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If they aren't paying you then you can't be fired because you're not actually on the clock. They just BS you with the mandatory thing to try & get as many there as they can. It's all politics in the workplace I tell ya!!! 
Yeppers! Especially corporations like to "own" their workers. I told one boss several years ago that the place where I worked wasn't my life & he had the balls to tell me it should be!! Yeah, right for $7 bucks an hour!! Told him I was sorry to disillusion him but I did have a life outside the workplace. Funny thing I think the boss sort of liked my honesty because I'd cuss him the same as anyone else!! He knew I wouldn't take his BS!!! I eventually quit that job & they even called me up asking me to come back that they hadn't even done the paperwork that I'd quit & that they'd put personal leave down for my days absent if I'd just come back!! Nada!!! Wasn't going to happen!! 
They've tried that on me as well. It's going to take a whole lot more money for me to want to come in on my time off for stuff. They fired one woman because she called in to take her kid to the ER. I was appalled! to be fair, there may have been extenuating circumstances. I once fired someone because in the 3 weeks she was employed, not one time did she make it through a shift w/o having to go home early. Either for being sick or for some family "emergency". I like to think I'm a fair employer, but if I hire someone, it's to do a job. Going home early, every single day, doesn't get it done. In her case, she had been working 7 days straight for 6 months. They just didn't want to hire anyone else to give her at least one day off. She got a lecture the one day she asked to get off an hour early so she could go take her kids to the ear doctors and get them checked out. One needed hearing aids. She ended up not being able to take it off. The boss is actually the one who comes in late, generally 10-15 minutes, though last week it was 30 and an hour late, 2 days consecutively. Considering they'd fired someone because of the boss doing it to her, and it messing with the woman getting and keeping a babysitter, I guess it's okay for me to get screwed over, because I don't have kids. |
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Can you imagine? Getting fired for not attending a "mandatory pool party"????? 
First of all...mandatory pool party? REALLY? If only that were the worst thing to deal with at a job! LOL! Sorry...not meaning to make light of your problem but that's one I've never heard before in listening to people's complaints about their jobs. oh, we have had mandatory recognition parties at fancy club houses where the menu was vegan,,,lol But this is an at will state where almost anything goes in employment,,, Recognition party??  sounds like something 3 yr olds would go to. Do you stand around and recognize things? "That's a squirrel. That's a table. That's a ball."
"Very good. Your recognition skills are coming along nicely."
lol,, no it was one of those , support your coworkers type things,, they had games and door prizes and they gave out certificates for exceptional employee accomplishments,,, |
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If they aren't paying you then you can't be fired because you're not actually on the clock. They just BS you with the mandatory thing to try & get as many there as they can. It's all politics in the workplace I tell ya!!!
Yeppers! Especially corporations like to "own" their workers. I told one boss several years ago that the place where I worked wasn't my life & he had the balls to tell me it should be!! Yeah, right for $7 bucks an hour!! Told him I was sorry to disillusion him but I did have a life outside the workplace. Funny thing I think the boss sort of liked my honesty because I'd cuss him the same as anyone else!! He knew I wouldn't take his BS!!! I eventually quit that job & they even called me up asking me to come back that they hadn't even done the paperwork that I'd quit & that they'd put personal leave down for my days absent if I'd just come back!! Nada!!! Wasn't going to happen!!
They've tried that on me as well. It's going to take a whole lot more money for me to want to come in on my time off for stuff. They fired one woman because she called in to take her kid to the ER. I was appalled! to be fair, there may have been extenuating circumstances. I once fired someone because in the 3 weeks she was employed, not one time did she make it through a shift w/o having to go home early. Either for being sick or for some family "emergency". I like to think I'm a fair employer, but if I hire someone, it's to do a job. Going home early, every single day, doesn't get it done. In her case, she had been working 7 days straight for 6 months. They just didn't want to hire anyone else to give her at least one day off. She got a lecture the one day she asked to get off an hour early so she could go take her kids to the ear doctors and get them checked out. One needed hearing aids. She ended up not being able to take it off. The boss is actually the one who comes in late, generally 10-15 minutes, though last week it was 30 and an hour late, 2 days consecutively. Considering they'd fired someone because of the boss doing it to her, and it messing with the woman getting and keeping a babysitter, I guess it's okay for me to get screwed over, because I don't have kids. Your boss is retarded. Anyone who knows anything about people knows they are much more effective if they aren't worn or stressed out. Plus, it is always more cost effective to hire hire someone else rather than pay overtime. Even a part-timer would've been better. I would be looking for a better job, if I were you. |
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