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I got fired for wanting a schedule at a bakery

Ok so I used to work at a bakery. I legit got fired for demanding that they give me a schedule and not just call me in at random three times a week. I'm not a doctor with a pager, I make sandwich platters. They were calling me in and not telling me when I was allowed to leave until an hour before that time actually got there. I had no set shift. They also payed me minimum wage, less than $10 an hour. They also often called me in at 6 am. Not even a slight exaggeration. Literally 6 AM. One day I called up the boss and asked somewhat politely for a more firm schedule. He had the audacity to get mad at me for calling him at home despite what he was doing to me and told me over the phone to go home. Three days later…


Ok so I used to work at a bakery. I legit got fired for demanding that they give me a schedule and not just call me in at random three times a week. I'm not a doctor with a pager, I make sandwich platters. They were calling me in and not telling me when I was allowed to leave until an hour before that time actually got there. I had no set shift. They also payed me minimum wage, less than $10 an hour. They also often called me in at 6 am. Not even a slight exaggeration. Literally 6 AM. One day I called up the boss and asked somewhat politely for a more firm schedule. He had the audacity to get mad at me for calling him at home despite what he was doing to me and told me over the phone to go home. Three days later my job coach who helped me get that job dropped me as a client because my now former boss called and said I was “trying to get out of work” as his reason for firing me.

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