telescope Wrote:
Lauren Wrote:
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Seriously? That's ridiculous. Have you had to sign a new workplace agreement with those conditions, cos if you haven't, I'd be doing a little investigation and calling bullshit on your managers. Minimum wage is not worth that crap - and that's without even mentioning the country day get up
Well I'm just a casual employee so I guess they figured that they can do whatever they like with me. Casual employees get paid more than part-time I think, so they have to take revenge on us somehow. I don't often have shifts longer than 6 hours but when I do, I just don't talk to the customers, so I don't get thirsty, so i don't have to drink water --> the whole not having to go to the toilet issue. I guess if I started crying they'd let me.
Still sounds dodgy to me. Since I'm still at uni I've only ever worked as a casual too, and I'm sure there's a limit of something like 4 hrs before you have to be given a break - or at least there was before Howard had his way with IR.
Don't really know the details though because all my employers have been nice people, probably something to do with the fact I haven't worked for a big company
just from working at this grocery store, i have learned big companies suck.
they cut your hours so that they can put more money in their pockets, refrain from raises so they can add cash to their bonuses. it's annoying.
last sunday was our busiest day of the week, like every sunday, and they had 2 cashiers on register all night because "that's all they had" and while i wouldn't be surprised that it's all they had because so many people have gotten fed up and quit, i'm sure they could have found SOMEBODY... rather than leaving myself and one other on the register all night.
yeah. definitely leaving.