Antiwork

I work at a hotel and recent got bumped up $1.50/hr and was curious so I looked up my job title in California and they pay the same, some places 50¢ more, some actually 50¢ less. I live in a VERY low cost low population place where what I make is barely livable wage. How tf are employers in Cali allowed to get away with paying people there the same rate when cost of living there is 5-10x more than where in at???

A little back story, I've been with this company for almost 3 years. Not once have I gotten a raise. I've gotten high marks on all my performance reviews, but since “it's not in the budget” I haven't gotten a raise. I rarely took any days off the last 3 years, rarely called in, and have accumulated a total of over 150hrs of comp time, sick time, and admin time for me to use freely. They're only paying me out my vacation. The rest of the 150hrs I have, I either use it or lose it. For the last 6 months, I've been applying/sending out resumes to get a higher paying postition. I finally landed a new position. I submitted my 2 weeks notice and decided to burn my earned time. I got a call telling me “I'm not allowed” to use my time and wanted me back in the…

Used to work in “the industry” back during The Entourage days and what you saw on the show was 100% true when it came to the way Ari would treat his assistant. Except the problem was everyone then began to think they were Ari. Even if they were a complete nobody – like my bosses. First boss was in film finance – worked for him as an assistant. Second boss was a talent agent – worked for him as an assistant too. I’m actually surprised I haven’t seen more of these stories / experiences. Some fun memories of dealing with these idiots: Boss 1: Had to help him box up and move everything in his house to another place across town. The hard part was his cats. When they were in their crate they decided to take a gigantic watery shit everywhere, which I was responsible for cleaning up. At…