Assembly work from home - scams vs the real deal

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Assembly work at home involves assembling various items for a manufacturer but instead of doing it in a factory you are given the option of working from home. These items can range from electronic circuits to making baby clothes. Unfortunately this type of work is a lot rarer than most people might realize.

Doing assembly work at home could be a great way for people to make a bit of extra money and adverts in newspapers make it sound all too easy. The problem is most of these jobs are scams carefully designed to take your money without giving you much in return.

The scam

The first thing these adverts ask you to do is fill out a form and send it along with a 'deposit' or registration fee. This fee is normally between $20 and $40. In return you receive an information pack, instructions and materials to get you started on your assembly work. You will be told that in order for the company to be able to sell your work it would have to conform to their 'high standards'.

Once you have finished assembling the items you are required to send one off to be assessed for quality. The problem is that no matter how good your work is, it is not likely to measure to these standards. This is simply because the company has no real interest in selling the products because they already got what they wanted: your money. You are then stuck with products you will have to sell yourself if you want to see any profit from your hard work.

The real deal

There is not a lot of opportunity available for doing assembly work at home as most manufacturers either have full-time employees or machines to do the job. That is not to say it doesn't exist at all. Some manufacturers may offer their employees the option of doing some work at home, like telecommuting for assembly workers, but this is not a very common occurrence.

If you are serious about finding assembly work at home, forget looking in the papers. Legitimate companies don't normally advertise this sort of work because they almost always have a waiting list of people looking for assembly work they can do at home. Any manufacturer who has assembly work available will generally be looking to employ people who live locally so look in the phone book. Call the manufacturers and find out if they have anything available now and, if not, ask if they have a waiting list they could put you on.

Legitimate companies that offer the opportunity to do assembly work at home will not charge you any upfront fees but they will provide you with all the materials you will need for the job. Most of these companies will, however, have certain standards so your work is likely to be assessed. The main difference is that these standards are realistic and if your work measures up, you will be paid for your work.

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