im an 18 year old about-to-be college student, my mother wants me to work for the time being and since i just turned 18 and im now eligible to get a job in my country, of course i have to work and provide.
i try many places, all of whom rejected me because i dont have a “pass” to work from the company that’s the provider of my residency, yes, for some reason i need a “pass” that if i dont have i will be fined around 2500 dollars, and so will be the company.
so i finally manage to get it after weeks of begging that shitty company, and now my mother starts pushing me to work in this restaurant near my house as a delivery guy in their car, i say okay and go there, im waiting outside manager comes out, asks me two questions “you have residency?” and then says the conditions of the job: “you will work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, and will only have 1 day off every month, and your monthly salary will be 540$” needless to say i was stunned, fucking 540$ a MONTH (or 135 a week, or 1.6 dollars an hour) to work 84 fucking hours every week with no days to rest. i put on a poker face until he said “oh yeah you also need to cut your hair, you dont look professional” (my hair is fine, its a bit long but my country doesnt appreciate it on men).
i told him okay and he said to come back later with the pass, i went home angry as fuck and i told my mom there is no chance i’ll work there and that there has to be somewhere else i can work, she got angry and said this is the only choice i have, although i genuinely can still look for other places to work, for some reason she wants me to work THERE because “we already got the job, better take it now”.
this is my first time on this sub and now im really considering the fact that the UAE (country i live in) is just enslaving min wage workers at this point.
am i crazy for this? i mean 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 145 dollars a week? im baffled, but if you guys tell me this job is worth it and that i dont have to look some other place, i’ll drop my ego and take it.