I've been getting paid off the books since last summer (14.50/hr for around 10 hrs a week) working with animals. The person I worked for was very passive aggressive and switched between that and being super nice. It was getting too stressful so I told them I was leaving and offered a month's notice. Ended up working two weeks: first they completely ignored that I handed in my notice, then they very bizarrely claimed I was ruining their livelihood by leaving, etc. After receiving another text blatantly ignoring that I was leaving, I blocked their number and sent an email with my final hours with an address they could mail the check to. I'm autistic, I absolutely cannot handle this kind of behavior from people.
That was a few weeks ago. No check. It's for about $500 so I'm half tempted to cut my losses and avoid the crazy (rich person, entitled crazy. My least favorite flavor of crazy). But also, I'm pretty pissed. I'm nearly 40 and almost every job I've had has involved this kind of dumbassery and I'm just done. I've worked high powered professional jobs, farm jobs, grocery stores, manual labor. It neverrrrrrrrrrrrr stoooopppppps. You're always at the mercy of some rancid personality.