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[berkeley.edu](https://haas.berkeley.edu/faculty-research/faculty-recruitment/)<br>Last winter, Computer Science student Aaron Serpilin was taking a trip through Sweden by himself. He worked a number of months to be able to manage the journey. As he discovered himself in the remote arctic village of Abisko, he couldn't manage to return to the airport. He worked for the money, but says he wasn't paid on time. "It was annoying needing to ask my family for two hundred euros to not get stuck on the North Pole", he says.<br>
<br>Similarly, an UvA student treated his girlfriend to a vacation in Spain last summer season. He states he was promised he 'd be paid for his work on time. Instead, he had to ask his family for money and his girlfriend cracked in too.<br>
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<br>Both trainees feel like they've been taken advantage of by job agency ViaOns, and they belong to a bigger group of VU and UvA trainees who are all trying to get paid. They used the firm because it was a practical way to get reasonably well-paying hospitality jobs. ViaOns (which implies 'through us' in Dutch) connects employees to business such as dining establishments and bars. The salaries are then expected to go through ViaOns to the employees.<br>
<br>The students apparently got their money in the start, although there might be a few weeks between doing a shift and making money. But they say that at some point, the delays got worse, and the trainees wound up being owed large amounts of cash for months on end without any reputable sign of when or even if they would receive anything. "I do not know whether they're putting it in crypto or investing it elsewhere. It's a secret to me why they do not pay their employees", the UvA trainee states.<br>
<br>When it comes to Economics and Business Economics trainee Martin, he says he started asking for his money after waiting for more than a month. ViaOns told him they were still waiting for the [restaurant](https://wfmgmt.com/about-us/) to spend for his shifts. As another month passed, Martin chose to stop working completely up until he got paid. "I was calling like two times a day saying: bro please, I need the cash. I got ta spend for food and my rent."<br>
<br>Martin states he was typically 'ghosted' when asking for his cash, or he would be informed that they were still waiting on the restaurant. However, the dining establishment ensured him that his shifts had actually currently been paid to ViaOns. He claims the company still owes him over 1,000 euros. WhatsApp screenshots shared by the trainees depict a lot of one-sided communication in between the students and ViaOns, with the students sending out tip after suggestion that they're waiting on pay from a long period of time ago.<br>
<br>Legal action<br>
<br>Serpilin worked three days per week for numerous months to conserve up for his journey to Sweden. He states he talked with ViaOns before traveling and was he 'd get his money on time, but when in Sweden, he says he was ghosted and a lot of his plans were cancelled because he couldn't spend for them.<br>
<br>Despite this horrible experience, he continued to work with ViaOns and did [receive](https://wfmgmt.com/warehouse-jobs/) some payments, however it would typically take a long period of time and due to the hold-ups he says he was basically broke, waiting for numerous months of pay. He talked to pals who remained in the exact same boat as him and discovered a debt collector happy to help them get the cash.<br>
<br>Over time, the number of students trying to get their money rose to sixteen. The trainees discovered each other through their own networks, implying they are not necessarily the only ones affected. More recently, they're talking with an attorney and desire to pursue a legal case, which has actually replaced their strategy of utilizing a debt collection agency.<br>
<br>Societal problem<br>
<br>Providing the students with legal aid is a bit difficult according to attorney Dylan Schreurs, who has actually checked out the case and is going over potential actions with the involved students. "I believe it's a societal issue that these are all trainees who truly require this money, however can't make an application for [subsidized] legal help since they're viewed as freelancers", Schreurs explains. "They're really failing the cracks."<br>
<br>The lawyer believes the students have a very strong case and says that even if the dining establishments did not transfer their incomes, ViaOns would still be obliged to pay the trainees. But he also believes the case could be larger than just getting the trainees their lost salaries, as he believes ViaOns may be wrongfully dealing with individuals as freelancers rather of employed staff members. "That would suggest they have actually been using really inexpensive labour while getting rich from it without adding to our social security systems", says Schreurs.<br>
<br>Securing loans<br>
<br>According to an Excel file they made, the group of sixteen trainees is owed over 13,000 euros. Serpilin is waiting on the largest quantity: nearly 4,000 euros. He says he had to take out loans to pay for groceries and lease. "There have actually been a great deal of days that my good friends head out and I either join them without getting anything, or I simply do not go because I can't manage it."<br>
<br>Most of all, he would explain the circumstance as humiliating. "How do you inform your good friends or household that you work 3 days a week, but then unexpectedly you require to loan money to pay for things? I work every weekend and have absolutely nothing to show for it." Martin felt a comparable embarrassment when asking his office on 3 different occasions if they've paid ViaOns.<br>
<br>Playing favourites<br>
<br>The 3 students that [consulted](https://wfmgmt.com/employers/) with Ad Valvas feel like the cash has been taken from them. "It feels really deliberate on their part", states Martin. The UvA trainee also thinks that the business plays favourites with its employees. He declares to be familiar with certain people getting paid before others for the exact very same shift.<br>
<br>If someone begins 'being annoying' about not getting paid in time, the UvA student states the business will dabble them and keep stringing them along. "I have actually discovered that if you're regional and you're their pal, you're not going to experience numerous problems."<br>
<br>But global trainees who end up leaving the country may be less most likely to get their money back. One of them is still owed for dealing with King's Day in 2024 and has actually given that relocated to another country, the UvA trainee says.<br>
<br>Ad Valvas has actually been in touch with ViaOns, but ViaOns has not yet answered our questions or provided a statement. Should they still provide a response, it will be added to this post.<br>