Work, Money, Capitalism and Scams: Something for nothing

Something for nothing

By Anonymous - 05/08/2019 02:02

Today, I pointed out to my manager that I haven’t been paid for my first month's work. They told me my paperwork had been misplaced, so I hadn’t actually been hired yet. So I just worked a full month for free. Oh, and apparently they’re not legally obligated to pay me, so I’m not getting paid. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/07/2023 15:00

Today, according to my tax bill, I’ve been employed by a company I interviewed for over a year ago. They apparently hired me but forgot to tell me, then they also forgot to fire me for not turning up, so I’m somehow their unpaid employee and yet owe taxes for wages I’ve never been paid. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/06/2010 23:39 - United States

Today, my boss told me I was fired 3 weeks ago because there was no money to pay me, meaning that I worked the last three weeks for free. FML

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By outofajob - 08/07/2011 05:10 - United States

Today, after not receiving my paycheck for over a month, I confronted my boss about it. His response? "You still work here?" FML

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By naas1201 - 28/11/2020 05:02 - China

Today, I'm working in China and I had to explain to my boss that no, it's not okay to not pay me for 3 months. FML

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By broke - 02/12/2017 15:00

Today, my work informed me that they didn't process my pay in time, so I won't get paid until the end of next month. I have less than £10 to last me until then. FML

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By shaianne - 10/01/2025 02:00 - United States

Today, my job decided not to pay me. I talked to HR about it and they told me it will be “very hard” to fix the issue of my missing paycheck. FML

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By Freebie - 17/06/2017 06:00 - United States - Altoona

Today, marks the third month that I have not received payment for work I did on web pages for a hospital chain. They owe me over $1,000. It will cost twice that to get a lawyer to force them to pay me what I'm owed. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/05/2022 14:00

Today, my manager did that thing where he gave me a performance-based bonus last month, but deducted the bonus from this months pay. He didn’t even try to hide it, it said in plain English "Amount deducted for previous performance bonus." FML

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By superjesse006 - 10/10/2009 07:23 - United States

Today, I was fired from a job I didn't have. The manager in charge of calling me to tell me if I got the job never called, and never called me back when I left messages. The only time he called me was to fire me for not coming to orientation, which, by the way, he never called to tell me about. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/02/2016 01:56 - United States - Dallas

Today, I returned to work after taking two days off to find I'd been fired. Why? For not being at work on those two days. Everything was agreed in writing, all trace of which has mysteriously vanished. I can't work until HR sorts it out, and nobody can tell me how long that'll take. FML

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Rodville 28

Monday 5 August 2019 2:21

Talk to the labor board at the very least and a lawyer if at all possible.

elguito 22

Monday 5 August 2019 4:07

Get out now they are just going to keep screwing you over. If you do manage to get them to pay you i can almost guarantee that they will try to find a way to fire you and make it look like it was your fault.

Comments

JLS 4

Monday 5 August 2019 12:35

Yes they are legally required to pay you. Just because someone says something that benefits them doesn’t make it true. Contact your labor board.

Johnny5 16

Monday 5 August 2019 18:11

They are absolutely legally required to pay you. Talk to HR because managers often just make stuff up.

Tim Carver 9

Monday 5 August 2019 20:02

umm.. no

LostSoul 19

Monday 5 August 2019 20:05

If you are in the USA. They are legally required to pay you for any work. Even without a contract or all of that. If you can show any work at all you did, they have to at least pay minimum wage. What they are trying to pull is bullshit. My ex had. company try that with him. He actually ended up with 3 time what they owed him and some fines. They could get into trouble for not filing proper paperwork for their employees also. Call the labor board, even call the unemployment office.

slym12312425 9

Monday 5 August 2019 20:10

first, call a lawyer. There is bound to be somebody who will do some pro bono work or take pay after a settlement is reached. second, call your local labor Department, board, or whatever else it may be called where you're from. your employer is required by law to pay you for hours worked. if you for working you should have some sort of a time card somewhere. if nothing else, there is always security footage that should show when you arrived at work and when you left as well as you working throughout your shift. the last bit of advice that I have for you is quit. any employer that does this to someone after only a month working for them is not going to improve and will likely get worse with time, so just save yourself the hassle and aggravation and get the hell out of there.