'Working a job for free': Calgarian who says Scrubbi failed to pay her isn't surprised it went belly-up

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It's not so much that Scrubbi didn't pay her the money it owed her and cost her more funds beyond that, Amar Jeha says -- it's that the Surrey-based house cleaning company wasted her time.

"I could have just spent that time with my kids, instead of working a job for free," Amar told CTV News Calgary on Friday.But while the news Scrubbi's gone belly-up didn't come as a surprise to Amar, she doesn't know what it means for her odds.

The story Amar tells is familiar -- it's similar to the story of many a Scrubbi cleaning contractor at this point.The company seemed legit and offered flexible hours and decent pay, so she signed up."Before the orientation, they wanted me to go and buy all the cleaning supplies," she said.Amar says she shrugged it off and started using the app to book jobs.

"I was like, 'OK, so why can't someone reach out and explain the situation instead of sitting there ignoring , but when someone doesn't show up to a job, you guys call them right away?'After that phone call, Amar says, she received an automated email stating a new date she would be paid, and that date also came and went with no sign of funds landing in her bank account."I just stopped working with them. ...

 

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