Take Them to Court
I worked at a terrible retail boutique in college. Worked my way up to management. Their pay policies were illegal, and the inept district director they hired staffed terribly.
I worked open to close by myself multiple times. I finally locked up in the middle of the day to go take a break once.
Got caught. Told if I did it again I’d be fired. I told them to stop understaffing and it wouldn’t happen again.
They did it again. I locked up again and a customer called corporate. I was fired. Last laugh was on them because I threatened to sue them for violating employment law.
Sure did. Class action. Multi-million dollar settlement getting back lost wages for 1000+ employees across multiple states. Plus unemployment for me.
Actually what led to a compete life change for me and I wouldn’t be as successful now had I just let them continue to abuse me.
Short term financial pain and scary when you don’t know how you will afford food or how to pay bills. Made it through and definitely worth it.
Not only for me but a lot of people benefitted.
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