<prompt> Human: So Ill try to be brief: wife is a beauty therapist, currently in a permanent position in a hotels SPA. She went for an interview at this place that just opened in our town, which is part of a Worldwide chain of Laser hair removal centres that also has other centres in the Uk. They would offer an hourly rate 3 higher than most other jobs of this type. They immediately offered her the position and asked about when she could hand in her notice and start there. so far sounded like a dream deal.then the shady bit happened. Basically, my wife got her Beauty therapist qualification in Italy, got the thing officially compared to UK level though a specialised agency, and got unexpectedly a lower level. She is currently in a dispute with this agency over this. So at this point, the people from the Salon at first told her her job offer was conditional to this certificate, telling her how much they wanted her in their team and what not after only a half hour interview?? then started helping her out to get the process finished as quickly as possible. Bare in mind, this place is up and running, people are working there, and its inside a big shopping mall, so its hard to believe this could be shady. And theres nothing about scams relative to these salons, only good reviews from various parts of the globe.So a few days go by, whilst waiting for this agency to get back to us with the re-assessment, then the boss from the head office in Madrid call her and tells her that if the agency could not rectify the error in the certificate, they could do it for 1800. Now this is shady big time. She said she wants everything written on paper before she leaves her current job, but the guy said the notice must come first.shes going again tomorrow to the salon to speak with the manager...any advice on how to move forward??tl;dr - wifes been offered a dream job, but her italian qualification is not recognised as same level as UK so in theory she could not work in this newly opend shiny salon; the big boss offered her to sort this out for a fee of 1800 to an external legal team. shes going back in tomorrow for a contract talk... UPDATE: so the wife sent this manager an email, saying she would not hand in her notice until a formal job offer letter was given, and that she would not be paying any money to get her certification sorted out through them. She didnt get a reply, until she received a call from the clincs HR manager for the UK. This lady told her that she would receive her written offer letter by Monday, and that they would pay for her qualification to be sorted out through NARIC if need be, based on the outcome of the reassessment but with the clause that she could not leave this employment before 9 months of service as per contract agreement to make up for their investment in her. She didnt mention any pay cuts or probationary period. I was there to listen to the call, and it didnt sound shady in the slightest.  <response>: Sounds shady! She should not pay her new employer, she should just keep her job and do research on qualifications. If she is qualified to work at one place and not the other why would she have to pay for this big corporate place? 