Employer Hasn't paid up

Johnei

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My opinion is, yes, even if you work somewhere for only 1 day you should still get paid what was agreed upon.
But, since it was only 2 days and by leaving, in a way, you fucked them, I would forget about it, If you get it you get it, if you don't then I wouldn't go chasing it, maybe one phone call asking for what's owed to you, but that's it.
 

jerryb73

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i quit after half a day once because i suspected the contractor wasn't paying his employees.

there were 4 people there, all of whom had been there less than a week, and no one had signed a 1099 agreement.

i just figured the guy was burning a new batch of employees weekly.
I left at lunchtime once, so bout 4hrs.. lol.. I worked for my uncles construction company for years, learned everything from him. Anyway his work slowed down at one point and I needed to work so I grabbed a job outa the paper and by lunchtime I figured out he was about working harder not smarter.. started with a different crew next morning so no biggie..


And to the OP, I let that 4hrs slide..
 

srh88

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i quit after half a day once because i suspected the contractor wasn't paying his employees.

there were 4 people there, all of whom had been there less than a week, and no one had signed a 1099 agreement.

i just figured the guy was burning a new batch of employees weekly.
the dude took an $11.00 an hour job. i dont think its smart to be picky if you need an 11 an hour job
 

Johndbs

Member
People seem usually harsh in this thread lol <---yes lol


Give them a call and go from there..

I quit a job on the first day after 5 hours lol . I got paid the next pay cycle


come at me
 

neosapien

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People seem usually harsh in this thread lol <---yes lol


Give them a call and go from there..

I quit a job on the first day after 5 hours lol . I got paid the next pay cycle


come at me
Hey John. You got 8 posts and just happened to stumble into Toke and Talk eh? My spidey sense is telling me that we've met before. I don't know. I've got a weird FDD vibe going on? If not, you and him can get an apartment together with some Katrina victims and share stories on how you're all washed up together.
 

Johndbs

Member
well shit lemme grab that big "L" and put it on my shoulder and exit this bitch

Atleast I got my L cashed out right away.


you are on your own again hippie
 
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iHearAll

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I quit after a week of work, no show. The place was a hotel and I applied for event setter upper guy position and specifically said that I wasnt going to be the dish washer for my entire shift every shift. Well I get there and the manager sticks me on dish duty 3-4 days in a row so I said fuck em. Fortunately, I got paid. From then on i just never applied to restaurants or hotels or anything with a dishwasher. ... I feel like I spent my entire teenage years smoking weed as a dishwasher and getting ignored by the ladies. At one point I was bringing bokashi pails to work and composting the entire restaurants food scraps as I brought the plates to the dish pit. And i ended up making a big compost pile every few week. Grew some great dope
 

Chunky Stool

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I quit after a week of work, no show. The place was a hotel and I applied for event setter upper guy position and specifically said that I wasnt going to be the dish washer for my entire shift every shift. Well I get there and the manager sticks me on dish duty 3-4 days in a row so I said fuck em. Fortunately, I got paid. From then on i just never applied to restaurants or hotels or anything with a dishwasher. ... I feel like I spent my entire teenage years smoking weed as a dishwasher and getting ignored by the ladies. At one point I was bringing bokashi pails to work and composting the entire restaurants food scraps as I brought the plates to the dish pit. And i ended up making a big compost pile every few week. Grew some great dope
I was also a restaurant "dish dog" as a teenager.
Worked my ass off & went home soaked & stinky every day -- for $3.50/hr, or a little over $100/week.
I almost shit my pants when I heard about waitresses making $250+ on tips EVERY NIGHT.
WTF???
:wall:
 

whitebb2727

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I was also a restaurant "dish dog" as a teenager.
Worked my ass off & went home soaked & stinky every day -- for $3.50/hr, or a little over $100/week.
I almost shit my pants when I heard about waitresses making $250+ on tips EVERY NIGHT.
WTF???
:wall:
Lol. I did the same.

Worked at one place the waitresses would pay me in some tip money if I went above my duty of cleaning tables and actually set them back. Made good money. The manager caught wind and put a stop to it.
 

Singlemalt

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I was also a restaurant "dish dog" as a teenager.
Worked my ass off & went home soaked & stinky every day -- for $3.50/hr, or a little over $100/week.
I almost shit my pants when I heard about waitresses making $250+ on tips EVERY NIGHT.
WTF???
:wall:
I did too, at a summer camp. Loved it. I was 16. Had this huge steam cleaner/sterilizer, billows of steam, clanging dishware. They had to get me 2 assistants to keep up
 

Bareback

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Me too, only I started busting tables at 10 years old for 7$ a night . I did that Fri and sat for two years . Bust tables, wash dishes, clean fish, tote ice, stock bar . The coolest part was when the juke box guy changed the 45's I could buy them for .30 $

Edit: the coolest part was working with my aunt Rose

RIP Aunt Rose
 
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