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Young and naive, I accepted what seemed to be a dream job last year at a very small business (owner and one other employee) on the boss’ condition that they would pay me as a self employed 1099 contractor as a “trial”. I was paid the full salary for 5 months with the employer taking out no taxes; I set the money aside to pay them myself. Boss’ attorney informed them that this was illegal and I was paid as a regular W2 employee for the sixth month. Well, boss turned out to be a horrible psycho and I quit after month 6. That was June. Fast forward to now. They purposefully neglected to send me any tax forms at all. They said they would send them this week, so I’m expecting a 1099 and W2 next week but I’m wondering if I should fill out the IRS report form…

Today, I saw Jeff Bezos' autobiography in a book store. This is someone that got to where he is by screwing a lot of people over, whether it's employees, bricks and mortar stores or distribution networks. If someone mistakenly gave it to me as a gift, I'd put it on the front lawn, drop a litre of two of fuel on it and burn it to ashes

I’ve worked for this company for 3 years. In that time I’ve always completed my tasks and did tasks to help other departments. Though it was outside of my job description, I didn’t mind the experience and learning more about the company. My job title was “sales/customer service” but in reality it was more taking my orders and everyone else’s orders in the company and processing/ordering material. I was also dragged into releasing projects which is breaking down lists of materials, counting all duplicate items per bid, find our sell price and cost then process it and purchase the material and make sure material shipped on time. When I first started this company was roughly a 12-14 million dollar company, compared to this year it’s worth is about 20 million dollars. In that time we’ve added more people so in total the company had around 15-16 employees and I was…

Interviews, both recorded and on zoom, plus tests, and then they tell me they only interviewed people as a formality when they knew all along they were hiring internally. What is that bullshit?

A company I worked with a few years ago is being sued by another former employee for unpaid overtime wages due to allegedly improperly classifying certain folks as not being eligible for overtime pay. I received the notice in the mail and must take action to opt in. If I don't respond, I'll be excluded by default. I'm not an expert in employment law, but I'm struggling with whether I should or should not join the lawsuit. The company was always good to me, and to my knowledge was super generous to everyone (insanely lucrative salaries, benefits, bonuses, lots of internal promotions & training, etc.). For those reasons, I'd feel icky and greedy for joining the lawsuit. Thoughts from the Reddit community?

Appreciate antiwork VERY much, and thought I'd add my quick story: worked in a law office at age 25. My tendons started hurting from a bad work set up. I had no idea what was happening to me, and when they told me to work through it, I was too young and naive to understand. Little did I know I would develop a repetitive stress injury that bothers me TO THIS DAY, 25 years later. A lifetime injury for a 10 dollar an hour job. Once I filed a claim, the harassed me to try to get me to quit, and made my life a living hell. I offer you this advice: don't be like me… BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE and SEE A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY if you're injured at work. I almost lost everything. Stay strong, and reach out for support. Best to you all, my friends.

All insurance leeches off of someone or something. And it's certainly easier to buy assets when you've got disposable income, and smart to protect those assets with what you can. But why is HEALTH INSURANCE tied to your employer?I'd rather have universal healthcare in America, but I can't help but think of how much wasted effort, time, and added exploitation that comes from having basic health needs tied to where you're working. This shit is so outdated, but because businesses are required to supply it (often at the bare minimum), all that money is being kept from the workers or being spent on learning the latest games of the insurance brokers. You'd think we'd be able to negotiate the coverage we need instead of knocking around from provider to provider or accept a wage that might never increase. Isn't this just inherently a terrible and unamerican idea? Is it too…