Antiwork

In September of 2020 I started working at a non-chain restaurant. They were pretty good to me st first, but I was a college graduate and wanted a more stable income with benefits, so in Jan 2021 I started working on a certification. I talked to them a lot throughout the process, the owner seemed really happy and excited for me. Come August 2021 I had completed my certification and had a job offer. The owner started to get really combative with me. They would try to argue that I could make more money waiting tables, which while that may be true from an hourly perspective, my new job offered PTO, sick days, continued education, health insurance, and a 401k. Not to mention the lack of stress from not having to kiss ass all day and shifts that end at a reasonable hour. The only other waitress that worked there…

I worked for a large international company for about four years. I recently started looking for other job opportunities since it seemed like it was going nowhere. In comes Hometown Equity Mortgage (DBA TheLender) . They offer me a position with a decent salary and commission structure, with the option to go to a lower hourly rate and higher commission once established. I accepted the offer for the set salary and quit my job. Two days before my start date, their HR department called me and stated that they are no longer offering the compensation we agreed upon. They are now offering minimum wage with slightly higher commission. The hiring manager stated that they don't normally see new hires start closing until two months in. Sometimes the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.

This is amazing to me. So I live in the Northeast. We're projected to get as much as much as 5-10 inches of snow tomorrow. Okay, so I call in and tell my work in case of a snowstorm I won't be coming in. My boss sighs, says okay but we will need to talk about my call outs. Now I only usually call out once every few months but we've had 3 snowstorms within the span of a month. I've called out each time. I'm not risking my life going into work a job that pays barely above minimum wage. Are they short staffed? Sure, but how is that my problem? When I break my back working here, I think I've earned a little bit more respect than the need to be “talked” to for not wanting to do a half hour drive in a snowstorm.

Here is the message I just sent to the owner of the store: “Hello _____. This is introusers1979. I would like to address an incident that took place today at the Stone Oak location. First and foremost I want to say that however I feel about what occurred has no bearing on you or anyone else in the store aside from those involved – until this point you’ve been very respectful and I appreciate that. On my first day, I was eager to help and picked up the basic tasks of the job very quickly. By my second shift I was already on par at preparing orders with everyone else in the store. Business has been very slow every time I’ve worked a shift, which is fine – although I did make it clear that I prefer to be busy and told both Rayce and Tony to please let me…