I dropped into a bar for some lunch, and there is a guy who is doing an orientation for a new employee for a moving company at the bar. I am listening in, because why the fuck not? First off, he wants to bring everyone on as a contractor, not an employee. Fine, whatever, he is talking like a big ol d bag for quite some time (if you crash one of my trucks and I like you, no drug test, but if your a fuck, I’ll drug test you and get you fired.)
Then he hits this poor guy with a “this is a new policy- of you call out for whatever reason and someone else covers your shift, you have to pay their hourly rate for the time they worked for you. So not only do you not make money, you lose it” I made eye contact with the guy signing paperwork, I mouthed “don’t do it”.
The poor potential employee asked “so what about family emergencies?” And all he got was a “well, that’s why it’s in place.”
Y’all, if your employer tries to charge you for having a death in the family or being sick, fucking run.