Today, my workplace is doing a "time and a half" day for the Fourth of July. Take a wild guess at who is the only employee who's not scheduled to work. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, MLK Jr. Day, I was told that since my other co workers are on vacation, I have to be at work Today. No one else is at work Today...or on any other holiday. Also I am the only black person at my office. The irony, FML
Today, over half of my coworkers have called out for various reasons and my manager is on her third week of vacation. My coworkers keep calling out. I'm the only closer. I just want a day off. FML
Today, it's Christmas day. Normally, I'd be spending it with family. However, my boss decided everyone has to work today, despite the fact that there's enough people who want to work to run the place. Apparently it's "fairer" if we all have to do it - except him. FML
Today, my time off request was rejected, and my boss promptly took the day off himself, claiming he has people coming to work on his house. We work from home. The day in question is my 5-year wedding anniversary. FML
Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML
Today, I did my work, the work of my co-worker who called in sick and the work of my boss who has no idea what the hell is going on all at the same time. I didn't get a promotion because I don't work hard enough. FML
Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
Today, after working all day and putting in hours of overtime, I realized I never clocked in. FML
Today, I got roped into work on my day off because the two new guys weren't showing up. My boss promised that I would get tomorrow off if I did, so I said okay. However, as soon as I came in and got all ready to go, guess who came in? FML
Today, my boss asked that I add the work of our third coworker's position to my shift because he's never finished his duties. She gave us a 50 cent raise to "babysit" a 60-ish year-old man. I responded to respectfully fire him or pay me 20/hr. His last day is Friday and he doesn't even know yet. FML
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D J's MOM 17
you should have asked if anyone wanted to switch with you.
spinningrecords 14
Maybe OP sucks as an employee and his boss wanted “workers” at that higher wage. Or… The norm used to be double time for working holidays. Never wish to work on a holiday at reduced rates, otherwise you’ll end up working all the holidays at possibly even lower rates.
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Comments (6)
Jaymail 19
That’s a red flag. I’d start looking for other employment.
Nikki 17
Is it not a public holiday? I wouldn’t be working that for anything less than double time!
D J's MOM 17
you should have asked if anyone wanted to switch with you.
RichardPencil 32
This is a toughie! Here goes: 1. Pat Sajak 2. Taylor Swift 3. Walt Nauta I hope the prize is one of those expanding hoses!
spinningrecords 14
Maybe OP sucks as an employee and his boss wanted “workers” at that higher wage. Or… The norm used to be double time for working holidays. Never wish to work on a holiday at reduced rates, otherwise you’ll end up working all the holidays at possibly even lower rates.
Thaylok 17
To me this sounds like retail/restaurants type work. Ask, was that day of the week a regular off-day? If so, so be it! like others said, you could have swapped with another person. DOL has rules in place for Holiday and even overtime pay, this is nothing new and has been in place many years. Don't expect your employer to look and say something like, I don't want OP getting holiday pay, so let's screw him out of extra money. Quite honestly, you are just a number to them. If you had the time off, enjoy it.