Antiwork

My bosses have ignored my request to meet twice. They have been underpaying me since I started work there and I have brought it up with them. They have agreed to back pay me but have come back with a figure I believe to be incorrect. I have sent multiple emails over a month. What should I do?

I (21M) have been working since I graduated high school, my first job at a large cell phone carrier retail store. The pay was commission and I performed particularly well, so I was making anywhere from $2.5K-$4K a month depending on traffic and whatnot. Within a year of working this job the company took notice, checked out my resume and saw I had three years of IT experience from trade school. I get an internal email from HR asking if I want to work a remote IT position. I love working with computers, and I'm somewhat of a gaming nerd, so of course I took the job. The pay wasn't very great at first, comparable to an average month working in the phone store, but it was a remote position so I was open to the idea. I transfer departments, the company provides me with a work laptop and phone,…

I work in real estate. For a large company that’s within the top five of luxury real estate. We acquired or licensed or some corporate mumbo-jumbo w a major name in luxury real estate. We are hemorrhaging staff. If this company were a body picture a knife wound in the gut and the knife has been removed. They’ve been told numerous times via exit interviews what the problem is … inadequate wages. The most recent one to quit they offered her a nonsense title w no pay increase but increased responsibility and the potential to move up once another position options up. Current positions all held by mid thirties and early forties people, she’d been promised this same job earlier. It never materialized but the workload increased. She’s now leaving to work for the wife of a high ranking staff member because of better pay and opportunities. Rather than match…

I work as a temp at a financial services company is the Northeast region of the US. I am currently making $17/hr and, if I accept this offer, would be making $25/hr. The offer letter contains the phrase admin/bookkeeper as the position and doesn't come with a Job Description. During negotiations, I asked for at least a rough draft of the job description so I can be prepared and understand the chain of command. My would be boss, pushed back really hard, stating, “Because it's a new position and we're all sooo busy, it would be difficult to create that so quickly” and, “This is more of a 'learn as you go', and you'll be expected to float around on different projects, so it's all very fluid” Is what I'm requesting unreasonable? Do their responses to me seem reasonable? Is this a red flag? If they say No to providing…

Nothing like making your employees feel unappreciated and undervalued like disregarding all their hard work and then acting disgruntled over a request to leave slightly early for a holiday weekend!