Author: Olivia

I recently got a job at a used car dealer. During the hiring process, I was told I would be paid under a 1099, even though I'm not an independent contractor. I was only able to get my pay under W-2 by insisting I could not take the job otherwise, but it's my understanding that all of the other employees are paid under 1099. There may be legitimate independent contractors working in the repair shop, but I find it hard to believe all of them are. It's only my second week, and I'm unsure if I should do anything or not. I only have a basic grasp of 1099 vs. a W-2, so I could just be paranoid.

So, folk. TJX HomeGoods worker here, part-time. And I'm tired of this. I graduated with a degree to design and program webapps, not to wander around fixing things on shelves for $12 an hour. I need something higher paying that I can approach. Anything at this point. Perhaps not the best sub to be asking these questions, but I am fed up barely making enough to pay my rent, and I'm not even owning a car.

This is the second company that I have worked for in my field that has changed their commission or bonus structure when I have made too much money. Is this common? To put things in context, I work in a management position in the property restoration industry. My salary is very low and there are little to no benefits, the majority of my compensation comes from commission. I was hired in my current role with the promise of unlimited earning potential through commission, if I make the company more money then I get paid more money as a percentage of those profits. I was hired with the expectation that I would be making really good money within two years depending on how well the company did under me. Well, it did. Within a year of my being hired we were taking on more jobs and making more money than ever…

I've worked for a franchise of a worldwide fast food chain for the past 2.5 years. My store got a new supervisor about 6 months ago. Supervisor talked with a local library to allow employees to park in a certain part of their lot if ours is full (exceedingly rare occurance) about 2 months or so ago. This library is about 500 feet from the store, and is across a fairly busy sidestreet coming off a main road, and has access to a bank, a shopping center, and a grocery store. Lots of traffic on this sidestreet, and it can be unsafe to cross during busy periods. This week, Supervisor has decided to mandate that all employees park in the library's parking lot, or he will have their cars towed. Our parking lot is not a tow-away zone. I'm fairly certain that he cannot legally tow from it. This is…

My manager: I feel so helpless having no authority on this company that I can’t say no to other workloads passed to us by diff departments. I’m so angry. But proceeds to give the final approval on my additional workloads passed by other department supervisor, with no question asked.