Antiwork

I'm all for sharing pay information like many people here. But what about in fields where most of the pay comes from tips? Some of us make very different amounts based on how fast we are, how much the customers like us, what shift we're on, and women make more. Should we be freely sharing this information within the company, or with people who work elsewhere in the same industry? What about with customers who ask? Most of us tend to be tight lipped about how much we make but I don't know exactly why. I'm a poker dealer if it matters. Pay difference can be drastic – I'm literally making twice what someone else on my shift makes because she's so slow. Even good dealers can make less than her if it's a bad room to work in, while some make a lot more than I do.

I just discovered, “New York State does not have a minimum salary level for professional employees. Therefore, employers that wish to treat such employees as exempt from overtime must pay the federal minimum salary level of $684 per week ($35,568 annually), unless an exemption from the minimum salary level otherwise applies.” I am a salaried employee and getting paid less than the yearly minimum ($35.568). Should I file a claim with the wage and labor division? Has anyone gone through this?

Industry I work in has been hit pretty hard by stock shortages (brexit,war,import tariffs,strikes,energy costs,etc) as a result we are having to quote around what our customers actually want, sometimes we are quoting 4-5 different versions of out of stock just to give customers options. This morning the big boss is in and we all have a fun meeting where we are told that our conversion figures are too low and “asked” how can we bring these up, in fact this was a rant about all the pricing support he has given us, different matrixes and price breakdowns and asked whether these where too complicated for us to follow, we needed more training, whatever. Several of us tried several different ways to explain that if we are quoting 4 different options and the customer only takes 1 then we have got 100% of the work even though our conversion might…

So, as the title says I'm interviewing with a newer company. There's 4 rounds of interviews and I've just made it past interview #2. In both interviews so far I've inquired about their rate of pay/salary. No one has an answer. First interview was with the department manager and a supervisor. I'm told that Interviewer #2 will have the pay rate, but /promised/ that it'll be more than I currently make. Cool beans. 3 weeks later Interviewer #2 did not have the pay rate. He also is the co-founder of the company. I'm told Interviewer #4 will have that information. Sorry what?! How does no one I've talked to have an answer for me? Why tf am I expected to jump hoops through 4 interviews just to hear how much this job pays? Why does it take 4 interviews to know if you even want a candidate? So many red…