Amway needs a few good men to recruit more good men, who in turn recruit ....
Jan 11, 2020 9:22:20 GMT -5
Post by gato on Jan 11, 2020 9:22:20 GMT -5
Amway is being sued for ripping off the suckers pulled into the "independent owner" marketing scheme. (I'll pause here to let you recover from shock.)
The lawsuit contends that the worker bees, laboring to recruit more of the gullible to the pyramid shaped hive of the corporation, are actually employees, not individual entrepreneurs.
The plaintiffs say that the only way to succeed in the family-owned enterprise, is by recruiting more suckers, not in selling Amway products. Thus, their "job" is to simply add suckers, not sales. They should be paid a minimum wage, is their complaint.
This comes about as a new law makes it harder for corporations to classify their employees as independent contractors.
(Remember when the corporate gambit to avoid paying overtime, was to simply reclassify every burger flipper in the restaurant as an "assistant manager"?)
Amway paid out $55 million a class action lawsuit prior to this one, which was a drop in the bucket. Amway doesn't sell buckets, by the way.
The lawsuit contends that the worker bees, laboring to recruit more of the gullible to the pyramid shaped hive of the corporation, are actually employees, not individual entrepreneurs.
The plaintiffs say that the only way to succeed in the family-owned enterprise, is by recruiting more suckers, not in selling Amway products. Thus, their "job" is to simply add suckers, not sales. They should be paid a minimum wage, is their complaint.
This comes about as a new law makes it harder for corporations to classify their employees as independent contractors.
(Remember when the corporate gambit to avoid paying overtime, was to simply reclassify every burger flipper in the restaurant as an "assistant manager"?)
Amway paid out $55 million a class action lawsuit prior to this one, which was a drop in the bucket. Amway doesn't sell buckets, by the way.
