YOU Recruitment

Lies Lies and more Lies.

I was sucked into this mess when as I was desperately looking for employment.
The description of the job is complete false advertising and misleading used to lure in people desperately seeking employment.
None of the things written on the Advertisement are true to what the actual job is.

You Recruitment will lead you to a company called "Simply Energy" A gas retailer company competing with "Alinta" and other gas retailers on who can provide the cheaper gas bills.
Whilst the intention of the company are legitimate and has helped a lot of people save money, this isn't the job you want for yourself if you're in dire need of money.

The job is Door to Door sales with no retention fees, your pay is commission based from the day you start, $60 per Sale you are able to make, which sounds good when they sell this idea to you, but it is not worth in the long run. Within my 3 weeks working there, I was only able to make a total of 16 sales, in which you think it would equate to a total of $960 dollars, but a chunk of your money is deducted in Tax, Liability Insurance; since the job turns you into a contractor and ridiculous weekly fees for you to rent their iPads.

I can safely say, all in all after all these fees were deducted from my final pay, the total amount of money I made out of this job was less than $500 in 3 weeks of employment.
And keep in mind, this is still commission based, so it's not guaranteed that you'll even earn that much.

This is a trap, used to lure in young job-seekers desperately looking for work.
Do not fall for it, unless you enjoy waking up incredibly early, walking 8 hours a day (Including Saturdays) under a hot Australian sun, with little to no breaks and one of the most obnoxious and time consuming sign up processes I've ever seen in my life.
You're better off finding a job that pays you $25 p/h or so on, at least you're guaranteed to receive what you're promised and superannuation, which is another thing that comes out of your own pocket, not theirs.

The only positive thing about this job is the community, because there some really great and kind people working for the company, but that's really the only thing it's got going for it.

But that doesn't pay the bills, Money does and if it's money you're looking for, you're certainly not going to find a lot of it here.

Unless you're a god at making sales and if that's your case, go right ahead.

Job absolutely not described correctly, its door to door sales. I went for the 'information session/interview' with 9 others, out of the 10 people when asked if we knew what job we had applied for not a single person including myself understood what we had applied for. Seems like they are fronting as a huge company when in fact they absolutely aren't. 'Supervisors & self acclaimed managers' that have been there less than half a year. After a training session and 1 full day out doing the door to door with another employee there, I felt the way everything was conducted oddly. On my following next shift after a weekend off I took it upon myself to question the credibility of a company that employed me as I had questions in relation to the odd way everything was falling into place. I had to speak to a training manager as i was told the company manager just wasnt available. He ended up swearing at me in a heated discussion in front of employees. Even after I left the business I got a call from the 'actual manager' who I wanted to speak to in private in the first place, who i felt his only intention was to call me so I did not leave a bad review as I feel I've been the only person to question them about how legit they are. All extremely odd. So it just backed up everything that I thought was true to be true in my mind as if this company was legit they would of asked me to come back in to try rectify the issue. I WOULD ADVISE TO AVOID THIS SO CALLED COMPANY AT ALL COSTS ABSOLUTE JOKE OF A COMPNANY WHO JUST ARE NOT WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.

I submitted an application to the recruiter via Indeed, there was no contact at all with YOU Recruitment and my details (name, email and phone number)  were submitted to a company called APEX who sent me a meeting request via email. I responded to the email asking a few questions such as, what is the role?  can you send me a job description? etc,  and received no response. I turned up to the ‘meeting’ where I met with another 6 people who had also been presumably tricked and received a group interview for the ability to work for NGO’s within the streets, door to door sales or shopping centres.

I have no issue with charity work, however I do have an issue with how YOU RECRUITMENT operate. I am certain that based on my search results I would have applied based on a very vague JD and take advantage of putting people in front of companies they have no idea they are meeting with. Horrendous business plan!

I have no problem with the company they are recruiting for (APEX) although you must question the reason why large charities are subcontracting to other companies to gather a work force and said company are also hiring a recruiter, how much is actually going to the people in need, yet also the issue of how much a worker is actually being paid as a ‘Sales Rep’.

Would not recommend what’s so ever

An absolutely incredible experience! So sad to leave people I can now call my friend. Learnt a lot of sales skills and techniques and also raised a lot of money for charity!! 

If you work hard and have a personality then you will also earn a lot of money which I’ve used to save for my next stop in the US 😍

Will definitely return once I’m back in aus.
Free road trips where amazing because I was backpacking I didn’t have to pay for my hostel whilst on them. Also got to see a lot of Australia which working along side my friends and even went SKY DIVING for an incentive my team hit! 

When I’m back I aim to work hard and progress to team manager so I can turn this into a career! Even offered sponsorship! May never go back to England 😂😂

The recruitment process is efficient and fair, the team at the office are fun and very welcoming. A typical day consists of workshops in the morning, a very effective way of picking up new skills, then heading out to field for the rest of the day.

There is always different incentives and bonuses up for grabs which gives a good sense of competition between the team and there are always openings for management so job progression is very accessible. People who work hard are well rewarded for it and you feel valued as a team member.

I was emailed to attend appointment with recruitment agent. I had no previous sales experience what so ever, however, my past customer service experience paid me off and got me to a training. After that I've been promoted and successfully continuing working. 
I come in to the office each morning to have morning training with team and then head out to carry work. Each day is different, and challenging in different day. I really enjoy doing what I do and working with amazing leaders around me.

I learnt so much sales techniques with this company, it really was a good learning curve for me. This job really boosts your confidence and customer service skills and mentally challenges you as a person, definitely not ideal for the faint hearted.

Everyone is really supportive and friendly with great humour. You get to go on work roadtrips which are awesome. However, I personally think it’s not a long term job as it is B2B sales.

What started off as a little experiment for me turned out to be a very successful venture. I came across this opportunity by chance and gave it a shot just cuz I wanted to improve my communication and sales skill. I received all the essential training for the job. They have a very supportive administrative and management team. Road trips and fun Fridays have been the best!!The hardest part of the job was the heat in the summer but the incentives (food n beer!!)definitely made the job worth it.

You are going door knocking trying to sell gas, not at all what I thought I was applying for. You only get commission pay so if you make no sales that week you get nothing. You only get paid if you make sales even if you are outside walking for 6 hours trying your best, you still get nothing.
The people who work there are friendly and encouraging but that doesn’t make for the poor work experience.

It is basically door to door sales and pay is based on commission only so if you get no sales and worked for more than 6 hours straight, you get no pay even if you put in all the effort required. Requires a lot of effort with no output if low amount of sales are made during the week. Training is very unorganised as I wasn't even told properly how to do proceed with a sale if a customer is satisfied.

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