Category: Antiwork

Welp the title says it all, I signed a company that ties me to them for several years. If I want to quit I have to pay them 2 months salary, I make around $37,000 after taxes, 2 months wouldn’t be possible, even with my wife making what she does. I’m wanting to challenge this but that costs money. I feel like I have a case since it’s a boilerplate contract and I believe it’s mostly the same for everyone which, is NOT liquidated damages as claimed, instead, a penalty to quit. Tl;dr: can’t quit my job for a better paying gig because if I do I owe “liquidated damages” Edit: I’m salaried not a contractor, located in non-union friendly southern state in USA

“Come one, come all! Sell your life away for $15 an hour PLUS DENTAL! We're all family here! Make us enough money by standing/lifting for 8+ plus hours a day, then maybe we'll treat you with a bit of respect! Must be willing to deal with shitty customers and always be smiling! HAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS JOB AND SO WILL YOU! We promise to make it your problem when you experience burn out! $50 sign on bonus for all you broke suckers!”

Hands down the most common argument against living wage. Boy do these people live in a fantasy world because plenty of supposedly “respectful” jobs are severely under-paid such as teachers, nurses, firefighters, and paramedics. These people sacrifice their youth, their mental health and sometimes their own lives for society yet only 2 paycheques away from sleeping on the pavement. Besides, do people really think burger flippers only— flip burgers? They have to run the registers, deal with dine-in, pickup and online orders, clean and sanitise, check inventory for expiry dates etc. All of this require skills. Any good fast food establishments you have gone to cannot be run by 16-year-olds who are only 3 days into their first jobs. These skills being easily acquired doesn't change that a business can turn into shambles real quick if workers don't have them. Strangely enough, “Burger flippers shouldn't be paid” crowd is often…

We had a call out for the overnight shift tonight which, since we are down 3 people on that shift already means we are stretched thin as it is and is becoming hard to find someone to fill whenever someone calls out with a family emergency on the weekends for the overnight. I've been avoiding overtime for a couple months now ever since the manager declined to give me any of the open morning shifts, saying that he doles morning shifts out solely on seniority. Up till this point I was praised as the hardest one working here and always being available when needed, but when he gave morning shifts to another co-worker who frequently calls out, generally avoids work period, and lies to get attention at others expense I declined to put anymore effort into the job. And then the guy ahead of me on the totem pole changed…

I just started a new job not too long ago and I’m in the middle of moving. The check didn’t have my shift differential on it and that extra 2$ an hour for full time work is a decent chunk of change loss from my pay. I called off because I can’t wait the two weeks for them to fix it on the next check. my bills are past due and my insurance needs paid within the week. I drive for Uber and I get paid same day so I’ll be making up the difference over the weekend. Wish me luck

My workplace is not in walking distance due to my living situation but close enough to drive to. I started off great but it was a little weird. I handled interacting with customers well and placing their orders. I was the cashier, drive-thru cashier, janitor in the lobby and bathrooms, and restocker for napkins and other items in the dining room. It seemed weird but I didn't complain since it was my first job, I did have fun while doing it though. Slowly, I was getting tired of working late at night from 5:30 to 10:15. I only got 5 hours of sleep until I had to wake up to catch the bus to school. It was to the point that I had no energy to focus on work and I started falling asleep in class. To make matters worse is that my schedule would change throughout the week. This…