So you never have time to do anything for yourself. Especially look for another job or seek legal help if the company is screwing you. They know you need the money and can't afford the risk. They don't want you thinking for yourself or getting invested in other things, like enjoying the gift of life that God gave you.
hey dudes, i'm not sure if this is the proper place to post this, but i want to hear about the experiences of other cynical serviceworkers outside of my own job to parse whether or not this is normal. i work at a coffeehouse in the chicagoland area where i make shit pay as a regular employee. i'm not a manager or supe or anything. like a lot of small restaurants, we pool tips to supplement our regular income. i'm good buds with a coworker of mine who is a supervisor. she was recently promoted, maybe a couple of months ago, and she told me that the only payraise that she got for her promotion was 30% more tips from the tip pool. she did not get a base raise or further benefits. so right now, she's getting paid below minimum wage like the rest of us and is just…
a customary trick is “the selecting of a man who possesses superior physical strength and quickness, as the principal of several workmen, and paying him an additional rate, by the quarter or otherwise, with the understanding that he is to exert himself to the utmost to induce the others, who are only paid the ordinary wages, to keep up to him
