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Telemarketing Company Slammed for Hiring Kids
Ever feel like debating with the person calling to sell you something at dinner time is like talking to your kids? It might well be.
A Utah company that conducts surveys and collects information via the telephone will have to pay more than half a million dollars in fines for hiring kids as young as thirteen to staff its phone banks.
According to federal authorities, Western Wats hired three thirteen-year-olds to do the work, and had some of its fourteen- and fifteen-year-old charges working more hours than allowed by law for kids their age.
A phone job sounds logical for kids – they’re not around heavy machinery or the meat slicer at the grocery store. They’re not out delivering newspapers and risking getting hit by a car.
And what better job to give your kids a taste of real world rejection? Click!
Image: Orphan Jones via Flickr
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