Author: Olivia

This happened a few years ago but thought it was super appropriate for this sub. The owner of my company, Craig, was and continues to be a complete moron. He hired me for a position (community manager) that wasn’t what I applied for or interviewed for (regional property manager) making 65k. Once this got sorted out I took over the right position but continued to make the same amount of money for 15x the work. I had just started in a new city so there was only so much stink I was willing to raise about this. I had a community manager under me making 60k + $50 a lease so it was fully in her potential to make as much or more than me. She managed 3 buildings, I managed 12 with 10+ staff. 6 months in I had taken over several new buildings and Craig recruited a community…

Just accepted a job at a factory. Same one my significant other works for, so I am somewhat familiar with their policies and benefits already. While reading over the official offer letter that details and outlines pay and benefits and so forth, I noticed that some of the policies about benefits and holidays weren't listed on the offer. With that being said my real problem in all of this is one policy that has to do with paid holidays off that are seperate from voluntary PTO (Christmas, labor day, etc…). There policy according to what my SO has told me is, you must work the shift before and shift after to be eligible for a company paid holiday. Seems fishy. Idk. I had planned on using 3 days of voluntary PTO along with the paid leave for Labor Day later this year for a small vacation with my family. Now…

Students' last day was yesterday. Grades were due Friday last week. I've spent the afternoons this week tidying classroom and prepping for summer school. We had to come in today, and so far I've been sitting by myself in my classroom browsing reddit for 2 hours. I guess I did clean my keyboard.

I'm supposed to get paid every other Friday….Every Single Paycheck has been late… Apparently payday at this company is the day that payment gets processed…so direct deposit doesn't get put into my account until the next business day, which is Monday! And if it's a holiday on Monday then Tuesday! WTF! Anyone have any advice? Is this even legal? My understanding of 'payday' is it's the day an employer pays their employees… not the day pay is processed! I think I need to find a new job!

Hi all. I need some advice. I’m in the office two days a week, and on those days, I like to save my one hour lunch, that I get, for the end of the day. Helps me avoid the commute crush. The other day, my supervisor emailed me saying thanks for completing a massive project so fast- oh and take lunch in the middle of the day, per our handbook policy. Well I checked the handbook. Went over it twice. Used the search function in the PDF for “lunch” and “time off”. Zip. Zero. Nada. How do I express (politely) that I checked, the 11-2 rule is not IN the handbook, and that I would like to take my lunches at a time that suits me?

I manage a SmartStyle in Oregon. I've been here for 5 1/2 years, nearly 4 of which have been as manager. I've devoted my entire stylist career to this job, got the ratings from 2 stars to 4 stars within my time as management. I developed carpal tunnel by age 23 and continued to work even when it wasn't in my best interest. I've given up my free time, my life for this company because I loved what I do and the company I worked for. And I just got word, from the Walmart store manager, not within my company, that my salon that I've poured my life into is closing and vacating the space by June 1st. That's 6 days away, and my company hasn't told me. I heard it from someone else. I am so angry. I've had a gut feeling this would happen for the last couple…

So at my company, which is in NYC, we are allowed to clock in 15min early and start working. The thing is we never see this reflected on any of our paychecks. Is this legal/allowed in NYC? Other instances is when we clock in late and have to stay to make up that lost time. We are told that we have to stay 15min after our shift ends and then the clock starts after that to make up that lost time. The excuse is they use Kronos and that’s just how the system is. Is this stuff normal or allowed? We didn’t use to do this until a few months ago.