So I'm currently at a temp agency until I start my real job in a few weeks. It's just unloading shipping containers and stacking boxes on pallets in specific patterns according to item numbers. It's easy, but can be physically demanding. We're talking sore heels, an aching back, locked arms, and the occasional Charlie horse. So anyway, when starting, I got paid by the hour. You get paid every Friday. 2 weeks later, the pay changes to getting 200 USD per every container unloaded because “it works at our other location.” It sounds good until you realize that every container takes 8 hrs to unload, and you get 200 dollars if you unload it by yourself, but you split the 200 by the number of people helping you unload. One container took 4 people, so they split the 200 dollars 4 ways. I made 50 bucks that day… Now to the problem. I finished 3 containers by myself last week. It was the hardest I've ever worked, but I was proud. I was ready for my 600 dollar paycheck. Fridays comes, and no paycheck. I was livid, but I calmed down and messaged my staffing agent. He said the information was sent to payroll late because they were still working the pay situation out, and that I would see my pay the next day.
Next day comes, my check was $108. The facility manager at the warehouse I was assigned to always counts the pallets I unload and fills out paperwork verifying the information. We sign the paperwork, and he sends it to my staffing agent. How tf is my check so low? I worked my ass off just make sure I could pay daycare. Now I'm SOL. If I don't get a resolution to this (because I will dispute my pay), what can I do to makes sure I get what's entitled to me? I've never experienced this situation. I'm really broken down and feel betrayed. I wish my actual job started sooner.