Paid for Police Check and Not Required

Cave Fire on 23/10/2024 - 07:38
Last edited 23/10/2024 - 10:50 by 1 other user

Company is a leading "Side gig" app. Client was leading AUStralian Postal provider doing a seasonal recruitment.

Was told to complete to docs and training. Mention of an induction at 7am the next day (seems dodgy in retrospect). Part of this was a functional assessment and $50 police check.

Paid for the check, they've failed my functional assessment and ghosted after that. Unsure if I was being "gee'd up"/misled to buy a police check. Unsure if this is standard recruitment but seems dodgy to me.

I don't need a police check as such and cancelled for a refund.

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  • Dollar General on 23/10/2024 - 08:02
    +12

    Cool story bro

  • mapax on 23/10/2024 - 08:04
    +1

    they've failed my functional assessment

    What happened?

    • jv on 23/10/2024 - 09:40
      +2

      They were deemed dysfunctional.

    • bdl on 23/10/2024 - 09:40
      +3

      OP delivered undamaged parcel in safe place and on time so did not pass criteria to be a courier :)

    • Cave Fire on 23/10/2024 - 10:01
      -1

      You have to film yourself doing work movements. looking back some movements were off. Still seems strange and I think they just force alot of people to get the police cert.

      • JimmyF on 23/10/2024 - 10:49
        -1

        LOL so you admit to doing the movements wrong in the video but still think Auspost is out to scam people into buying a $50 police check. Got it.

        • Cave Fire on 23/10/2024 - 10:50
          -2

          It's like slightly off and I have six months full time experience in a busy warehouse

          • JimmyF on 23/10/2024 - 10:54
            +3

            @Cave Fire: So from your experience, you would know that someone doing the moments 'slightly' off, isn't a good thing then?

            Auspost gets lots of people applying for jobs, if you can't do the movements correctly in a prerecorded video that you can redo as many times as you like until you get them correctly, then you most likely won't do them correctly in the work place and are at a risk of a workers comp claim.

            Live and learn for next time.

  • boomramada on 23/10/2024 - 08:06
    +1

    I don't need a police check as such and cancelled for a refund

    So you got the refund?

  • apsilon on 23/10/2024 - 08:08
    +8

    You had them do the police check? So you sent this random contact all your ID documents and payment?

  • morse on 23/10/2024 - 08:54

    Seems like a recruitment scam. Report it to the app and Scamwatch.

  • dtc on 23/10/2024 - 08:56
    +2

    Police checks are around $50 (but vary depending on the state and the type of check) so the amount is fine; but usually its done as the last thing once you have passed all the other requirements. Still, perhaps for this job they do the check first to make sure they dont waste time on high risk applicants, which is fairly common in high turnover jobs. Do you know if they did a police check? If they did then get them to provide it to you, you can use it for other jobs. If they didnt actually do the check then push for a refund

    Chances are they are progressing through the 1000s of applications they received to get the staff they need, and will sort out the admin for the non selected people later on. But certainly keep chasing them, but dont make yourself look like a psycho

  • geekcohen on 23/10/2024 - 09:34
    +1

    Should've just paid for your own police check and then given them a copy.

    If it is to do with some sort of Postal Service, then not surprised about the police check requirement.

    Was the "functional assessment" a physical medical or similar?

  • plmko on 23/10/2024 - 10:23
    +1

    Seems odd they want you to pay them $50. They need to issue an invoice for this.

    • JimmyF on 23/10/2024 - 10:51
      -1

      You don't pay the company directly, they ask you to supply a police report, so you give them a copy. The report normally lasts for 3-12 months.

      Its like saying you need to have a drivers license or WWCC.

  • Cave Fire on 23/10/2024 - 10:51

    Police check is another company but seems strongly linked to the app company.

  • ihfree on 23/10/2024 - 12:10

    Name and shame?

  • AustriaBargain on 23/10/2024 - 12:38

    How did you fail the functional assessment?

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  • Moderatorhamza23 on 24/10/2024 - 10:18

    From OP:

    Hi please close my thread received enough responses

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