Antiwork

I recently learned that a local company at some point had a mandatory overtime policy, and get this, they manufacture truck bed covers. First of all, there should be a law against mandatory overtime in most circumstances in which the product or service you are providing is not critical to human life. When I say that I mean the only exception to mandatory overtime should be the food supply chain (groceries not restaurants) and medical care. That still covers a lot of people and jobs but if you’re running up to a deadline for an order of coffee mugs, too bad so sad, let the order be late. When looking into mandatory overtime laws, another BS policy is that employers are required to pay 1.5x the hourly rate for non-exempt employees (FSLA salary rules are also BS). The problem with that is it’s an incentive for employers to do overtime,…

The manager went from telling me she would sort it out (via text) to flat out ignoring my messages and I still have not received my paycheck. I need this money. State is Louisiana, US. What are my options?

Edit: in NYC, I am an employee They just expect employees to … not get paid for their regular shifts when they’re sick. How do they not know this is HIGHLY illegal? For context, I work as a tutor. I usually end up working for small business in the private sector. They do the best they can and I usually am able to email the CEO because the businesses are so small in nature. All but ONE company (it was a franchise) I have ever worked for has not had a formal sick time system set up for their employees. They literally just expect tutors to reschedule sessions for when they are well enough to work instead of following labor laws. While I’m happy to reschedule individual sessions without claiming sick time, I make an exception when it comes to teaching classes, which I have done at every one of…

I had worked for a government agency in the past. I started as a seasonal, then was hired at .8 fte. As much as I loved the work and the agency, the specific location I was at was super toxic between my partner and my supervisor. On top of which, my son was dealing with medical issues. All of this added up to me being miserable so I left. Fast forward 2 years and the supervisor who manages the seasonal workers for the role I was in is retiring and gives me a call saying I would be perfect for the job. I have management experience and did the job for 2 years and other roles very similar. I apply and interview with the director and two people I had worked with in past. 2 days later I get an email saying that they're not filling the position at this…

This is horrible. I'm at a retirement “party” that the company I work for is throwing for a person who worked at this factory for 30 years. Listening to the executives try to find nice things to say about someone they barely know and glamorizing how much of an “impact” this person had is cringe. The jokes are cringe. Listening to someone struggle to stay how meaningful 3 decades of work at a warehouse is painful. Now the executive asked anyone to share funny stories from the time they worked with this person, and the silence from the crowd of people here is brutal. 30 years and this is it. We got sandwiches, and this person got a potted plant. I hope I die in my sleep before I have to be the focus of a retirement party.

I had an interview the other day and I asked about work-life balance. I got phone call today saying that they wanted someone to work passed their scheduled 8-5 work day due to new work coming on. Other than that I had all qualifications and I currently perform this job in my current position. The best part is the guy who interviewed me ruled me out because I asked about work-life balance when he had to cut our interview short to go coach his kid. Which is cool, but that’s why I got ruled out. This was the second scheduled time because the first time I got notified 15 minutes before the scheduled time, which I was off work for.