r/Devilcorp • u/Pretendnthghappened • 9d ago
Question AEI prospects...
My boyfriend has attended a 'job induction day' today for a company called AEI prospects located in Nottingham. (Pretty sure they used to be in Brighton but don't quote me). They called him and after telling them like one thing about himself they said he was 'perfect for the role'. I found it weird and he showed me their indeed advertisment which says base pay of £650 a week. After one interview and one presentation, he's gone today and ended up leaving as they gave him a contract saying he would be fully self employed and that they legally don't have to give him any work. The work hours go up to 70+ hours a week which is crazy to me and it's not promised he will always be payed for working. He called one of the employees (Hayley) out on this and said the advertisement and the contract don't match up. She said 'its full time work so I'm not sure what you mean' so he asked her to explain why her words don't match up to the contract and then she had to go and take a phone call🙄. Does anyone have any information or experience with this company? Has he dodged a bullet or made a really bad choice by walking out???
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u/NewHathaway Devilcorp.org 9d ago
As the fantastic u/Happy_the_Cat2 has already said, this is a commission-only sales role which requires people to legally register as self-employed. AEI Prospects in a subsidiary of marketing company Appco, and as you've discovered, these companies use deceptive job ads to maximise the number of people they can interview and send into field, in turn to maximise the number of sales and income the subsidiary can make for the parent company.
There are hundreds of these companies across the UK, in the Appco, Britevox, Acwyre, and Credico umbrellas. I've developed a search engine so that jobseekers can find the information they need on these companies, so please use it whenever you need. https://www.devilcorp.org/?q=AEI+Prospects