I guess im using this site as a kind of diary…for rants…rant diary…heh
So last August/September my boss said it was getting hard for him to pay me because of taxes etc and asked if I’d be ok with getting paid off the books. I said sure, if it’d make things easier for him. I just wanted to keep my job and he said he’d keep paying me the minimum wage.
Some personal shit happened in October with one of my coworkers, she went around telling people that I was planning to murder my boyfriend and called the police on me, then started antagonizing me at work. Long story short, she up and quit on my birthday without warning so that she could screw me over. And of course I did get screwed.
My boss decided that he “didn’t want to train anyone”, so he didn’t hire any other workers. So there was me, my one coworker, and him working there. He also decided that since he wasn’t going to hire anyone, that meant he’d have to work 5 days a week. He then changed the schedule so that I’d have to work. Every. Night.
When I first started working there, he had agreed to having me only work in the mornings because I lived almost an hour away and there was someone to cover the night shift at the time.
So I was stuck working at night and having my parents come get me at 9:30 everynight. I thought hey, he’ll hire someone soon, then I can work mornings again. That never happened.
Then right before christmas, my one coworker left for her vacation. Her 3 week long vacation. Of course, we had no one to take her shifts, so I had to work literally 8-10 hours everyday. Sorry, every night. For 3 weeks straight. And of course, the store had holiday hours, so instead it closing at 9, I had to stay open until 10. I got home at almost midnight for the majority of those 3 weeks because of traffic.
When I got my paycheck for those weeks, turns out I didn’t get over time pay. Also turned out, he wasn’t paying me the minimum wage, like he had agreed. He tried to tell me that I miscalculated or some crap like that. Oh my god, I was so mad. But I had to keep working there, I’m really awkward with strangers, so I always get really nervous at interviews and screw up. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to find another job.
Then March comes around. I have some minor health problems that occasionally cause severe nausea and sometimes vomiting, so about once a month tops, I call in sick. So I had called in sick on March 7, and that night I heard on the news that the primaries for the presidential election was the next night. Meaning if I went to work, I wouldn’t be able to vote. So I called my boss and asked to work the morning shift instead because I was going to go vote. He refused and then got very upset. Saying things like I call in sick too much, was I ever actually sick when I missed work, I “get away with alot of shit”, and then him asking me if there was actually an election. I mean, he literally asked me to send him a picture of their website so he could see the schedule for the voting times.
I just hung up on him and texted him the next morning thay I quit and I’d be there that weekend to pick up my paycheck.
I had left some personal belongings at my work, and when I got there that weekend to get them, they were almost all either gone or destroyed. I had a small sketch book with some drawings, my boss had gone into it and tore it all up. I also had a note pad, which my coworker had found in his personal office. And of course, he didn’t leave my paycheck. I left my address for him to mail it to me, and of course I still haven’t received it.
So the lesson of this story boys and girls: If your boss asks to pay you under the table and gives you a sob story, don’t fuckin listen LOL. You will be fucked over.
And the lesson I’m gonna teach this asshole is: you fuck with your off-the-books employees, and they’ll report you to the IRS, board of health, and the labor board. Hope you like being poor mother fucker, cuz from the IRS alone you’ll be facing fines of up to $100grand. Suck my metaphorical cock you fat ugly piece of shit. I swear to god, if I knew I wouldn’t get caught, I’d kick the shit out of him. Not kill him, just. Just beat the living shit out of him.
It’s not good to get really angry when youre an emotionally empty shell. The anger just kinda takes over. Good thing I have some self control, I guess.
And if anyone’s actually read this, I’m sorry for taking up your time. And you must be very bored lol.
7 comments
Wow that must be harsh. Well I’m sure you’ll find a better job soon 🙂
I’m sorry that things were horrible at work.
You mentioned the IRS so I’ll assume that you’re in the US. There are wage and hour laws on both the State and Federal level. It would probably be within your rights to file a complaint with the agencies that enforce those laws. Corroborating evidence would help…such as a paystub, printed schedules, statements from others who knew the hours that you worked, etc.
As for your possessions, I guess that you could file a police report. I’m not sure what would come of it.
It might help to get some legal advice regarding the pay issues and possessions. Some attornies offer free consultations.
Unless your hours to be worked were put in writing ahead of time, I suspect that your former boss reserved the right to change your hours.
I should probably note that word does get around, Even though you might be protected from retaliation when filing complaints, it’s a small world. While you shouldn’t be penalized for righting what’s wrong, sometimes the information gets around.
I read your whole post. Sorry to hear that you have had so many issues with your Job.
I have had some rough issues with different jobs in the past. The workplace is like this part of our lives that is inevitable that aggravating things are going to happen.
Well I hope that you get paid what they owe you
I hope that you are able to find another job that is better then that past one
I hope that your last boss sees the error of his ways and no longer treats his employees that way.
I wish you peace. Nice rant!!!
The part when threatened him wow lol you shoul ‘s do report that asshole . and I was not bored 🙂
Maddie,
Are you still with us?
Are you alive?
Are you okay?
Yeah. Still here. Been distracted by some stuff so I haven’t been on in a while. There are a few legal organizations thay I’d have to contact about him, he could get in a lot of trouble for the stuff he’s done. It just takes so long to see results, I don’t know if it’s even worth bothering.
I’m supposed to stop by my work again today to try and talk to my boss in person. My dad’s supposed to come so I have a witness etc. I mean, I’ve already tried to contact my boss on 3 seperate occasions and he didn’t respond so I guess if this doesn’t work, the only choice is to report him. He’s just making such a mess, it’s only like $300 thay he owes me. The store makes more than that in a day, hes just being a baby. I just want to have some fun before I die, kind of hard to do without any money. May 15ths the day, not much time to get my money. Hopefully things work themselves out.