Antiwork

I work at a dog daycare, and today I happened to have a lot of down time as I really only had work every other hour/hour and a half. So I figured I would hang out up front and “run dogs” – essentially either putting dogs that came in into the play yards, or grabbing the dogs who's parents came to pick them up. Turns out the owner of the business was watching our cameras, and doesn't want people “hanging out up front doing nothing” or running dogs when they aren't scheduled as a runner. Fine by me, I just ended up finishing what I had to do and going home instead of sticking around to help. We also have TVs in all of the yards to communicate with the yard counselors which dogs need to be sent out to go home, but today they were out of commission. So…

If you're applying to any job and they either try to avoid giving you the written job description or the description says “to do what is necessary to keep the store/business running smoothly/operational” fuck that. That's just a way of dodging paying people to do more dangerous, degrading, or immoral jobs because that would mean a bump in the pay. I worked for a whopping 2 days before being pulled to cover at least 3 other jobs that payed significantly more but they wouldn't hire anyone or just found stupid reasons not to fill the position. Sorry if it's off topic but God I hate having that thrown in my face when I don't want to go look in the tall grass for needles. Also fuck wal-mart execs and management of all levels.

Basically title. New job and y’all are the wage theft experts. We have to park two miles from work. We clock in and out on property and then sometimes I have to wait 30 mins or more for the shuttle to take me to my car at night. mostly because my job doesn’t always have me clocking out with the same base shifts. So should I be paid while I’m waiting for the shuttle and traveling to my car? Seems only right. When I clock out I want to go directly home. Not wait around for a shuttle. Or can they just chalk this up to “commute” like they have been telling me?

I recently moved to a new state (NC to be exact) and had a bit of hard time finding a job at first. Plenty of options and interviews but nothing stuck. I started working at Lowes about a month ago and it has been going well despite not quite my desired job. Good people, good hours, decent pay cant complain. This last week I was contacted by a remodeling agency I had applied for. Who after interviewing, called me back the same day and offered me the job. They knew I was already employed and offered me to start in two weeks with a near 4$ per hour increase from my current pay rate at Lowes. I took it gleefully as I loved working in the remodel industry,(it was what I did before I moved here) and definitely could use the extra pay. Now to the hilarious part. I go…

Because some of us don't want to give our bodies for money, I don't want to break my back or become 20 years older do you? So let me get this straight If I'm not mentally capable of writing essays and passing tests for 8-12 years while simultaneously supporting rent and feeding myself then I should be outside toiling away in a dangerous job conditions? Potential electrocution, dangerous falls, joint and nerve tear and wear and heat exhaustion? Some of us are not built for that lifestyle, Not to disrespect any blue collar worker here But it's unrealistic to just fix unemployment with the old ” Why don't you go to trade school” argument, That's a lazy cop out. And as the saying goes “You know there aren't any dumb electricians right?” Right because they're all dead. (All the dumbs died on the job) I don't want to find out.…

I was scheduled to work on Valentine’s Day. Didn’t go in. Called in half an hour before my shift started and said I quit. They screwed me over the night before so an eye for an eye right? The night before, I walked out with -10 dollars. Yep, negative ten dollars. Means I had to PAY to work. The whole day was a mess. Not sure where to start, so I’ll set the foundation to what went down. Crappy training, manager, boss, (I’d also say bartender but half the time there isn’t even one), and quite simply the motto “the customer is always right”. I’ll start off by saying there’s a high turnover rate: new people (teenagers with no restaurant experience) are hired almost literally off the street every two weeks. This is a touristic restaurant located in one of California’s “must visit” attractions. It’s a fast paced environment run…