Category: Antiwork

Hey everyone, don’t know if this is the right place to post but, I was told if I worked on Saturday I would be paid time and a half for the first 2 hours and then double time for the other 10. I was underpaid and queried about it and was apologised to as they said that made a mistake but I would only be paid time and a half. Is this legal? Any advice would be great thank you

What is the legality of an employer forcing you to find coverage when you are sick? There is no PTO at this job, it’s part time.

People say “capitalists are self made, and hence should have absolute ownership of whatever they make without questioning” well, if these capitalists are so self dependent then – why don't these capitalists go in third world countries with civil wars? where there is no law protecting their business? – why they don't go to other planets, like mars or pluto? where there are no markets, no one buying their products or helping them manufacturing it. or providing them eco system to make the profits they make. ​ – , the fallacious arguement of “talent and knowledge” Well, majority of capitalists hire people who have the talent and knowledge. In fact, many a times the cpaitalists themselves are only investing money. They sure are not expert of everything. Its only with help of “employees” they are able to do what they do. ​ – the fallacious argeument of “they are investing…

For context I'm a Hotel Night Porter/receptionist. I work 11pm-7am, this evening upon entering the hotel I immediately spotted a homeless looking dude sitting in the lobby accompanied by a foul smell, I clocked in and asked the receptionist what the deal was (We have a pretty strict “if you're not staying here you can't just sit in the lobby” policy, but we do make exceptions if something has happened like a fight or somebody is lost). She tells me that he's been sat there for hours and I go get changed, come up and ask him to leave. As soon as he stood up the stench, oh god, the stench absolutely overpowered the lobby, this dude shit and pissed himself, ruining one of the chairs in the lobby and dropping a huge puddle of bodily fluids as he stood up. He did apologize and talked about how he wanted…

I use to work at an historic resort hotel in New Hampshire and one day an older hotel guest was complaining about the American flag being torn down the middle and it should be taken down and repaired. There was a problem with doing this because the flag was on top the hotel that had six floors and was about 70 feet high and it was also winter time. To get to the flag I would have to go to the roof carrying the ladder, walk across the roof covered in snow, set the ladder up so I could reach where the flag was tied in (not sure why it was designed that way but it was dumb). Now that I have the flag which was fairly large I am going to have to come back down the ladder across the snowy roof. My supervisor (who loved to kiss the…

Sometimes I really think life isn't a tragedy, but instead a comedy.

I’m 30, too old for this In So Cal I make $20.50/hour. About 37 hours per week. Have benefits luckily, pretty good ones, but the pay is just horrible. $758.50 per week is $20.50 x 37 (average). Per week. 52 weeks per year so $758.50 x 52 is $39,442. Then roughly 25 percent is gone thanks to deductions. 25% would be $9,860.5. Then it subtracted comes out to roughly $29,581.5. State taxes, federal taxes, Medicare, disability, health insurance, measly 401k are just a few of the deductions off the top of my head. LESS THAN $30,000 FOR WORKING 37 HOURS PER WEEK EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR It’s a physical job too, and so cal is not cheap. Inflation has obviously been crazy lately. I just feel so sick when I see people say things like “I’m only making $60k” etc I wish people would look more at the take…