Antiwork

Hi everyone! I recently had a job (I have already quit and am looking for a new job!) that said, in my contract, that they would be paying me 12.50 an hour. I still have this contract and everything. Well, I worked for about two weeks, with five days off from an extreme illness situation. This left me working for about 52 hours, including the four hours from training. I received my paycheck today for 30 dollars!? At this point, the math is obviously not adding up to me so I look at my paystub and they only paid me for about 15 hours of work and changed my rate from 12.50 to 10.00??? Is that even legal? I don't really know what to do at this point because I need that money or I can't make rent, and this job was already fucking me over in a hundred different…

I’m sure this will fall on deaf ears, but saying it felt pretty damn good. Background: I work in IT for a healthcare org. Clawed my way out of the hell scape of revenue cycle (where the lowest paid and least valued employees work) to get here. Them: Please provide one suggestion for how to make [company] a better place to work. Me: Hourly employees are treated as if they're replaceable; if they don't want to take mistreatment and below industry standard pay/ benefits, they can leave (and the good ones always do). It's clear [company] doesn't care about the earners at the bottom. Change this. Also, imagine running a healthcare org and completely gutting your staff's healthcare coverage over the years. Then, pretend like you're giving them some kind of gift by waving copays/coinsurance/deductibles at [company] facilities during a deadly pandemic as a cash grab so you can pay…

I’m one of the hardest working people they have. Only missed 2 days ALL YEAR because I had COVID. (Still got shit) never once was late. Always professional, positive (I somehow managed to hide my raging depression) and did everything I could for my boss. And this is what I get in return.

I have a master’s degree and a professional license in my field, but all I can do is think about my life back when when I was a receptionist at a small office and making copies and greeting visitors. My current job is so mentally taxing and I’m thinking about it even when I’m not at work. People look at me funny when I tell them I just want a simple life with an easy low stress meaningless job to pay the bills (ideally flexible jobs where I don’t have a boss breathing down my neck) and then I can go home and have the energy to enjoy things I actually care about. They call me unambitious or say that I’m wasting my potential. But really, my “career” has just never been something that has been a top priority for me. I’d much rather spend my time with loved ones…