My husband is being taken advantage of by the Kirby vacuum company! He works 16 hour days M-Sat just to have no paychek most of the time and got lied to over and over about his bonuses he was getting $300 a week for 2 weeks as a bonus just for showing up and being slave driven he just started back working for this guy because desperate for money but is now stuck and getting brainwashed. He got that bonus taken away because his boss wasn't making enough money, now he works for free unless there is a sale. He has been going through this cycle with them for 9 yrs and 5 different distributers that are all doing the same thing to him and other employees. Making promises that they don't keep. How is he independent when he does not set his own work schedule and does not make judgement calls. He works all day everyday it's destroying our marriage we never see each other and we have been homeless numerous times because they don't pay him unless there is a sale. What can I do about this? My husband deserves better he works his butt of for nothing. His boss is selfish makes him work when he is sick and we are having problems in our marriage because of kirby and became homeless again a month ago. Now we are not living together I had to move in with my parents in another town and he is staying with a friend. His boss will not allow him to have anytime to come see me at all and he can't save any money for us to get a place because of being unpaid and taken advantage of. He had a heat stroke yesterday and was in the hospital. He has had them many times before. They do not provide water at all to their employees while out in the extreme heat all day. They are making him work today even though he is week and dehydrated.. Help what do I do to stop this company from destroying lives! To view more in detail on this I wrote about on another website a couple of days ago here is the link... http://kirby.pissedconsumer.com/review-about-kirby-work-experience-20150711664366.html.
Rip Off, Lies, Harassment, and destruction of property!! So it started with a knock at the door. The young man offered to clean carpet in any room for free. I asked why he was offering such a service and he explained that showing and demonstrating how the Kirby vacuum worked gets people talking about it. So I asked if the offer was only to create word of mouth advertisement and his repliy was yes. He agreed to clean the carpet on the stairway. After letting him in, he began to set up the kirby device in my living room. After listening to hthe beginning of his sales pitch I made it very clear that I wanted him to be well aware that I would not be purchasing the Kirby or anything else. He said that was okay and that he still had to pitch his sale and demonstrate the Kirby to get paid. The poor young man had cleary been overworked because he was parched and often forgot what he was saying and doing. After placing about 30 dirity filters from the demonstration on the carpeted floor, he asked me to pick them up. Next we went upstairs for him to gather many more dirty filters. Just as I was growing inpatient, he dropped the vacuum down the stairs which put holes in the walls and dents in the wood flooring at the landing. While I was in the garage looking to see if I had the items to patch holes, his superior came to the door. He started to do more demonstrations as I waited. He asked if he come show me sonething else and I finally said no. He begged and I said no. He pleaded and I then said "I am done. You guys have been here for 3 hours (YES three hours!!!), my kids are in bed, you've put holes in the walls and I want you to clean the stairs like you said you would and leave". He started the direct selling process and explained that the Kirby was $3,600. I laughed and told him too that I told the other young man that I would not be buying anything and that my family was in no position to be purchasing a Kirby. He pushed for the sale. I said no. They started cleaning the stairs. He came back for another offer of something like $2,400. Again I said no and he pushed for different payment options. I thought he excepted what was like my sixth "No". After a short time, he came back with a last offer of $1,600 and begged to explain the payment options. Yes begged, like with his hands together as if praying. After many refusals, I consider it to be outright Harassment. After cleaning the stairs, they went downstairs and left.
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My husband is being taken advantage of by the Kirby vacuum company! He works 16 hour days M-Sat just to have no paychek most of the time and got lied to over and over about his bonuses he was getting $300 a week for 2 weeks as a bonus just for showing up and being slave driven he just started back working for this guy because desperate for money but is now stuck and getting brainwashed. He got that bonus taken away because his boss wasn't making enough money, now he works for free unless there is a sale. He has been going through this cycle with them for 9 yrs and 5 different distributers that are all doing the same thing to him and other employees. Making promises that they don't keep. How is he independent when he does not set his own work schedule and does not make judgement calls. He works all day everyday it's destroying our marriage we never see each other and we have been homeless numerous times because they don't pay him unless there is a sale. What can I do about this? My husband deserves better he works his butt of for nothing. His boss is selfish makes him work when he is sick and we are having problems in our marriage because of kirby and became homeless again a month ago. Now we are not living together I had to move in with my parents in another town and he is staying with a friend. His boss will not allow him to have anytime to come see me at all and he can't save any money for us to get a place because of being unpaid and taken advantage of. He had a heat stroke yesterday and was in the hospital. He has had them many times before. They do not provide water at all to their employees while out in the extreme heat all day. They are making him work today even though he is week and dehydrated.. Help what do I do to stop this company from destroying lives! To view more in detail on this I wrote about on another website a couple of days ago here is the link... http://kirby.pissedconsumer.com/review-about-kirby-work-experience-20150711664366.html.
Rip Off, Lies, Harassment, and destruction of property!! So it started with a knock at the door. The young man offered to clean carpet in any room for free. I asked why he was offering such a service and he explained that showing and demonstrating how the Kirby vacuum worked gets people talking about it. So I asked if the offer was only to create word of mouth advertisement and his repliy was yes. He agreed to clean the carpet on the stairway. After letting him in, he began to set up the kirby device in my living room. After listening to hthe beginning of his sales pitch I made it very clear that I wanted him to be well aware that I would not be purchasing the Kirby or anything else. He said that was okay and that he still had to pitch his sale and demonstrate the Kirby to get paid. The poor young man had cleary been overworked because he was parched and often forgot what he was saying and doing. After placing about 30 dirity filters from the demonstration on the carpeted floor, he asked me to pick them up. Next we went upstairs for him to gather many more dirty filters. Just as I was growing inpatient, he dropped the vacuum down the stairs which put holes in the walls and dents in the wood flooring at the landing. While I was in the garage looking to see if I had the items to patch holes, his superior came to the door. He started to do more demonstrations as I waited. He asked if he come show me sonething else and I finally said no. He begged and I said no. He pleaded and I then said "I am done. You guys have been here for 3 hours (YES three hours!!!), my kids are in bed, you've put holes in the walls and I want you to clean the stairs like you said you would and leave". He started the direct selling process and explained that the Kirby was $3,600. I laughed and told him too that I told the other young man that I would not be buying anything and that my family was in no position to be purchasing a Kirby. He pushed for the sale. I said no. They started cleaning the stairs. He came back for another offer of something like $2,400. Again I said no and he pushed for different payment options. I thought he excepted what was like my sixth "No". After a short time, he came back with a last offer of $1,600 and begged to explain the payment options. Yes begged, like with his hands together as if praying. After many refusals, I consider it to be outright Harassment. After cleaning the stairs, they went downstairs and left.