Guide to the Job Market and a Common Scam

Many new players, and even some experienced ones, do not fully understand how the game's job market works. At the same time, there are players who understand the system very well and take advantage of others' lack of knowledge.

The scam usually begins with a private message. A business owner contacts you offering a direct deal and promises much better conditions than those available on the job market: a higher salary, guaranteed payments, good company stock management, and other benefits. They also tend to pressure you into accepting quickly because the offer is "about to expire" or because they need to fill the position immediately.

Once you accept and join the company, one of two things usually happens:

• If you don't understand how the salary system works, you believe their promises and continue working for a lower salary than expected.

• If you realize you've been deceived and complain, the employer refuses to adjust your salary, leaving you stuck in the company for the next 24 hours before you're allowed to switch jobs.

I personally fell for one of these scams. My main concern with direct job offers had always been that many companies eventually ran out of money to pay salaries. However, this offer seemed attractive, so I accepted it, expecting my salary to be increased later as promised. That raise never came.

That's why I decided to write this guide, divided into two parts:

1. How the job market actually works.

2. How this type of scam works.

How the Job Market Works

You can access all job offers from:

Market → Jobs

Each offer displays information similar to this:

1 Job = 0.137 → 6.19% → 0.129

Let's break down what each value means.

• 1 Job: Indicates that the displayed values correspond to one unit of work produced.

• 0.137: This is the total cost paid by the employer for each unit of work. This is the amount they use when calculating the cost of hiring employees.

  Of those 0.137, part goes to the country's tax (0.008), while the remainder is paid to the worker.

• 0.129: This is the salary the worker actually receives after taxes.

As an employee, this is the only value that really matters. The employer's total cost (0.137) does not affect how much money ends up in your pocket.

Therefore, in almost every situation, workers should always look for the offer with the highest after-tax salary.

The advantage of the job market is that offers are already sorted automatically from highest to lowest based on the net salary. In other words, the first offer is usually the one that pays the worker the most.

How the Scam Works

This explanation is based both on how the game works and on my personal experience.

I always believed I would never fall for a trust-based scam, such as the classic "Nigerian prince" fraud. However, I ended up falling for something very similar.

Here's how it usually works:

1. The First Contact

The scammer sends you a private message.

They promise a salary higher than what's available on the market. At that moment, your first thought is:

"Perfect, they'll probably pay me even more than the best offer on the market."

2. The Pressure

The scammer constantly pressures you to make a quick decision.

They message you once.

A second time.

A third time.

And, if necessary, they keep insisting until you accept.

The goal is to prevent you from taking the time to check the job market and compare salaries.

3. After You Accept

At this point, one of two things can happen.

The first is that you trust the promise and end up working for days, weeks, or even months at a salary far below what you could have earned elsewhere.

The second is that you realize you've been deceived and confront the employer.

In my case, I complained:

The employer ignored me until I threatened to report them:

Their goal is not to increase your salary.

Their goal is to prevent you from leaving the company before the mandatory 24-hour period has passed.

To achieve this, the scammer tries to avoid three things:

• Raising your salary.

• Firing you.

• Allowing your production to become full, since that would give you a valid reason to leave the company.

If they successfully maintain those three conditions, they've managed to keep you working for 24 hours at a salary lower than what you could have earned at another company.

Here's what your salary ends up looking like. You receive only 0.116.

While the job market is offering 0.129.

And this happens to many workers.

Recommendations

Accepting a low salary is not against the rules. There are perfectly valid reasons why a player may choose to work for less money, for example:

• They want to work for a company in their own country.

• They trust that the salary will increase later.

The problem arises when you accept a salary far below what's available on the market simply because someone promised you something through private chat.

Before accepting any invitation:

• Always check the job market.

• Compare the after-tax salary.

• Don't make rushed decisions because someone is pressuring you.

• Be skeptical of anyone who promises salary increases "later." There is no reason to accept a job paying 0.116 when better offers are already available.

Finally, remember that accepting extremely low salaries can also create problems. If the difference is excessive and is considered an abuse of the system, both the scammer carrying out the scheme and the worker who accepted the offer without understanding how the job market works could become involved in an investigation or even receive a warning or a ban.