Category: Antiwork
Exactly how it is
Not being paid for work completed
I worked at a conference as a printer scanner pay was low £12 per hour and no travel expenses my commute was 3 hours daily. I was scheduled to work 3 days in a row and only worked two and was sick the third day. I cancelled on the 3rd day texting the supervisor and agency booker prior to my shift. He rudely asked me for a sick note which is impossible to get unless you've been off for 7 days. I had signed this contract and now I'm worried I won't be paid the £192 for the two days I worked standing all day on my feet. Can I go to a small claims court UK if the agency doesn't pay me?
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1645148011729698821
I find it so unfair how I spend so much time on each individual job application and most employers won’t even give me the time of day, it’s sick how actual people who take time and effort out of their own day to apply to jobs get treated like a number. It makes my blood boil when my resume gets rejected immediately after being viewed, and if you’re gonna tell me that it’s something on my end, go fuck yourself because I’m going above and beyond trying to find a job, and these are shit fucking minimum wage jobs that I’m applying for, these employers are so fucking stuck up, it’s almost criminal. I hate the whole concept of working tbh, I feel so bitter about it, but I need and want money. I put on a fake good attitude and everything, I pull it off damn well but in…