Antiwork

A company out of state flew me out for an interview and paid for my flight and lodgings. However they told me that I would need to pay for the rental car, but that they’d reimburse me after I sent them the receipt. It’s been over a month and they have yet to pay me back. Do I have any recourse?

I was working part time at a particularly expensive grocery store owned by a particularly infamous company. The job itself was not that bad, but their attendance policy made me insane. I have missed a lot of work due to a workplace injury and underlying illness (at part time I’m not eligible for FMLA). I not only missed a paycheck but I actually missed my first week and a half of classes because I was totally immobile from the injury. I was getting about 20-30 hours a week up until recently, so I figured I’d bear it. But then a bunch of teenagers were hired and my hours got cut drastically. I asked for one day off for the first time I had been working since I started in December because we were finally fully staffed. It was denied. Ten hours but I have to have open availability on weekends…

As post title says. Just curious after seeing so many negative posts about working. I hate it too but we really have no choice in some regards do we? So, those who are at the high ends of the ladder and enjoy r/antiwork, what are you doing to make work good, fair, and well compensated for those you employ? Also, for those of us who may want to be our own boss and start a business, what advice can you give about treating employees, paying them, and still making ends meet? Thanks!

I just had to give my coworker a 30 minute break because she broke down crying in the middle of our shift. And by give her a break. I mean force her to go on break because she wanted to keep working. (I didn’t make her clock out bc fuck that.) She’s struggling to make ends meet. Working 45+ hours a week AND she’s a full time student. She barely eats. She’s been with the company a while and they refuse to give her a raise. I’m just sick of this. Most of my coworkers have 2 or 3 jobs at a time and they’re barely making it. I can’t take watching everyone suffer. When I asked a higher up earlier today about yearly raises they said we would get 3% NEXT YEAR. when over 3 years have gone by without one. And most people can’t hold on for that…