Antiwork

I’ve wanted to share this story here for months but my lawyer asked me to hold off. But basically what happened was we have this anonymous Instagram account in our town that publishes people’s submissions. Back in November they started to get a lot of submissions from former employees of this really popular local restaurant. The stories alleged a lot of stuff, like that one of the owners regularly served alcohol to underage women, that people were threatened to be fired if they didn’t come to work during a pandemic and then fired when they contracted Covid possibly from coming into work, and just general stuff about the owners being really cruel and toxic. I’m a local freelance journalist, so I tracked down the people who submitted to the account and interviewed them. Then I shared their stories on my personal Twitter account. The owner then filed a lawsuit against…

They fired her during a pandemic. She was able to get unemployment for a few months while she found a new job. Now they want it all back. The cruelty of a multi-billion dollar company coming after my little old mom makes me livid.

I just wanted to share with everyone my recent experience in starting a job at my local Wendy's franchise, to inform people of why Wendy's may be a bad choice, as well as a reminder for why we're all here. This is a bit of a doozy, I'll try to keep it short, but I want to make sure I don't forget anything either. I'll start at the beginning… The Interview: I got the job after calling to ask if they were hiring. My local Wendy's has multiple signs up that state they're hiring at $18 an hour. Awesome I thought! I wanted to work there to encourage other businesses to raise their hiring rate, plus it'd be a good chunk of money while I prepare to move. I go in after calling and talk to the Manager, who is super nice, answers all my questions, and confirms that $18…