I've worked many jobs, most fast food bc I haven't gone to college yet and am saving up to get a car first. Since i live in a placement with job distance restrictions it's a bit harder but we live on a major highway by a mall so still quite a few options. Let's summarize my experiences the last year.
IHOP denied break when I was a minor, wanted me to sweep/mop, host, and clean tables at the same time near close (last year they closed at 7 which is also when they got real busy). Didn't give me 3 days pay bc they didn't get me into the clock in system, said they'd make up the hours, didn't.
Wendys denied me a whole week of pay for the same reason, our card readers were broken for weeks as was our soda machine, corporate couldn't even figure it out.
Burlington was pretty chill I honestly didn't do much especially in the last few hours. May go back to retail bc of this.
Mcdonalds, oh boy, scheduled me on grill ALONE on graveyard on 2 HOLIDAYS by the time I was on my 2nd week. For the whole shift. We live next to a casino and only one was a national holiday so it was open for one of those nights and we get the drunks as well as the firework loving families. Was crying almost every shift bc I would run around all night, no break, sometimes staying late, then get shit on by morning staff if I missed something. Pay was killer for me (14/hr) but not worth the mental instability and fucked up sleep.
Eat n park won't give breaks to cooks, plus we are supposed to pay for our food, and they wanted me to work a 10 hr last week that would easily be a 12, at least, with no break and just eating when I get a chance. I often end up staying an hour or two past my shift unless I work till close. Also understaffed so sometimes the cook training me will just full on start barking orders which sets of a Lot of my ptsd bc she's literally screaming at me for hours.
I have severe mental illness and am currently talking to my doctor ab the possibly of CFS due to years of symptoms and tests with no conclusions but noticeable lethargy and fatigue. I need a job to get out of my horrible foster-like placement, but I look like a fucking idiot who just can't hold a job. I work hard, I do everything they ask me to as good as I can and often get compliments on how hard I work and catch on to new things, ppl make me do stuff bc I do it well (or bc they don't want to, I'm not that naive). But I just… what the actual hell?