I just signed up with them today. I filled out the contractor agreement and sent it to them but now after reading some of these posts I am concerned that the site I signed up with is a scam website not the real because the independent contractor agreement I signed says, "As an independent contractor for Stericycle, you may be given an
advance payment for the purpose of purchasing certain products as part of a Stericycle project.
You agree to the following terms and conditions in accepting an advance payment from
Stericycle.
• The advance payment is to be used to purchase product as specified in the project
instructions.
• You agree to promptly submit, per the Stericycle Field Rep Manual, all eligible expenses
related to any advance payment you have received from Stericycle.
• You agree to promptly return any unused advance payments to Stericycle either upon
request from Stericycle or upon completion of the project associated with the advanced
payment.
• You agree that Stericycle, may, at its sole discretion, offset any unreturned advance
payments against payments due to you for work you have previously completed.
• You acknowledge that in the event you neither submit valid expenses and/or return
unused advance funds related to these expenses in a timely manner, that Stericycle will
have the ability to pursue all legal means of collection at their disposal. These may
include, but are not limited to, the use of an outside collection agency, wage
garnishments and civil litigation.
• You agree that any costs incurred by Stericycle to collect funds due us, by you, will be
your responsibility. As such you agree to reimburse Stericycle for any reasonable
expenses associated with these collection activities."
From everything I am reading now no company gives advance payments. This seemed like a legitimate website for Stericycle and the independent contractor agreement seemed similar to others I have filled out for other MS companies. If this is a scam website this means I have just given these scammers a bunch of my personal information. Has anyone else filled out a contractor agreement with this wording and if so were there repercussions?