After reading the other review I feel I need although i think its a shame this other lady felt so badly treated i have to say in fairness to this company that none of this has been my experience with them far from it the staff have always been great with me and i have never had any complaints from them apart from when we had a power cut and i missed a lot of calls which is fair enough and once i explained they understood she was a little harsh about it but that is the one and only time i have heard any attitude from any of their staff
In regard to who calls well i think it depends what hours you work as to what country you will get the majority of work from personally i have received calls from all over the world as far as how rude they may be if you have a drunk or rude customer you are allowed to terminate the call if they continue after you tell them its not appropriate along with certain topics of calls being banned to talk about via the company for your own protection as well as any legal action being taken against you or the company
Not sure how her health is the companys fault we all know smoking is bad for you so that was her choice and plenty of other options to deal with her so called stress maybe she has never heard of meditation and protecting herself from negative energies which i have to say i am surprised she didn't know if she claimed to be capable of working on a psychic line
Yes the company advertises in several formats and you will have your picture etc shown so you will need to be aware that your face and body if you work the sex lines ( i don't ) will be shown to everyone sadly the company is not able to ban your friends and family or neighbours from this advertising if they could they probably wouldn't or they would have no business to employ you with since their employee's work all over the place so the abuse she had from neighbours and her apparent reason for moving being the companys fault is hilarious to say the least she claims to be intelligent but didn't have the sense to know her face and bits would be out there for the world not just her neighbours to see thats the risk you take if you work the sex lines deal with it again that was her choice
As for their payment the only issue i have with them is you have to earn in the UK on the psychic line £50 before a payment can be processed but if you put the time in its not hard to make so shouldn't be an issue and if you don't make it they just add it to the next payment week
Yes you do have to pay your own tax as they do not pay it but all this is stated in the contract you sign with them as you are classed as self employed they just supply the customers to you
I have found the company thus far great to work for they leave you alone to do what you are doing and only talk to you if there has been a complaint made about you and they pay on time without any hassle what more could you ask for!? maybe this other lady wasn't suited to the work she chose to do and thats a shame like with most places you need to have the right kind of attitude for the work you are doing or you won't be happy and neither will anyone else lol
I began working for Universal Talk, a.k.a. Chat Recruit, a.k.a. Virtual Universe, in 2010 when I decided to leave my full time job and work from home. To start, I was a phone sex operator, providing adult entertainment to customers and paid a per minute rate. After a few months of this, I became a cam entertainer, where I was paid an hourly rate along with any payments for private webcam sessions. It was a lot of fun for a while, until 2012 when I was hired for another work at home position, one where I was a technical support agent.
Universal Talk has a staff of approximately four people: Nick Wilson, Sabina Bughun, Shane Collings, and their ever-so-rude receptionist, Nelly. When I was hired as a tech support agent, I told the staff that I would be working less hours due to having another full time position. Nick, the “Quality Assurance Manager” (i.e. guy who listens to the phone sex calls and “critiques” them), told me that I was “boring.” While his opinion did not really matter to me, I still became a little bothered by it when I was told that I had to actually make conversation with people who could barely speak their native language themselves.
Universal Talk is based in London, England, and a large majority of their callers are from the same place. Very rarely did I ever speak to an American caller, because the staff at Universal Talk does not really like Americans, according to various posts in their forum, which I will include at the end of this post.
In any case, I continued working for Universal Talk as well as the other place, since two streams of income is a good way to ensure financial security. I became a little more vocal and tried conversing with drunks and ignorant callers to the line, enduring racist and abusive comments. When I left the other position, I returned to work for Universal Talk full time as both a phone sex operator and webcam entertainer.
I also decided to work for their psychic service, in addition to these other services. Again, it was a stream of income. The psychic service was fun at first, since I enjoyed reading tarot cards for friends in the past and had never received payment for it. Again, Nick contacted me and asked me if I would use something aside from tarot cards in my readings. I was confused by this, because tarot readings are what I specialize in, but incorporated a pendulum reading for customers as Nick suggested.
Things started to get really bad when I began having conversations with these people on the phone, mainly because they cannot converse properly. I am a former English honors student, and have exemplary speaking, writing, and communication skills. Because I am American, however, I suffered much discrimination from callers as well as staff members.
In addition to these issues, payments were often not processed on time, causing a lot of financial stress for me. I took up smoking cigarettes profusely to deal with the stress, and I have had health issues because of it. I have since stopped smoking, but it helped to deal with the anger I experienced, so that I would not take it out on callers or the staff.
The staff lied continually about payments being processed, saying that their bank only processes wire transfers at a certain time. Basically, Universal Talk only pays via wire transfer into a bank account, and the initiate the payment through their English bank, Lloyds, then it is converted into American currency via their offshore account through Wachovia, or Wells Fargo. They say that Wells Fargo is to blame for any late payments because of their processing time, but anyone who has ever sent or received a wire transfer is well aware that it is nearly immediate, when receiving a transfer. If someone sends a domestic wire transfer on Tuesday, the recipient will receive it Wednesday, typically. An international wire transfer can take up to 5 business days, due to currency conversion, but it never takes longer than that unless there is an issue with the sender.
Honestly, I could have gone my entire life without knowing all this about wire transfers, but because I doubted Universal Talk’s honesty and legitimacy, I found out all this information by myself, just to verify that I would be paid.
On top of this, Universal Talk sends its contractors 1099s at the end of the year, as they do not pay taxes for the people who contract with them. However, they definitely act like employers, and could be categorized as such by the Small Business Association as well as the IRS. According to Cornell University Law School, an “employer” can be defined as “any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee and includes a public agency, but does not include any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization” (Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute, 2014, retrieved from: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/203).
It is because of this that I am writing this report. I feel that Universal Talk is directly responsible for paying half my taxes as well as half the taxes of all its operators. This is another issue I will be reporting to the IRS.
In the end, I was terminated for being “abusive,” and can prove that I was, in fact, only making intelligent conversation with these people, but because I am American, I am expected to act as a slave. This also begs the question, is this human trafficking? Because of this job, I was forced to leave my residence in Las Vegas as Universal Talk’s service apparently was noticed by my neighbors and they assumed that I was an escort. Universal Talk does nothing to discourage these assumptions, and they even allow their employees to give out personal contact information. I suffered harassment from neighbors (including a sex offender who lived in the same apartment complex) as well as from the apartment staff. All this was regarded as “abusive” by Universal Talk, but I was the abuser, according to them.
Does that make sense to anyone? Because I do not understand it, and I am pretty intelligent.
Here are several screen shots and emails which support my claims. There are many, many more emails which I am forwarding to the IRS. There are way too many to include here. I also have recorded conversations with various “customers” where I was accused by staff of being abusive. I am not sure how “abusive” is defined by Universal Talk, but anyone I know would agree I was only making conversation and have a distinct personality. I feel that Universal Talk just does not like American women, at least not those who have a backbone.
As of today, I am awaiting my final payment.
Dear Anonymous
To confirm , a payment of $xxx.xx has been submitted and you will receive it on Friday 18th July.
On the 1st August you are due to receive $xx.xx – would you also like this processed.
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After reading the other review I feel I need although i think its a shame this other lady felt so badly treated i have to say in fairness to this company that none of this has been my experience with them far from it the staff have always been great with me and i have never had any complaints from them apart from when we had a power cut and i missed a lot of calls which is fair enough and once i explained they understood she was a little harsh about it but that is the one and only time i have heard any attitude from any of their staff
In regard to who calls well i think it depends what hours you work as to what country you will get the majority of work from personally i have received calls from all over the world as far as how rude they may be if you have a drunk or rude customer you are allowed to terminate the call if they continue after you tell them its not appropriate along with certain topics of calls being banned to talk about via the company for your own protection as well as any legal action being taken against you or the company
Not sure how her health is the companys fault we all know smoking is bad for you so that was her choice and plenty of other options to deal with her so called stress maybe she has never heard of meditation and protecting herself from negative energies which i have to say i am surprised she didn't know if she claimed to be capable of working on a psychic line
Yes the company advertises in several formats and you will have your picture etc shown so you will need to be aware that your face and body if you work the sex lines ( i don't ) will be shown to everyone sadly the company is not able to ban your friends and family or neighbours from this advertising if they could they probably wouldn't or they would have no business to employ you with since their employee's work all over the place so the abuse she had from neighbours and her apparent reason for moving being the companys fault is hilarious to say the least she claims to be intelligent but didn't have the sense to know her face and bits would be out there for the world not just her neighbours to see thats the risk you take if you work the sex lines deal with it again that was her choice
As for their payment the only issue i have with them is you have to earn in the UK on the psychic line £50 before a payment can be processed but if you put the time in its not hard to make so shouldn't be an issue and if you don't make it they just add it to the next payment week
Yes you do have to pay your own tax as they do not pay it but all this is stated in the contract you sign with them as you are classed as self employed they just supply the customers to you
I have found the company thus far great to work for they leave you alone to do what you are doing and only talk to you if there has been a complaint made about you and they pay on time without any hassle what more could you ask for!? maybe this other lady wasn't suited to the work she chose to do and thats a shame like with most places you need to have the right kind of attitude for the work you are doing or you won't be happy and neither will anyone else lol
I began working for Universal Talk, a.k.a. Chat Recruit, a.k.a. Virtual Universe, in 2010 when I decided to leave my full time job and work from home. To start, I was a phone sex operator, providing adult entertainment to customers and paid a per minute rate. After a few months of this, I became a cam entertainer, where I was paid an hourly rate along with any payments for private webcam sessions. It was a lot of fun for a while, until 2012 when I was hired for another work at home position, one where I was a technical support agent.
Universal Talk has a staff of approximately four people: Nick Wilson, Sabina Bughun, Shane Collings, and their ever-so-rude receptionist, Nelly. When I was hired as a tech support agent, I told the staff that I would be working less hours due to having another full time position. Nick, the “Quality Assurance Manager” (i.e. guy who listens to the phone sex calls and “critiques” them), told me that I was “boring.” While his opinion did not really matter to me, I still became a little bothered by it when I was told that I had to actually make conversation with people who could barely speak their native language themselves.
Universal Talk is based in London, England, and a large majority of their callers are from the same place. Very rarely did I ever speak to an American caller, because the staff at Universal Talk does not really like Americans, according to various posts in their forum, which I will include at the end of this post.
In any case, I continued working for Universal Talk as well as the other place, since two streams of income is a good way to ensure financial security. I became a little more vocal and tried conversing with drunks and ignorant callers to the line, enduring racist and abusive comments. When I left the other position, I returned to work for Universal Talk full time as both a phone sex operator and webcam entertainer.
I also decided to work for their psychic service, in addition to these other services. Again, it was a stream of income. The psychic service was fun at first, since I enjoyed reading tarot cards for friends in the past and had never received payment for it. Again, Nick contacted me and asked me if I would use something aside from tarot cards in my readings. I was confused by this, because tarot readings are what I specialize in, but incorporated a pendulum reading for customers as Nick suggested.
Things started to get really bad when I began having conversations with these people on the phone, mainly because they cannot converse properly. I am a former English honors student, and have exemplary speaking, writing, and communication skills. Because I am American, however, I suffered much discrimination from callers as well as staff members.
In addition to these issues, payments were often not processed on time, causing a lot of financial stress for me. I took up smoking cigarettes profusely to deal with the stress, and I have had health issues because of it. I have since stopped smoking, but it helped to deal with the anger I experienced, so that I would not take it out on callers or the staff.
The staff lied continually about payments being processed, saying that their bank only processes wire transfers at a certain time. Basically, Universal Talk only pays via wire transfer into a bank account, and the initiate the payment through their English bank, Lloyds, then it is converted into American currency via their offshore account through Wachovia, or Wells Fargo. They say that Wells Fargo is to blame for any late payments because of their processing time, but anyone who has ever sent or received a wire transfer is well aware that it is nearly immediate, when receiving a transfer. If someone sends a domestic wire transfer on Tuesday, the recipient will receive it Wednesday, typically. An international wire transfer can take up to 5 business days, due to currency conversion, but it never takes longer than that unless there is an issue with the sender.
Honestly, I could have gone my entire life without knowing all this about wire transfers, but because I doubted Universal Talk’s honesty and legitimacy, I found out all this information by myself, just to verify that I would be paid.
On top of this, Universal Talk sends its contractors 1099s at the end of the year, as they do not pay taxes for the people who contract with them. However, they definitely act like employers, and could be categorized as such by the Small Business Association as well as the IRS. According to Cornell University Law School, an “employer” can be defined as “any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee and includes a public agency, but does not include any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization” (Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute, 2014, retrieved from: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/203).
It is because of this that I am writing this report. I feel that Universal Talk is directly responsible for paying half my taxes as well as half the taxes of all its operators. This is another issue I will be reporting to the IRS.
In the end, I was terminated for being “abusive,” and can prove that I was, in fact, only making intelligent conversation with these people, but because I am American, I am expected to act as a slave. This also begs the question, is this human trafficking? Because of this job, I was forced to leave my residence in Las Vegas as Universal Talk’s service apparently was noticed by my neighbors and they assumed that I was an escort. Universal Talk does nothing to discourage these assumptions, and they even allow their employees to give out personal contact information. I suffered harassment from neighbors (including a sex offender who lived in the same apartment complex) as well as from the apartment staff. All this was regarded as “abusive” by Universal Talk, but I was the abuser, according to them.
Does that make sense to anyone? Because I do not understand it, and I am pretty intelligent.
Here are several screen shots and emails which support my claims. There are many, many more emails which I am forwarding to the IRS. There are way too many to include here. I also have recorded conversations with various “customers” where I was accused by staff of being abusive. I am not sure how “abusive” is defined by Universal Talk, but anyone I know would agree I was only making conversation and have a distinct personality. I feel that Universal Talk just does not like American women, at least not those who have a backbone.
As of today, I am awaiting my final payment.
Dear Anonymous
To confirm , a payment of $xxx.xx has been submitted and you will receive it on Friday 18th July.
On the 1st August you are due to receive $xx.xx – would you also like this processed.