Category: Antiwork

All I did was as for a little more, hoping he'd meet me in the middle. Nothing crazy. While the position may have been entry-level I am not entry-level. I would have had to learn a lot of business-specific things but I already have a lot of production experience. Here is the text. “Thanks so much for taking the time to write us back in such detail. While your confidence and drive are things that got our attention during interviews we're concerned here that the number of items in our initial offer you feel are below your self valuation may indicate misalignment between the type of position you're seeking and the nature of [company's] Production Assistant opening as entry level. While we do like you tremendously – you were our top pick for the job – we also recognize that you will require extensive training from ground zero on an…

I work at a job in biotech, make 60k a year with great benefits. 15k/year 401k match. 3 weeks PTO plus 2 weeks sick. And yet I'm falling into a depression right now that lowkey freaks me out. I've been here for 1.5 years and I just can't stand it anymore. I literally dread coming into this job. I do the same thing every day and just sit at home and watch TV on my 3 day weekends. I just fucking hate it. They don't seemingly care about getting people to better positions and matching us to our education/talent levels. They have people doing the same work yet some make 10-15% more than others because of some extra experience (or they were hired on a different cost of living rate). Other than that, everyone here is really nice. Yet it feels like a prison cell. I feel like my burning…

Is this scammy or is it just me? I recently got a new job at a restauarant as a busser. The agreed upon hourly wage was 17.5/hr. I recently got my tipout for the past 2 weeks of work and it averaged out to be $1.85/hr. I thought this was quite low considering I have been only been working Fridays and Saturdays which are always a full house. Additionaly, This is fine dining so $500 bills are not uncommon. I asked management what the required tip out was and management replied with, ” your total wage is currently $17.50 Based on that wage, your current payroll/tip breakdown is as follows: Payroll: $15.65/hr (minimum wage) Tips: $1.85/hr” ​ So essentialy I am not getting any tips, just my hourly wage. So far management at this restauant has been very dishonest. For example, during the interview I was told I was being…

The company I worked at terminated me about a month ago. Today, they sent me an document to sign called a “Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement”. For a little context, I was fired supposedly for “not meeting cleaning standards” but the termination also happened to come right after a management change so… you know. I was an at-will employee after all. So I submitted an application for unemployment. Then a month later I receive this contract to sign. The section most concerning to me is as follows: “The Employee understands that the above list is not exhaustive, and that Confidential Information also includes other information that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or proprietary, or that would otherwise appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary in the context and circumstances in which the information is known or used.” ​ Do I have right to be concerned?…

I posted this in another r/ and it turned into a train of people telling me I’m about to be jobless with zero actual advice. I already signed all the paper work for this job, and my start date was originally next Monday but I need it to be two mondays from now. When I originally asked them if it would be an issue to push the start date they said no problem but they didn’t ask what date would be better. I sent my representative a text saying I put in my two week notice and will be ready on x date. No reply. I waited a few days, sent an email stating the same thing. It’s been over 24 hours since I sent that email and still no reply. I received my first day email which shows the original start date and that’s why I reached out again.…

Two weeks ago tomorrow, they let 60 of us go on 90 minutes notice, with some vague promises about “taking care of us,” which to no one's surprise was complete BS. Now some people are wondering where our promised severance (two paychecks) is, and we've gotten word that there withholding it until everybody returns all their company property. I sent my company laptop back a week ago, and I'm pretty sure this is illegal, but of course none of us have any jobs and I can't afford a lawyer. I don't have anything else, I just wanted to say fuck them for treating us like shit.

I have the CEO on record (email) saying that he agrees with creating a new position for them and setting their starting wage at $3 above what it currently is (from $19 to $22). I emailed HR about this in November with the email attached as a pdf and was told they would look into it. Never heard back. My question is whether this is legally binding. Since my team members weren’t actively asking me for pay increases I didn’t tell them because why do that before it’s live? They finally approved a rec for a new person in the same role but shock the base pay is still at $19. I’m getting fed up. Do they owe my team members back pay?