed your data on to the second?
Or maybe the end client asked more than one agency about the project?
And they selected a cheaper option (hence the 2nd offer for less money)
Not everything that happens is underhand and nefarious
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 18:10
Member (2015)
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| It's not the first and it won't be the last example | Mar 17 |
Unfortunately, this is not the first and it won't be the last example.
Last year - I don't think I've ever received so many emails about potential jobs - and the vast majority didn't materialise into any collaboration.
I have to say that I even filled in a form for a tender and my last email to the translation agency asking for news had no effect.
At the moment, I don't know anything about that tender, although apparently the agency won it.
It's yet another lack of profes... See more Unfortunately, this is not the first and it won't be the last example.
Last year - I don't think I've ever received so many emails about potential jobs - and the vast majority didn't materialise into any collaboration.
I have to say that I even filled in a form for a tender and my last email to the translation agency asking for news had no effect.
At the moment, I don't know anything about that tender, although apparently the agency won it.
It's yet another lack of professionalism and respect that we see in our industry... We're not all the same, although education can fit in anywhere.
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| | | | | I believe this is a scam | Mar 17 |
This agency is registered here on Proz. The thing is, there's another agency from the same country that carries almost the same name. And there are other agencies that are also from the same country. And they all post the very same type of projects. And what they all have in common apart from that is the number of entries (around 50) that's only been consistent past couple of months.
I think the first agency that I applied to is legit. It's a big agency from different country (India). They... See more This agency is registered here on Proz. The thing is, there's another agency from the same country that carries almost the same name. And there are other agencies that are also from the same country. And they all post the very same type of projects. And what they all have in common apart from that is the number of entries (around 50) that's only been consistent past couple of months.
I think the first agency that I applied to is legit. It's a big agency from different country (India). They did reply to my emails, and unfortunately I wasn't selected after taking their test (which was a stupid one full of maths and had to read texts and answer questions, then write an essay. It did not make sense to me at all. It did have a translation assessment, but It wasn't exactly the main focus). ▲ Collapse
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Zea_Mays wrote:
Marouane Charaoui wrote:
I applied for a job that was posted here, I was contacted back by the agency and I took their test. Days later, I received a profile mail from another agency about the same job, but the pay was lower.
So the first agency passed your data on to the second?
I'm not sure. Why would they do that? I mean, weren't they supposed to compete for this project?
Either way, I'm not sure how things work exactly. But who gave anybody the right the play around with my personal information, that sending it to others or uploading it on their website? Because I didn't.
[Edited at 2025-03-17 16:46 GMT]
[Edited at 2025-03-17 16:50 GMT]
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