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Showing Original Post only (View all)How is it legal to hire "commission only" sales people? [View all]
Last night I went down to my local Sears store to order a dishwasher I had selected online. I could have ordered it online, but I wanted to see it first. I located a helpful young man, checked out the dishwasher, and ordered it without fuss. But when I left the store, I noticed they had a sign at the door listing positions they were hiring and that appliance sales was listed as commission only. Made me glad that I had made the trip to the store to order the dishwasher, appalled that they were paying what are essentially order takers in a mostly deserted Sears store only on commission, and also appalled that there are people desperate enough to take them up on that arrangement. How is this legal?
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Indeed, if you have to come in and work a set number of hours and abide by a dress code
Zalatix
May 2012
#11
The concept preys upon the Horatio Alger myth: "If you work hard enough you can succeed at anything"
baldguy
May 2012
#6
Hate to sound like a rude person but blame the Reagan era. It is in the 80s when people
lookingfortruth
May 2012
#7
Yes, that happens a lot in the Insurance, Herbalife, Mary Kay, Primerica, etc industries
Zalatix
May 2012
#12
There are more positions and occupations exempt from minimum wage and OT laws
morningfog
May 2012
#10
Another 'fun' angle to this is many companies pay commission as 1099 wages
Ruby the Liberal
May 2012
#28