OnForce
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Brendan Smith here . My number is [protected]. Email emailbrendans@gmail.com. Technician number 170160

We will have come up with a FB Page or other Socia media Avenue to get the word out to the masses,

In my oppion all 3 Website Field Nation, Onforce and Work market who now owns Onforce need to be sued. And yes you can there's a back door even if they claim that they cant be sued.. But in the meantime we need to do what we can to Group Up and spread the word.

Again they need to be dealt with as they are breaking many Laws, , they all seem to fFavor the Buyer I have the Proof and I will be consulting with an
Attorney .

If anyof you guys or gals would like to join me in the Actions I plan to take with these Un Ethical and cheating Portals,

Feel free to PM me or leave your Experince's with these companies that we ourself The Tech community can get it done, ,

we just need to spread the word and we need a dedicated Acct to Grow into a group that will have to be respected.

I have a similar complaint with identical response from the OnForce team. A bunch of thieving, lying, scamming, frauds, that violate not only their techs but IRS tax laws as well. They don't honor their guidelines and don't care to assist with issues on payment. I have been slow played, ignored, lied to and finally has come to this. Do not work for OnForce they are garbage. They also deleted all notes and pictures from a job that was unpaid by the buyer for over $4000 . They really are going the distance to live up to their [censor] ways. Right on OnForce. By the way I have been a tech for them since they were called computerrepair.com. Which is back in 2004 . 13 years of working with them without any problems and one issue to make me wish I never would have done one job for them. Also they tax fraud by paying you 10% less than they tell the IRS so make sure you verify what the IRS has as your earnings if you work for them. Disgusted tech Brendan Smith [protected]. I will return calls if I don't answer unlike the company doing business as OnForce.com. I am interested in any and all class actions against this company.

Nothing will be resolved in this forum, it will take legal action, which I have every right to do, in the situation im in at this moment there is not resolve tried that directly, have very good documention an other interesting data that will support my case, anyways

Yeah
To become a member you have to register, which seems fair as I in the process of doing this search get to see, wow im not the only 1 that just so happen to have a complaint.. looks like there"s a substantial number of people who have been let down in 1 form or another by this company..

So I now understand now.. there escalation team is the management and the folks that control the aws.. which by the way.. after my recent talk with them about having no option but to sue them..

Several days after my cell phone went into a boot loop situation.. with out going to much into detail of what a bootloop android device is..

Lets just say, they tried an hope there malicious malware would cause me to a, if I dont anything, expect me to buy another phone and live with the fact that my dead? not happening.,. b. hope that I could recover from such an event caused by there malicious push via there app.

Well it wont matter at that point either, because I have all the data backed up 2 weeks earlier, either way you get the idea.

This company will be exposed for what they really are.. im mean don't be taken in with my events with these folks.. read on with others complaints.!

We can't be liars. plus I hate liars so much I record all my conversation, its my right to do so, as a small business in this day in age.. you better.

Anyways that's my story, & there's more.

Un excusable and at this juncture un forgivable as well.

Engineer007

On-force exploits pay from well qualified professionals they have no control or rules related to hourly pay. It creates a buyer market for companies to exploit service providers for very low pay. STAY FAR AWAY from on-force. On one work order I worked for 4 hours and got paid only $50 dollars because it said it was a flat rate fee. That's $12.50 an hour talk about exploiting certified professionals. On-force protects only the sellers and not the buyer.

Don't take the job, I don't. Same as GURUS2GO.COM. These companies are [censor], but you have a right to take or refuse the job. If you take it, you know what your getting into so why are you whining?

What exactly is OnForce?
The new form of sweatshops in America.

OnForce is a national technology sweatshop network that connects service buyers known as IT slave masters with both non and highly skilled service professionals known as IT slaves (They have no power whatsoever once joining the sweatshop, except accept or do not accept work order) — easily, efficiently, and profitably for the IT slave masters.

The OnForce model assembled the largest number of technicians from all across the country professional or non professionals, force them to compete and pay them low wages for high technical work. It surely provides a competitive edge for the slave masters on OnForce such as Pomeroy, Apple, AT&T and HP. As OnForce points out to the slave masters AKA Providers "Best of all, since you can set your own price for your service events, you have ultimate flexibility and can effectively manage cost containment." It simply means sweatshop.
We are taking a stand against the OnForce IT sweatshop marketplace that promotes a new form of slavery and destruction of the IT labor force.

You are not considered an employee, you are a contractor and will recieve a 1099 at the end of the year. Even if a contract says you are an employee, unless they are taking out taxes you ARE a contractor and will get a 1099 unless you are paid less then $150.

Go to irs.gov, look it up. Very simple.

Companies like ONFORCE.COM and GURUS2GO.COM are simply middle men, they will try and low-ball you so they can make more money. GURUS2GO.COM is probably the worst at this. These companies are a great way to get leads for your own business or independent work. I know most businesses that partner with GURUS2GO do so for extra income during slow times, and to get leads. Even after signing a contract with either firm, there are still loopholes that allow you to basically use these companies as marketting tools. And extra money.

To protect yourself, read the fine print, get everything in writing. And don't take the job if it looks flaky. GURUS2GO handles the entire ticket process, so you will get paid from them, but don't hold your breath. They will take there time in paying you. This means between 30 and 120 days in most cases.

And neither company has a good way to monitor there techs, a lot of them are just a bunch of hackers and wana' be's.

Doing the same to me

Onforce sucks! They are cheats, and side only with the businesses. I am one of the few techs on onforce.com who is actually educated, licensed, certified, and have diplomas for my career field, and they still have no respect for anything to do with the me. They immediately take the business's side, and now have even gone as far as to ignore my messages completely. I'm having to contact the company who hired the company I did the work for on onforce just to get my payments. Avoid this platform. Whoever gave them the A+ Better Business Bureau rating is obviously paid off, and never really looked into the business much at all.

Nothing will be resolved in this forum, it will take legal action, which I have every right to do, in the situation im in at this moment there is not resolve tried that directly, have very good documention an other interesting data that will support my case, anyways

Yeah
To become a member you have to register, which seems fair as I in the process of doing this search get to see, wow im not the only 1 that just so happen to have a complaint.. looks like there"s a substantial number of people who have been let down in 1 form or another by this company..

So I now understand now.. there escalation team is the management and the folks that control the aws.. which by the way.. after my recent talk with them about having no option but to sue them..

Several days after my cell phone went into a boot loop situation.. with out going to much into detail of what a bootloop android device is..

Lets just say, they tried an hope there malicious malware would cause me to a, if I dont anything, expect me to buy another phone and live with the fact that my dead? not happening.,. b. hope that I could recover from such an event caused by there malicious push via there app.

Well it wont matter at that point either, because I have all the data backed up 2 weeks earlier, either way you get the idea.

This company will be exposed for what they really are.. im mean don't be taken in with my events with these folks.. read on with others complaints.!

We can't be liars. plus I hate liars so much I record all my conversation, its my right to do so, as a small business in this day in age.. you better.

Anyways that's my story, & there's more.

Un excusable and at this juncture un forgivable as well.

Engineer007

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A lot of business of this type, including gurus2go.com are bought and sold over and over again. Basic business model is buy it, make it look better without spending any money, sale it, cover your tracks and on to the next victim.

Form of a good business like this is to be owned by a major tech company like HP/Dell, and they try and grow the business into something.

The former owners of gurus2go.com had this model but decided it wasn't profitable enough so they sold it to people who have never been in the tech or IT industry before. It's a big disaster, hopefully they will pull it together before screwing everyone and selling.

On 12/29/10 onforce de-activated almost 1/2 of the techs signed up there, anyone who was a forum member was de-activated. Techs had been posting dissenting opinions over the past months in the private forums, onforces's response was to de-activate all techs with forum access and force them to request a re-activation review in an effort to lock/weed out techs who didn't tow the CEO's "attaboy onforce" line, the offical reply from "Allison" & "Toby", who were the supposed onforce tech reps was "It is our platform and we will do what we want".

The motivation behind the 12/29 move was to wipe out any form of tech dissent on the "platform" before the business goes up for sale, the original founder of onforce (computerrepair.com) has started a new platform "Work Market", set to go live this month, which will most likely cause the demise of onforce in the next year or two... so the rats are scrambling to sell and jump ship.

hello has anyone heard from Cilicon Solutions in a while? I used to run calls fro Cilicon Solutions and Vital and they both did not pay us in full? Any update or anyone know where these guys are located?

I used to do calls for VITAL for over 5 years. They paid well when they hored ASP's. But now they have gone to OFF-Force, I am no longer able to get calls. One of the bigg concerns I had before even signing up is I know McDonalds & StarBucks calls are snake pits. You get a simpole ticket like replace a part & you end up being theire 6+ hours running new wiring, troubleshooting every problem possible. I spent 2 hrs one time troubleshooting a Dial-In p[roblem because AWS couldnt get dialed in. MGR was able to dial out ok. Fianlly AWS rebooted their device & what do you know, it worked. If I had been doing this for OFF-Force, probably wouldnt have gotten anything but the initial amount. SORRY, I dont work for FREE.

I asked what happens if I reach their time-limit and they wont authorize any more time or money. Can I walk away & still get paid for what I have done. No one would answer that & I know the answer is NO, you dont get anything. Once again, I DONT WORK FOR FREE !

So VITAL if you fianlly realize what crappy service you are getting & get tired of complaints from AWS, you can come back to us Techs who have worked for you for years providing good service. Until then, enjoy the problems I know you are going to have.

Just one rip off after another!

Onforce is a scam company. They DO NOT CARE about the technicians or there clients. There hand is always out for money they didn't earn. The client doesn't care if the tech gets payed or not. VITAL Network Services is a total scam. I worked 8 solid hours on a network system and they only payed me $90.00 Do Not Work on VITAL service calls, you won't get paid.
Other clients are just as bad. Your best bet is to steer clear from Onforce and get a real job.