Ever got a job where....

[shanegotu11]

They lied about a schedule and pay?

I got a xerox job for time being while looking for something better. They told me m-f 7-5, and I get interview and they say Monday though Saturday with Tuesday and Sunday off.

I explain and they say you want the job or what? They then say schedule is 7am-930pm on Mondays. I'm like wtf. I am going to work for time being.

So they lied on pay and schedule.

This happened to you?

 

[NHB7]

Every crap job ever.

Crap jobs have a trick they use. They give you 12 hours worth of work a day, but tell you it's an 8 hour day. You work 12 and put in for overtime. They're forced to pay you, but they say, "you must have trouble with time management. Maybe your not cut out for this. Let's check in again in a week or two." Which is code for, "you better never put in for overtime again, or we will fire you for poor time management."

 

[shanegotu11]

Every crap job ever.

Crap jobs have a trick they use. They give you 12 hours worth of work a day, but tell you it's an 8 hour day. You work 12 and put in for overtime. They're forced to pay you, but they say, "you must have trouble with time management. Maybe your not cut out for this. Let's check in again in a week or two." Which is code for, "you better never put in for overtime again, or we will fire you for poor time management."

Bro I worked 60 hrs a week but it was great pay and got it to 40 hrs and great pay

Now this job is temporary and idk if I can do 7am-930pm for minimum wage. Sigh. Huge step back.

 

[Jesus Freak]

They lied about a schedule and pay?

I got a xerox job for time being while looking for something better. They told me m-f 7-5, and I get interview and they say Monday though Saturday with Tuesday and Sunday off.

I explain and they say you want the job or what? They then say schedule is 7am-930pm on Mondays. I'm like wtf. I am going to work for time being.

So they lied on pay and schedule.

This happened to you?

 

[Strychnine]

Yeah once.
I was a field hand and I was told $5.00 per row. We get there and the rows are an acre long and the bossman says "I'm paying .50 cents a row." My brother, another guy we know and me said "funk dat" and walked off.

 

[El_Dyablo619]

get it in writing or they can always fuck you over

 

[FightsFTW]

Thankfully no, the job I just started, also temporary as I don't plan to stay there long term, as soon as I can get something better and that pays more, I'm out. Anyways, I'm just doing part time since I got other stuff I want to get done on the side, I work 32 hours a week, though this past week I put in 40 because since I'm new they hadn't figured a schedule for me yet.

It was wednesday and I was supposed to have the next 3 days off, they hadn't gave me my schedule yet, I went to look for the boss and finally got a hold of her, she called up the guy in charge of my schedule, to make a long story short, after some conversation, he ended up giving me Friday, Saturday, Sunday off. I didn't want to seem overly excited, but that's awesome as fuck.

I work Monday-Thursday 8 hour shifts and I get a 3 day weekend every week. He told me that's gonna be my permanent schedule too and he wrote it down for me so I got that shit in his handwriting in case they want to fuck me over later. Sorry if I made you feel worse TS, but seemed a similar situation except mine turned out good, lol.

 

[fightingrabbit]

Why, you ask? Because fuck em. That's why!

 

[shanegotu11]

Thankfully no, the job I just started, also temporary as I don't plan to stay there long term, as soon as I can get something better and that pays more, I'm out. Anyways, I'm just doing part time since I got other stuff I want to get done on the side, I work 32 hours a week, though this past week I put in 40 because since I'm new they hadn't figured a schedule for me yet.

It was wednesday and I was supposed to have the next 3 days off, they hadn't gave me my schedule yet, I went to look for the boss and finally got a hold of her, she called up the guy in charge of my schedule, to make a long story short, after some conversation, he ended up giving me Friday, Saturday, Sunday off. I didn't want to seem overly excited, but that's awesome as fuck.

I work Monday-Thursday 8 hour shifts and I get a 3 day weekend every week. He told me that's gonna be my permanent schedule too and he wrote it down for me so I got that shit in his handwriting in case they want to fuck me over later. Sorry if I made you feel worse TS, but seemed a similar situation except mine turned out good, lol.

I hate you. I'm envious of you. Lol. Joking on hating you .

It just seems like some employers know your fucked for work and get you in and then tell you the truth. Its worse I'm a family man. I would of told them fuck themselves 12 years ago and never came back.

I know me so o better keep looking.

Off to the 14.5 hr shift. Bye sherdog

 

[MaureenCretis]

Not for the first time, I'm grateful for EU employment laws.

 

[RedRocket44]

Yes.

I was looking for something to do on weekends to earn a little extra cash a few years ago. Something relaxing, to break the monotony of a 9-5 M-F office job... like a delivery driver (not food - didn't want to deal with scummy customers) like furniture, NAPA auto parts, a courier company, moving company, etc... something where I can just crank the radio and drive around town and get paid ~13-14/hour for a few hours of driving and lifting on a Satuday/Sunday morning/afternoon for some beer money. My buddy had a second weekend part-time job with a small furniture company as a weekend driver, and I kinda wanted the same thing, but he could never get me a job there because he was the driver, and they had somebody else riding with him to help with the lifting.

Anyways, after a few weeks, maybe a month and half of specifically looking for a delivery driver job on weekends with no luck I come across this ad for a company that supplies the weekly flyers for all the major grocery stores, electronic stores, furniture stores, etc to homes across the city.

The ad states they start you with a route (or 2-3 that combined) that has approximately 500 homes. This isn't delivering the flyers, you just pick the flyers up from the warehouse (separated in bags by each store), take them home, collate them into a package for each house, and return them to the warehouse for the carriers to deliver the next week. The Ad states it's approx 4-6 hours of work, and pays between $80-100 per weekend (or $11-13/hour). Thinking, that I can just throw on my headphones and listen to podcasts while I collate papers into packages for 4-6 hours and make $80+, I think why not? That's pretty much what I'd spend on a Saturday night drinking, so I think... perfect!

So I decide to check it out. I go to the place on a Thursday, and there's literally no interview process, the just show you what to do, and ask if you want the job. The first weekend I start there are a total of 20 flyers per package (house) that need to be collated and put into a plastic bag, and I have 2 routes that combine for 480 homes.

Now I consider myself pretty organized, and time efficient. I had them all organized in my kitchen (3 large counters surrounding an island), so all I had to do was walk in a fucking circle, picking up one of each of the 20 flyers, and put the package of 20 in the stupid plastic bag. It took me nearly 12 fucking hours to do the 480 packages, and after taxes I got 45 dollars.

During the "interview" they said if you don't like it try to at least give 2 weeks notice. I called and said straight up I'm not doing this for another 2 weeks, there's no way 1 person can do this in 4-6 hours, and taxes shouldn't cut my 80-100 dollars to $45.

 

[Primitivo]

I thought you guys could sue like maniacs over there.

 

[RedRocket44]

I thought you guys could sue like maniacs over there.

Unless you have the backing of a union, most people don't have the time or resources to take a company to court over mislead hours or pay, especially if it's something part time or not their career. It's just not worth the effort to 99.9% of people.

Especially for something like I did - collate flyers. It was paid on a "per piece" basis, meaning pay depended on how many flyers were in each package each week (it ranged from 20-35 I was told), and how many total packages were on the route(s) I was collating.

Then of course they could just say I was disorganized, it was my first week, etc, and that's why it took 12 hours and not the 4-6 as advertised, or I took too many breaks, etc. There was no real way to prove they were full of bullshit when they said 4-6 hours and $80-100, and I'm not going to take them to court over it.

For the case of the OP, they could simply say some BS like "the needs of the business have changed since the time the ad was posted and your interview, if you didn't like the new terms/schedule you didn't have to take the job".

I think it's a pretty common tactic, especially for shit jobs that nobody wants, or by shitty companies that nobody want to work for, where they have a revolving door of employees that are constantly quitting. They post an ad that sounds great to get you in the door, to the interview (and are prepared to give you the job as long as you are breathing and have a pulse), but suddenly the hours / pay aren't what was originally stated. At this point you've gone this far though, so most people will reluctantly agree to the new terms, then realize they are getting screwed, and quit a month later.

 

[Primitivo]

Unless you have the backing of a union, most people don't have the time or resources to take a company to court over mislead hours or pay, especially if it's something part time or not their career. It's just not worth the effort to 99.9% of people.

Especially for something like I did - collate flyers. It was paid on a "per piece" basis, meaning pay depended on how many flyers were in each package each week (it ranged from 20-35 I was told), and how many total packages were on the route(s) I was collating.

Then of course they could just say I was disorganized, it was my first week, etc, and that's why it took 12 hours and not the 4-6 as advertised, or I took too many breaks, etc. There was no real way to prove they were full of bullshit when they said 4-6 hours and $80-100, and I'm not going to take them to court over it.

For the case of the OP, they could simply say some BS like "the needs of the business have changed since the time the ad was posted and your interview, if you didn't like the new terms/schedule you didn't have to take the job".

I think it's a pretty common tactic, especially for shit jobs that nobody wants, or by shitty companies that nobody want to work for, where they have a revolving door of employees that are constantly quitting. They post an ad that sounds great to get you in the door, to the interview (and are prepared to give you the job as long as you are breathing and have a pulse), but suddenly the hours / pay aren't what was originally stated. At this point you've gone this far though, so most people will reluctantly agree to the new terms, then realize they are getting screwed, and quit a month later.

That fucking sucks.

 

[Mau]

More or less, once I applied for a position (graduated, specialist level) and when I was interviewed, the guy didn't even know what he was asking, then I said: "You want a manager, not a specialist, I have the qualifications, but you'll have to pay at least thrice what you're offering me for a manager position".

He said: "Eh, guess you're right, I don't have experience with this hiring thing".

After a few days they called me and offered the same salary, but I declined, fucking leechers.

 

[Sunfish]

More or less, once I applied for a position (graduated, specialist level) and when I was interviewed, the guy didn't even know what he was asking, then I said: "You want a manager, not a specialist, I have the qualifications, but you'll have to pay at least thrice what you're offering me for a manager position".

He said: "Eh, guess you're right, I don't have experience with this hiring thing".

After a few days they called me and offered the same salary, but I declined, fucking leechers.

Thrice? Were you applying for a job as a specialist pirate?

 

[Mau]

Thrice? Were you applying for a job as a specialist pirate?

Three times. I'm not american, fuck it.

 

[shanegotu11]

Well I don't work there and that job was a fuckery.

She told me dress how I want as long as no print on t shirt. I show up I'm nice button up and shorts and she sends me home.

I come back and we get to work and she asks if I know how to do power point and excell. I'm like no. She says well we don't need u then basically.

This was never said in job description or at interview.

 

[sub_thug]

Man, some of you guys have had it rough. When I was 16, I got a job at a grocery store as a "bagger." I thought that I'd be bagging groceries for people for $7.50/hr. Sweet! What I actually did was sweep and mop the whole store 3 times/day, clean the bathrooms 3 times/day (seriously, there was always new shit on the walls, and I have no idea how that's physically possible), and I had to take out the trash. The trash sounds like it would be the best one, but it was actually the worst. There was one dumpster behind the store, and it got picked up once a week. Every day, we threw out all the meat, produce, and dairy that didn't sell. That dumpster reeked so bad that it would literally make me puke. I did that job for one summer, and I never went back. It was the worst job that I ever had. That said, I was just a high school kid looking to make some pocket money. I wasn't supporting a family or anything. I just hated 8 hours of my day every day. Some of you guys have had it really rough and probably would have jumped at my job if you could have.

 

[auger38]

Spoiler

Yes.

I was looking for something to do on weekends to earn a little extra cash a few years ago. Something relaxing, to break the monotony of a 9-5 M-F office job... like a delivery driver (not food - didn't want to deal with scummy customers) like furniture, NAPA auto parts, a courier company, moving company, etc... something where I can just crank the radio and drive around town and get paid ~13-14/hour for a few hours of driving and lifting on a Satuday/Sunday morning/afternoon for some beer money. My buddy had a second weekend part-time job with a small furniture company as a weekend driver, and I kinda wanted the same thing, but he could never get me a job there because he was the driver, and they had somebody else riding with him to help with the lifting.

Anyways, after a few weeks, maybe a month and half of specifically looking for a delivery driver job on weekends with no luck I come across this ad for a company that supplies the weekly flyers for all the major grocery stores, electronic stores, furniture stores, etc to homes across the city.

The ad states they start you with a route (or 2-3 that combined) that has approximately 500 homes. This isn't delivering the flyers, you just pick the flyers up from the warehouse (separated in bags by each store), take them home, collate them into a package for each house, and return them to the warehouse for the carriers to deliver the next week. The Ad states it's approx 4-6 hours of work, and pays between $80-100 per weekend (or $11-13/hour). Thinking, that I can just throw on my headphones and listen to podcasts while I collate papers into packages for 4-6 hours and make $80+, I think why not? That's pretty much what I'd spend on a Saturday night drinking, so I think... perfect!

So I decide to check it out. I go to the place on a Thursday, and there's literally no interview process, the just show you what to do, and ask if you want the job. The first weekend I start there are a total of 20 flyers per package (house) that need to be collated and put into a plastic bag, and I have 2 routes that combine for 480 homes.

Now I consider myself pretty organized, and time efficient. I had them all organized in my kitchen (3 large counters surrounding an island), so all I had to do was walk in a fucking circle, picking up one of each of the 20 flyers, and put the package of 20 in the stupid plastic bag. It took me nearly 12 fucking hours to do the 480 packages, and after taxes I got 45 dollars.

During the "interview" they said if you don't like it try to at least give 2 weeks notice. I called and said straight up I'm not doing this for another 2 weeks, there's no way 1 person can do this in 4-6 hours, and taxes shouldn't cut my 80-100 dollars to $45.

Lmao. As a kid I worked for my neighbour who did this. Did it for 5-6 years on most Saturday afternoons.

I could bang out 480 papers in about 4 hours no problem. I got fast as fuck.