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They're legally not employees, yet are required to act like one - only paid for call time, yet required to be available for calls at times suiting the company.

• xhkkffbf 6y ago
  Yah know, this is what it's like for a lot of businesses. A friend of mine runs a coffee shop. He only gets paid when a customer comes in the door-- and spends. If they look, he gets nothing. There was a time when corporations were so flush with cash that they offered long term stability. That day is kind of over.
  • srtjstjsj 6y ago
    That's illegal for an employee. It's fine for an entrepreneur who chose to open a shop and is using a bank loan he can default on.
  • EdwardDiego 6y ago
    But he doesn't have someone a) charging him for training and b) dictating when he's available for business in a manner that suits their bottom line and not his, does he? If these employees were truly independent contractors, that's fine, I have no qualms with that. What shits me to tears is when businesses claim an employee is an independent contractor when they're very much not able to be independent because of the demands of the company employing them.