Smoothstack Hit With Suit Alleging Exploitative Training Program

Technology staffing company Smoothstack Inc. induces workers at the beginning of their careers into a training program which underpays them and which they can’t exit without a crushing financial penalty, according to a new lawsuit.

Smoothstack recruits and trains information technology professionals before giving them assignments from client tech companies, Justin O’Brien said in a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Smoothstack recruits allegedly must work three weeks unpaid and an additional five months making minimum wage in their respective states. Recruits are not paid for additional hours spent outside of work ...