Work Reform

Fuck, you Americans are getting ripped off. Here the legal minimum is 2.25x pay for public holidays (Australia)

1.5x? Are ya serious? That's like the lowest tier of overtime. Or sunday penalty rates.

For real, I can't believe people aren't even getting that.

(Illegal underpayment still happening here, aside).

Had a (roughly) similar experience when I used to work for a construction company. Once, a job was behind schedule, and they asked us to voluntarily work on a Saturday. Virtually everyone did, because working on a weekend got you time and a half pay.

Instead of a full day, though, they sent us home at lunchtime. Nobody was expecting that. One guy summed it up pretty well: “I got up at 6 AM on a Saturday to make less than I did yesterday? This is bullshit!”

After that, whenever our bosses asked if we’d come in on a Saturday, someone asked if it would be a full day or a half day. When our bosses said “I don’t know” (which is what they said every time) nobody came in.

They got away with exploiting us once, but completely screwed themselves in the long term. I was (and still am) very proud of my coworkers for continuing to hold management accountable for their decisions.

Everyone focuses on the typo when dude did an awesome thing. Reddit doesn't allow title edits and GBoard is shit at producing the words you want, and then dude gets a bunch of Tina jokes.

They got screwed thrice; by their boss, by Reddit, and by their keyboard

Tina and a half? Do people not proof read?

Who the heck is Tina?

A half of tina is a pretty decent chunk of meth, you probably don't need that much.

SOB's. Thinking they are entitled to have poor Tina... And the half bit is extra worrying.

Starbucks may deserve all the stick that they get for their labor practices, but here in Canada on holidays they pay double time and a half (or about CAD $50/hour).

I've never gotten Tina and a half... 😔

Damn I thought this was my local grocer for a quick second.