Last month, several Samsung sales reps contracted through staffing agency Ibbu spoke out about unpaid work. Despite 100 percent of their pay based on commission, these workers were tasked with answering customer support questions that didn't result in income. Nearly a month later, these contractors are starting to feel the heat from Ibbu, with the main whistleblower — Jennifer Larson — having been suspended and fired from her job.

Larson was the only sales rep to attach her name to The Verge's initial story, though she wasn't the only source to speak with reporters. According to follow-up coverage from The Verge, Larson was suspended from Ibbu a day after the original story went live. Despite being told her suspension was temporary — and that she would receive an update from the company on her status within a week — Larson was finally let go four weeks later.

According to the email sent to Larson, she was fired for "disclosing confidential information about the Ibbu platform on social media, and encouraging visitors, directly into the chat, to look at third party links or content," in addition to using the platform for personal communication. For her part, Larson told reporters she wasn't surprised about action being taken against her, and that she didn't regret speaking up against Ibbu and Samsung.

Other contractors, even without public identities, faced retribution in the face of last month's reporting as well. Two of Ibbu's "experts" told The Verge they were let go from...

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