Category: Antiwork

Hey all, thank you to whoever reads. I really appreciate any support or insight any of you may have. In 2020, I was offered a job at a startup COVID testing company that specializes in film/tv testing. They were offering $50/hour (which is crazy, I know) to work for them as an independent contractor in CA, however the work wasn’t super consistent. After a few months, they offered to bring me on as a full-time salary (60k) employee and send me to New York for 6 months as a transplant to train people — they would pay for my housing for 6 months. Considering I was 21 at the time, I was, and still am, young and impressionable, and I thought this was a generous opportunity. Which, at the time, it was. They encouraged me to permanently move there, but ultimately it was up to me, and after 6 months…

Just like the title says. We receive verbal reprimands if we select “no” and have to give a reason and it “looks bad” to higher management. Like most hospitals, we are short staffed and if we are able to eat lunch at all, we just scarf our food down when we get a moment because we have patients. I can confidently say nobody on my floor actually sits down for 30 minutes a day and eats lunch, yet we are coerced into saying we do and have the 30 minutes docked from our paychecks. I tried to look up laws and regulations but it's a bit overwhelming for me at the moment.. just looking for some fire power to bring to my supervisor and coworkers so we can unite and be honest when we clock out, and get paid what we work. Thanks in advance!

So, at my job, we’re not allowed to turn on the heat, as per the owner, unless the inside temperature is in the 50s (Fahrenheit.) For winter in NYC, that’s pretty cold for an indoor temp – not to mention, it’s a gay bar and we all wear tank tops and short shorts behind the bar. 🥶 just wanted to vent to folks who’d get it.

Just so everybody is aware of where I am located, I currently live in Indiana(it is as awful as everyone else says it is.) I currently work at a smoke shop near my campus and my boss pays the starting employee 12 an hour. He pays managers about 16. This owner owns multiple shops and before I was hired, was actually taken to court for selling smoke shop products to minors because he did not care who he sold to. The shops were closed for a couple weeks because of these violations. The owner makes it very clear that he does NOT pay overtime no matter how many hours you work. Knowing this, I have not taken more than 40 hours knowing I would not be paid overtime. He continues to open up more and more smoke shops around town while also not hiring anybody in the process because he…