Month: March 2022

Hey everyone, I work as a server in a small high end restaurant in Dublin. From 16:00-18:00 we do prep, service is from 18:00-00:00, and from 00:00-01:00 we do the closing. We're supposed to take our breaks 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after the service however this happens very rarely and is not enforced in any way, as our prep schedule is very tight and there's always something unexpected we're supposed to just deal with, while at the end you just want to finish up and go home. Although this kinda bothered me at first, I figured I'll just go with it as I'm a relatively new member to the team. The closest we get to a rest break is a 2 minute smoke between 20:30 and 21:00 where we do a reset of the restaurant and there's generally some time to spare during that time. This was vital…

So I work in the US at an “at will” state. My problem is we get a base 650 salary (as long as you do at least 40hr/week) I worked 93.09 hrs in a two week span AND took 8hr of vacation in same span. When I got the pay stubs I was only paid 584.96 base salary and 193.52 from the vacation. They have done this now two paychecks in a row where I work over 80+ hrs n have a vacation day but get paid less than my base plus vacation. my question is; is this legal and if so how or how not?

Soooo im a salary employee. We do not get over time but the company has created this thing called event pay where salary employees can get paid certain amount of hours in OT. In my group only three people were selected. This means if i work OT ima just get paid regular and my coworker will be allowed to make more money then me doing the same work. Im beyond furious i could use the extra hours and pay. Edit: the people who were picked are salary employees as welL. This program is to pay salary people for OT.

My job gives us 40 hours of sick time per year to use. Well, I’ve used up all of those 40 hours in three months, so now I have zero left. I’ve been in such a depressed mood lately (mainly because of this job) that I end up texting my supervisor and told her I have COVID and won’t be coming in. I don’t have Covid. I just really needed to take some days off for my mental health. I plan on going into work tomorrow, but I’m scared of the repercussions since I have no more sick time left. I don’t really know why I’m scared because getting fired from this call center would be a heaven sent for me. I want to share a quote from Arthur C. Clarke: “The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can okay. That’s why we have to destroy the…

Its always the same way around, which puts all the cards into their hands. They post their job adverts, with either a large range of salary or no salary listed at all. Then we have to spend our time applying, usually getting no response. When it does come time for an interview, we are asked our expected salary, which is then ignored in favour of however low the company thinks they can pay to get you. Sure you can try to counter offer but that will offend most recruiters to the point they drop you, or move on to the next desperate chump who will hopefully take their non-market rate offer… It should work the other way around, we should post our profiles including expected salary, then the company can come to us. Or we can just find a job opening, and send our offer letters to the company directly.…

I want to go the private sector as my gov. job is boring and it is hard to move up. I make 21 dollars a hour but live in a HCOL area. I am just curious if any one has successfully transitioned to the private sector, and if so what was your experience. Unfortunately my entire resume consists of gov. work. From local municipalities to school districts.