What should I do here?
By Marty
@marty3888 (2355)
Acme, Michigan
March 16, 2012 10:18am CST
I made calls from home telemarketing for this guy I interviewed with. The nagreement was, 5 appointments a day, he would pay me $15 an hour. by the tenth day, he was telling me what a superstar I am. i did get into a few slumps. I never got paid, and he said those slumps must mean I wasn't making any calls, and he is not paying someone for not working. He said instead he would pay me 10 dollars for every appointment I set, but that never happened either. In the mean time, he said he no longer needs my services.
Anyway, here's my situation. Someone that I called called me and left a message on my voice mail, interested. There's two ways I can handle this. Give her a call back and set up the appointment, it's not her fault he did what he did to me. plus, calling back is just the professional thing to do when someone leaves a message. Or just e-mail him the information, telling him since I'm being accused of not making any calls, I'm not going to call her, YOU call her.
When he called me and said I didn't end up with 5 a day, he said sue me if you want, I'd LOVE to see you in court. since I have no idea what he's capable of, I'm not going there.
2 responses
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
17 Mar 12
You're right ladybug, you never know with how sue-happy this country has become. Still, if all he does is tell the people the truth, it's not defamation.
If you really want to go through the proper channels though you could try the following since it appears this was in Michigan.
http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-10576_17496-255582--,00.html
Michigan doesn't have a Dept. of Labor, so this seems like the closest thing. I can't guarantee any success though since you appear to have been an independent contractor. At the very least though it will probably get the jerk a few angry calls from government officials. No business wants the government calling them, especially if they are shady.
@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
17 Mar 12
Thanks for posting that taskr. I would want to tell people not to do business with him, and protect myself at the same time.
@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
17 Mar 12
Would there be any legal ramifications against him if he does? I was thinking that, too, but is there a third party he could go to to handle this?
@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
17 Mar 12
This sounds very fishy. What kind of appointments are you setting up?
Maybe call the woman back and give her his phone number and advise you are no longer with the company?
This is a tough one. Was a salary ever agreed to in writing?
@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
17 Mar 12
It is a tough one. There was an e-mail that I was starting out at $15.00 an hour.
But there were many subsequent e-mails reminding me that 5 a day was mandatory. the appointments I was setting up, and the reason I took this job was, we had put together a pacage where we would produce a TV commercial,and run it for 30 days, two times a day for $229.99. that price included pruduction, editing and air time. I was just supposed to set up appointments for him to go down there, give them the information and make the sale. Now, it was for a small tv station in Detroit, but it had been picked up by Comcast subscribers who lived in Detroit only, not surrounding areas. That might have been part of the problem of getting 5 every day but I think it also had that "to good to be true" sound to it. Just like the $15.00 hour. I ended up calling her by the way, and actually tried to set the appointment. She told me to have him call me. I e-mailed him. I gave him her information. I told him if he loses it (which he did alot) too bad. don't cal me and ask for it, don't call me for anything, no one works for free.
@ladybugmagic (3978)
• United States
17 Mar 12
It sounds better that you parted ways.
Sometimes finding a telecommuting job can be tough.
