Antiwork

I'm trying to help out my partner, they are getting totally screwed at their workplace. We both live in Oregon, and they work at a small cafe. Their boss has been nothing but insufferable, rude and just an all around dick. Calling people a “waste of space” And behaving very passive aggressively and childish. That's another story though. My partner got hired on as a full time employee, working 40hrs a week. And just today they got a message from their boss about the new schedule going into effect this Saturday, and they bumped them down to only working 3 days a week. No notice, no prior communication about said changes. My question for you guys is this legal? Can an employer do that without a notice? We have bills to pay and 25hrs a week isn't going to cut it!

I do my work, I work late, I work diligently, I’m constantly communicating with my supervisor, I ask questions I take notes. I’m available whenever, and my manager never speaks to me. Well, this morning she asked me to work on a project that what I thought would be quick actually took me all day to do. At 5 pm I get a call from the recruiter saying tomorrow would be my last day. When I asked what happened “it’s just not working out. She was very vague and what little she did provide me for reasoning seemed little and I didn’t agree with her decision at all” And just like that- unemployed. We are expected to give two weeks, they don’t even give two hours. I’m completely shocked, there was never a timeline of expectations of me, there was never a reported problem or any issues on my work.…

right before driving to my home that I don’t have the money to pay rent for, from my minimum wage job, hoping I don’t run out of gas on the way. This sucks!

Hi everyone, So I worked at some pyramid scheme sales place for about a week back in November. ( I know, dumb move) I made around $400 in commission during that time. My then-boss told me he would mail me the check. Fast forward to three months later, I still have not received my check and he is not responding to any of my messages or calls. I wrote a long message to one of the higher ups about how it was illegal to not pay me for the money I worked for and a day later I get an email from ADP that they issued me a check for half the amount of money I'm owed. Well now it's been two weeks and I haven't received that check either. I know it's illegal to issue a check and not mail it out and I also know wage theft is…

Since I started my job I was honest with them that I would be taking time off for a surgery well it’s now that time. I request 11 work days which was two weeks. Our company has always said “unlimited time off” so wasn’t I shocked when I was told I could take up 10 days but not 11 despite it being for a fucking surgery. I asked them to site the company policy that states I can only take up to 10 days including medical needs. I am beyond livid – I know the entire reason they are saying I can’t take the time because I am one of 3 people that can do my job fully and two of them are getting promoted right after my surgery. When will businesses realize they won’t get far with this bullshit? Needless to say I’ll be getting my resume to a…

I'm going to keep this as anonymous as I can, since I live in an at-will state and I don't want to risk having someone potentially lose their income. A person I know (not me, I'm self employed for reasons like this) works for a rather large company. Their position within the company requires they have a doctorate in their field. The pay isn't bad at all, and this person is actually one of the higher paid people in their field. To preface, this person has not received a pay raise since they started working at the company, which was 8 years ago. Recently the company has been using this person as a “fixer”. They get sent to stores that are failing with the intent of them getting the store running properly again. This person is very good at their job, and is able to fix these stores. This does…

Just wanted to share some of the notes I took during a meeting with our CEO: Just discovered that the company is creating a document to “suggest” how to dress at the office. There's a table with “Appropriate” and “Inappropriate” over Pants/Skirts, Shirts/Tops and Shoes. Please tell me that this is not normal and will not become a common thing. Said that contractors are a “necessary evil to save us from the shortage of candidates”. Ok, I'm a contractor for the last seven years. I don't know how to feel about this and I would drink but it's not Friday yet.