My daughter has been working for Kirby in Fresno, California for three weeks. She is working 12 to 18 hour days six to seven days a week. She has been promised pay checks of anywhere between several hundred dollars to $1600. She has received one check for $25. She signed a contract stating that she will complete 60 Kirby demonstrations in 30 days to receive $1600.
With each demonstration taking 2 to 3 hours and the company limiting the number of demonstrations my daughter can do to two a day, there is no way she can make the quota. If she only completes 59 demonstrations, no money. All of my daughter's co-workers are young 20 year olds who are easily swayed to work long hours with hopes of big $ only to be bitterly disappointed. As for this family, if my daughter doesn't bring home $1600 on May 9, we're suing. This is nothing but pure slave labor. We would take them to the labor board but they knew what they were doing when they had these kids sign the contract.
My entire family in Texas and California owns Kirbys and we have owned Kirbys for more than 25 years. I have put mine in the trash. The manufacturers of this product should have more control over their distributors. I intend to make it very known publically through letters to the editor, etc that this company prays on naive young kids and through the internet I intend to warn as many people as possible.
This is disgraceful.
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