Antiwork

Hey all, I work at a small chain of adult novelty stores in PA. There’s 5 video & toy locations and 3 smoke shop locations. The owner of our company makes millions a year & we make tens of thousands of dollars in profit a week at my store alone. The issue: we get paid SHIT. Starting wage is about $9/hr for sales associates. I’ve been with the company since October and have been promoted to key holder, with a $1 raise. After discussing wages with managers, I found out that they’re not even making $15 an hour and were promised somewhere between $14 and $17, but upper management tried to get away with just giving them $13. Even working fulltime and overtime I’m barely pulling in $500 a week, and that’s only if I completely disregard my mental and physical health in order to work constantly. I love my…

I don't work at total wine, but I went there to buy a bottle of wine for Valentine's day. As I was checking out I noticed that the cashier's hand had some sort of tape or something on it, so I asked them about it. They said that they thought they had seen some sort of display sign and attempted to hit it or something, but it was actually some green glass and it cut up their hand (tbh the story was sort of confusing, mostly because I am bad at social interactions I think). I asked if that means they would receive worker's compensation. They said Total Wine requires a doctor's note, and they can't afford to reload their bus card to see the doctor. At the very end they said “I hate capitalism”, which I quite appreciated. I gave them a cash “tip” for their nice service, and…

I was employed as a work from home – customer care representative. The company offered nice benefits and pay, the management was nice, and work was simple. I was digging it. After 4 weeks of working (2 weeks of training, 4 days of nesting) and about a whole work week into actual production. I had already collected 2 paychecks and was working on my third. While in the middle of a call, I get a side chat to log out of systems and join zoom with a team leader. I mean okay, I'm thinking maybe I did something wrong but thought I was doing a good job. Wrap up the call and join zoom only to be told that he was just sent an email with information saying my background screening process failed. I shouldn't have been hired or allowed to work on the project I was working on. Mind…

I wanted to thank everyone for continuing to wear a mask even after being vaccinated. I know we are now at the point where the mask mandates are being lifted but as I see things like HIV beginning to run rampant in places like the Netherlands I would strongly encourage everyone who is currently vaccinated to continue wearing a mask and also get HIV tested. It's better to be safe!

I'm not sure this is the best place to post this but please let me know where to go if not. I just know this community has review bombed before and this store deserves it more than most. My friend who lives in Whitefish, MT has a sister with down syndrome. She recently received money from the state for her disability and was really excited to buy groceries for the family. My friends mom took her daughter with down syndrome to the local Super One to get groceries and was checking out. The manager(Tim) heard that she was buying the groceries with state money she received for her disability. He proceeded to heckle her and say “I can't believe this is where our tax dollars are going”. He then called his friend over and told him what was happening like it was a joke. They followed them out to the…

If I was called into work during a snowstorm and had to pull into an unplowed parking lot (and it damaged my car in the process) would I be able to press any legal charges? This happened to a friend of mine and they fired them not long after damage was brought up.

Ive been a machine operator and/or in fabrication work for 10 years. Im relatively knowledgable about most operations involved with any type of large industrial fabrication shop. From hvac/grease duct welding, to structural beam fabrication. I can read prints, and layouts. I can operate and write mazak cnc code. I was promised between .50 to 1.50 pay raise when 60 day evaluation was completed. I was given a .45 cent raise when i had been running 3 shifts worth of parts every shift. So much that i had skipped breaks and missed parts of lunch. When i asked wtf i was told that id need at least a year to get the .50 to 1.50 raise. I cant quit i have three kids and a loving wife. Also a child that i am paying support for and imsurange went up $25 a week which i am also required to keep…

I hate minimum wage fats food jobs, not only are they a dead end to no where, but there are always issues. I’ve been working fast food for 3 years and no management and today at my McDonald’s job I had a coworker corner me and tell me I said I wanted her fired which is not true, and I walked out and I can’t take it anymore I’m done with these places

TLDR: former small business taken over by new business owner who is at least a month late on our store opening yet owns multiple business across US and Europe (allegedly) and is a “recruiter” , making bizarre decisions over employees heads with no communication (hearing more information from random uninvolved community members instead of owner) and confusing clients by using previous owner’s clout. Red flags or no? I have had the same job working in a small business French pastry shop since I was 17 (now 22). I was hired through a friend who worked there. Recently (December 2021) our owner and our one chef made the decision to retire and close the shop. We were very popular in our community, so it was a great loss per say, but it was the right thing for our owner to do for herself and our staff was very supportive and happy…

This one is a little different but still in the theme of getting what you’re worth. I’ve been in a contract position for a few months (after five years of no one hiring me so I had to start my own consultancy) and now they want to bring me on full-time. Short version: the original salary negotiation (when I didn’t know they were thinking of bringing me) was fine when it was a fee from just another consulting client but is way, WAY lower than where I should be if I were to come on board. Like, 100% below where I would be (that’s why they hire consultants – it’s way cheaper but the tradeoff is they only get part of the consultant’s time). Complication: this is not exactly in my chosen industry but rather a parallel one that works closely with my old one (it’s professional services), and my…