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Originally Posted by TNGary
Still confusing to me as to why the two main agents left TV real estate team, as it looked like a real cash cow for them, literally on the money train. OK so they had to ride a trolley every now and then. What am I missing? what was the business case for bailing out? or was it just poor judgement? any thoughts?
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According to the testimony, the agents were treated like salaried employees, even though they were officially sub-contractors. They were expected to work overtime, on their own dime. They were expected to attend mandatory meetings every week outside normal work hours. They were expected to pick up potential clients - sometimes from the airport - using their own personal vehicle. They were expected to be on call 24/7. But they weren't paid for all of that. These were things they were actually ordered to do. It wasn't merely an expectation that they "would" do it, they were "required" to do it.
Eventually they burned out.