Category: Antiwork

I am in the process of onboarding at a large summer childcare facility where we are required to wear a company T-shirt every day, and cannot wear those shirts outside of work (in case we were to misrepresent the brand by say, drinking legally, or being upset with someone outside of work hours). They only provided full time employees with 3 shirts, with the expectation that we either buy more of them at the company website, or do laundry partway through the week, then again on the weekend. I think this id unfair, is there anything I can do other than try and steal shirts when no one is looking?

I work a cashier job aboard a ferry. We serve pretty basic fried foods, prepackaged sandwiches, and chips. We also have a gift shop full of knick knacks. I often get assigned to the retail department, so it seems like most of my duties should be based around the gift shop, but in practice, it seems like I am expected to do the work of 5 different employees. Most days, I am expected to split time in both the food area and the gift shop. When in the gift shop, I am expected to ring up customers, create an inventory order sheet if we are low on something, restock items when we get them in, sweep the floors, and clean all the windows and display glass. When in the food area, I ring up customers, restock chips and candy, make coffee regularly, and restock the ice machine. When we dock…

Note: I'm not in the US and we're much more protected in my country. We all had last week off because my workplace was closed. Monday morning I had a migraine so I called off, saying “I'm sorry I won't be in today.' My boss responded with “you should feel sorry” and then mumbled something I didn't really understand but I was groggy from the headache and just hung up. After thinking about it for a while I texted her that what she said was inappropriate and we would need to talk about it later. Fuck that, I have rights and I'm sick of being made to feel guilty for being human. What she doesn't know is that I'm in the process of being tested for various autoimmune diseases. I'm stressed out enough by feeling shitty all the time and stressing about the cause, I don't need a guilt trip…

Last year the company my partner works for got purchased. Luckily he kept his job. A month ago the company I work for announced we're being acquired. TBD on what that means for me but I'm definitely job hunting. One of the local companies I interviewed at just got bought out. Not by a bigger company but by an individual. “Entrepreneurship by Acquisition” she called it. Last week my partner found out the company he works for part time on the side just got bought out. They “need to cut costs” so they asked if he would be willing to cut his hours by 30% and also cut his pay by 60%. They want him to work for $12 an hour. He has 2 advanced degrees. I went to lunch today with a friend and the small company she works for got purchased this year. Maybe companies are always being…

Genuinely curious to see if OPs have actually called a lawyer or if they were able to sort their issues another way.

I work in retail as a supervisor. We have an upcoming inspection and I was told fully recover the entire store. If it was not done 100% that he would put the blame on me. The task I believe is impossible to be done as usually it is split between two or more people. Last time, he threatened to fire me. This time I’m worried that he will fire me, what should I do.

Employment in the US is at will. Both employers and employees can walk off at any time. However, in some countries, both employees and employers need to give notice before ending employment. In effect, this means employers can immediately fire employees for 'gross misconduct' (mere allegations of refusing orders), yet employees must give notice and keep working even if their employer failed to pay them. Some of these notice periods can be months long.