It's kinda funny that while I had this idea of reporting here how employers take advantage of everyone under them, I live in the country where this is the norm.
Especially when the unemployment is so high and when the government favors only the big companies your boss feels like a God. Are you a professional in some field? Get ready to go buy him coffee, pay his bills or even clean his car. And this is just physical punishment. Many people report verbal abuse and even racism is the workplace.
Not to mention that you get paid once per 2-3 months half of what you were supposed to be earn in a month. If you don't like it? Well with an unemployment rate up to 27% (and that's people that have an unemployment card... many people don't even bother getting one, so that means the % is much much bigger...) someone is already out the door and about to steal your job for opening your ungrateful mouth! Of course what happens most of the time is when the company owes you a lot of money in the end it will just file for bankruptcy and there goes your money and compensation...
Another new trend is where you go for an interview and they tell you they at last hire you! You are so happy that after so many interviews and resumes you got the job... And then the boss comes and tells you that you need to be trained! Why you might ask? You already have work experience... "Yes, but not in our company". So you agree... you put your signature down and the boss tells you that the training will last 1-3 months with no pay... You are dumbfounded but hey... At least you got the job right? So the training period starts and he tells you to go to his office to talk. He isn't really happy with your performance so he fires you... Congratulations! You got psyched... You did his job for 3 months and he paid nothing for it... His fault? Hardly...
Another problem is being a woman in the workplace... Some women take advantage of it and they can climb the ladder very very fast... And as much as I might make you mad women do have it easy... Most of the time... If you are fed up with the dumb ass boss you have, you can say "fuck that I am just gonna get married and sit home (and get fat)". Men can't do that. Truth be said, man can't also wear a mini skirt or a V neck (no men, you can't wear a V neck... you know who you are!) and have their way... So the problem is mostly to other men...
As for men, of course you are creating problems for everyone. You ain't on high school anymore, pranks and bullying have no place in the office. Backstabbing and snatching promotions on the other hand... Weeeeell... In regards to men and women, while laws exist so men can't harass the woman out there, let's not forget the huge percentage of people engaging in sex in the workplace... So it's so complicated... Lawsuits after the romance breaks and also imagine how many men or women do this with that in mind. Sometimes these people are already married... So the single one wins... Yes it's called blackmail...
In all seriousness the problem starts in high school and then in college. They teach you everything except on how to not be an employee... Don't get me wrong, you need to find a job to get experience but at some point you need to do something about yourself. No one got rich by being someone else's right hand (at best). Find what you like and just start a business yourself. And don't be an ass in the end of the day. Even if you don't start something don't make other people's life miserable... I have this friend where his supervisor makes the schedule and always he never has to work in weekends while everybody else has...
Also don't ever agree to work with JUST commission... most of these sales jobs are a scam. Especially the MLM pyramid schemes. Have some dignity and stop bothering me with the "opportunity of a lifetime". There are no shortcuts to success. You either work your ass off or you beg people to join your scam. Better be a con artist... I 'll have more respect for you.
Also no one cares if you are in your period, your girlfriend cheated on you or your sex life sucks. Don't bring these to the workplace. It's very easy to spot the person that is butt hurt all the time. And in the end minimum wage is based on what people are OK with to work for. If they pay you too little don't work. And also if everyone did that the minimum wage would skyrocket. I don't care how you will live, pay a month or two with your credit card. Again if EVERYONE did it then the pay would depend on the people and not the bosses.
OK, now that I am done with my ideological crap and knowing how stupid people are I know this is never gonna happen but hey! till then make sure to complain your ass off from your couch on how the "system" is choking you while you sit in your sofa in front of the PC and you ask everyone to do a revolution for you...
And if you have actually ever worked anywhere you 'd recognize the following scene:
