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Plus they're paying me a dollar an hour less than what they said, in writing, they would. How illegal is this? Edit: The manager announced in a meeting on Monday that from now on, any hours worked beyond what is ordinarily scheduled (which happens all the time due to the work) will not be paid unless a manager gives explicit permission.

I'm currently employed but looking for any other job and I'm seeing such awful reviews for a lot of places. They don't sound like the employee were fired but rather they quit on their own. So, do recruiters or managers not realize those horrible reviews keep people away? And if someone bites the bullet and realizes how true they are, they're just gonna end up with high turnover?

I recently quit my job on Sunday. I work in a restaurant with high turnover and at will employment. I was entitled to my final check by Wednesday by 3:30pm but when I texted my manager about it he tried to tell me they ‘couldn’t write individual checks anymore so I would have to wait for payroll on Monday’. I informed him that that would incur a daily waiting period fee of one days wages (~$188 a day) and he instantly texted and said I could pick it up between 10am and 12 pm today. I let him know that I work mornings and would not be able to meet at that time. I received no response. Today I tried to get the check when I left my new job and the manager said that the check could only be given to me by my chef (the owner) and that…