so this happened a while ago now, but i applied to work at a local bakery bc i was in need of a job desperately. the owner seemed chill enough, even though she said the starting wage was TWELVE DOLLARS, which at the time was legal in my state (at least i think, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was illegal). anywho, i basically could only get through one fucking shift with this horrible human being. i worked in the back making the food, and i was put on all the shitty jobs (which of course was given no warning). there were these huge stacks of industrial dishes that i had to wash that kept piling up all day, and other tedious task. i have some body pain issues, so after that day of work alone, i knew i wouldn’t continue. but the owner, we’ll call her Emma, and her husband, were so mean to us. or at least the husband was really showing his ass. so i tell her i think the next day, in a nice way, that im quitting because this isn’t exactly what i wanted. she then proceeds to tell me “you won’t get paid for that day, we don’t pay people for their training.” what. i wasn’t training, i worked a 6 hour shift for you. the TLDR of the rest is that she basically wasn’t going to pay me for my shift until i contacted my states labor department. i’ll add a screenshot of one of the emails she sent. she tried to give me a GIFT CARD for my payment. WHICH WOULD GIVE HER BUSINESS MONEY. i had to follow her fucking forceful instructions, discuss it with the state, and then i finally got my payment.
her business continues to sadly be successful and people in my town like to go there. i tell everyone that i can to not support that bitch.