I believe many people have seen various similar reports on the Internet, such as "stumbled into a gambling fraud job, resigned and was imprisoned", "went abroad to work in gambling, resigned and was brutally raped" and other similar reports. However, it is mentioned in these related reports that job seekers see various financial, technology or software companies recruiting overseas vacancies, boasting that they are fluent in Chinese, no experience required, high salary, good working environment, providing food and accommodation, and even various generous welfare conditions, and recruitment positions ranging from basic customer service and administration to various software engineers are available to attract job seekers. Is working in the iGaming industry really as dangerous as the news reports? And why do such news appear in endlessly? Today, the editor of TC-Gaming will help you understand the dangers of iGaming work.

When searching for iGaming jobs on the Internet, you will often find various news links, or various blood and tears experiences in the online gaming industry, including various kidnappings, unscrupulous headhunters selling job applicants, and imprisonment, beatings, etc., but why is the iGaming industry full of so many appalling situations? As we all know, in addition to funds and software and hardware equipment, the most indispensable thing required to establish an iGaming company is a large amount of manpower. From the most basic customer service personnel and operations personnel to various types of software engineers, no department is short of manpower. Demand, this is also the beginning of this vicious cycle in the iGaming industry.

1. High compensation：

The largest bases of the iGaming industry range from the most well-known Philippines and Cambodia to Dubai, which has become very popular in recent years. Most job seekers working in the online industry come from China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and other countries. Some iGaming companies In order to quickly attract human resources into the iGaming industry more effectively, the company does not hesitate to use concealment or deception, claiming that the company fully pays for air tickets and visa fees, and can go abroad to work without spending a penny.

However, after an employee joins the company, if he is fired or leaves the company due to incompatibility or poor working conditions, then the black-hearted online gaming company will list a long list of compensation, with prices ranging from a few thousand CNY to tens of thousands of CNY. The bills range from RMB to RMB, and these lists often do not have any receipts. The shady iGaming companies claim to have paid a large amount of fees to their employees, and require employees to resign only if they pay the detailed compensation amount.

There is another situation where the employee cannot afford the compensation amount listed by the company when he leaves the company, so the next iGaming company will pay the current compensation amount on his behalf, and the repayment will be deducted from future wages in installments. This situation has also caused employees to be in debt before they even join the company, and they can only rely on labor force to repay it.

2. Black-hearted headhunters:

In some iGaming companies, some unscrupulous personnel provide commissions (tea fees) to cooperative recruiters or headhunters in order to quickly achieve the recruitment goals set by the iGaming companies. When recruiting, some unscrupulous headhunters will embellish the recruitment conditions of these unscrupulous iGaming companies in various ways, and talk about compensation issues, working hours, vacation systems, etc. while avoiding the most important ones. There are even positions that are completely different from the positions that are actually applied for. situation occurs. Some unscrupulous headhunters directly block or delete the conversation records of the job seekers and disappear directly after receiving the commission.

However, after employees join the company, if they leave without working for a certain period of time, the amount of these commissions will often be added to the employee's severance compensation. Many people only discover this situation when they see the compensation list. These black-hearted headhunters treat job seekers as commodities and sell them to online gaming companies without paying any attention to the conditions of the iGaming companies they cooperate with. Some are even fraud groups packaged as online gaming companies. For these black-hearted headhunters, how much benefit they can get from this is far more important than actually knowing the truth.

3. Press passport:

In fact, because iGaming companies help employees apply for relevant work visas, they will collect passports from employees after joining the company. In order to facilitate work and prevent problems such as employee loss, the iGaming company has unified the custody of employee passports. Normal iGaming companies will return passports when employees apply, such as returning home on vacation, traveling, personal needs, or resignation, etc.

However, unscrupulous iGaming companies often use various excuses when employees apply for passports and refuse to return their employees' passports. Especially when employees resign, unscrupulous iGaming companies often pay high amounts of compensation, and confiscating passports becomes the best way to control employees. Many unscrupulous iGaming companies make sure their employees don’t have passports. Even if they apply for a lost passport, it will take a while, and employees cannot leave easily without a passport.

4. Imprisonment:

The black-hearted iGaming company will nominally consider the safety of its employees and provide uniform transportation to and from get off work. Life is a two-point line between the company and the dormitory. Even during vacations, there is no opportunity for free activities. For a black-hearted iGaming company, completely controlling employees' actions can reduce the opportunities for employees to come into contact with the outside world, and there is no need to worry that employees will have the opportunity to apply for other job vacancies at online gambling companies. In addition to restricting employees' movements, some shady iGaming companies also have very strict controls on employees' mobile phone use, in order to prevent employees from having any chance of escaping or colluding with outsiders.

5. Kidnapping and beating:

Some unscrupulous iGaming companies will kidnap employees into small black rooms and beat them severely when they resign and are unable to pay the high compensation listed by the company, and ask the employees to notify their families to raise money to pay off the compensation. These unscrupulous iGaming companies before receiving compensation, they often use various means to beat employees severely.

After joining the company, some employees find that the actual work content is not in line with the job they applied for, so they refuse to work, or the employees' work conditions do not meet the set goals. These black-hearted iGaming companies use cruel beatings to make employees submit to their jobs and do a good job. Teach employees a lesson.

The methods used by these black-hearted iGaming companies to kidnap and beat their employees are even more appalling. The employees were tied up in a small dark room with handcuffs, and all kinds of punching, kicking, electric shock sticks, or all kinds of inhumane torture were used against the employees without hesitation.

6. Fake recruitment, real kidnapping:

This situation probably only appeared in the iGaming industry after the COVID-19 epidemic hit the world hard. Because the COVID-19 epidemic has caused the suspension of international flights, air ticket prices have not only risen sharply, but it has also become difficult to find a job. This has left many employees in the online gaming industry without a home. Even if they want to leave, they may not be able to successfully recruit others. iGaming companies. At this time, some people used the name of online gaming company recruitment to attract job seekers, and arranged for drivers to take them to the new company to join the company. Everything seemed reasonable, but it completely changed after the job seekers got on the bus. After the job seekers got on the bus at the agreed location, their luggage, belongings and mobile phones were immediately taken away. They were also kidnapped, beaten and extorted for a high ransom.

Summary

The above horrific and cruel methods do indeed occur in the iGaming industry, especially those who work in the iGaming industry. They are more or less familiar with such rumors, and there are even things that are far more cruel and inhumane than these. Even the editor of TC-Gaming has heard of it a lot. But in fact, not all iGaming companies in the iGaming industry are such black-hearted iGaming companies. There are still many iGaming companies that operate legally and formally. The editor of TC-Gaming here recommends that if you want to work in the iGaming industry, remember to compare, read and ask more, so that you will not be easily deceived and become the protagonist of the next news report!