Michael Jedlowski (Ashley Furniture) Forcing Illegal Labor and violating Az labor laws!! Extortion Glendale Arizona

On Nov 26th, 2007, the day after Thanksgiving! We had to be at work at 5:30 AM. We were not allowed to leave until 8:00 that night. That is not necessarily against the law, but it is slightly unethical. What was illegal is that is was a mandatory work day and the sales staff hade to provide a helper, family member, relative, wife etc, etc to assist the sales staff with the overflow of customers! When the some of the new sales staff asked if Michael Jedlowski was going to pay the helpers, Shirley Furstenburg the sales manager laughed and told us that we would have to pay them out of our own pocket!

A few days before the big sale day we were told that it was mandatory to work the day after thanksgiving but we were not to report to work unless we provided the company with a helper! Essentially we were providing Michael Jedlowski with free labor and expected to pay them out of our own pocket and be held accountable if we didn't have a helper!

That is illegal! I have spoken with several current and past sales associates both current and former employees and they have agreed to make a statement and verify what I have written.
Happy Ex-employee!

Former employee
Glendale, Arizona
U.S.A.