I am 23. When I was 13 (in 2012), I got hired at a local grocery store as a cashier. I was paid on payroll, not under the table. I started in March of grade 7 and quit in November same year. I was put through the ringer. I was overworked through the school year and summer, making 60 hours a week during summer. Some of the locals would come in and question my age, but my boss always told me to tell them I was 17. I ended up trying to quit in October, but my boss made me come into his office and told me he wouldn’t let me go (he thought that I knew that he was trying to sleep with my MARRIED mother and told me that I had no say to quitting). 2 weeks later I was admitted to the hospital for suicidal ideations, and my dad went in to my work and told my boss I was done.
I really wish I did something about it back then because now I can’t hold a job for more than 2-4 months. I have such bad job anxiety. I’ve had 13 jobs since the age of 13. I honestly hate him so much but I don’t think there’s anything I can do.