'I didn't receive a paycheck and my boss cut my pay': College student walks out of shift after bosses try to manipulate her

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Oct 10, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

Forming a close relationship with your boss can be great, but it comes at a price when they try to abuse that relationship. This college student posted her story to this thread on Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit. 

 

Essentially, when the Redditor returned to this local delivery business because she needed the money, she was completely manipulated when after working for 7 hours during a long day, she casually learned from her bosses that her pay was being cut from $3.50 per order to $2.75 per order (Red Flag #1). That's a significant decrease, and it gets worse. On top of that, the Redditor didn't receive her paycheck when she was supposed to (Red Flag #2). She didn't just walk out of her shift because she was wronged, she walked out of her shift to pick up another one at her waitressing job because she needed an immediate paycheck. Her bosses didn't seem to understand and tried to manipulate her further by saying they view her as a daughter (Red Flag #3)!

 

Thankfully, the Redditor has expressed that she has no plans to return to this job. Good riddance! For more content like this, take a look at this post about a workplace limiting an employee's break areas. Keep scrolling below for this full story! 

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    Font - AITA For walking out in the middle of my shift? Not the A-hole So a little backstory. I 21f have worked at this little family owned version of DoorDash. The owners are a really nice older couple. I worked there when I freshly turned 19 for about 6 months and then became something like a manager. Then after after about 8 months I left the business to do something that would be better to pay my college with. I always would watch the office for them while they went on vacations and even when
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    Font - The wife has her knee surgery that is long overdue on Wednesday. This is important. So I thought I was gonna have my paycheck on Wednesday because that's when we got paid. I go to work and once again my dispatcher says something. We can't get our paychecks yet. She says that the husband is saying we might get them later today but the deposit hasn't come in from yesterday yet. So I'm pissed. But I work until 3 pm. Then she send out a message saying we're not getting a paycheck at all today
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    Font - Update: so a lot of people in the comments (Thank you for all the kind words!!!! ♥) tell me this is illegal and such and are suggesting that I find another job but at the time of this happening I already had 2 jobs. This one and the waitressing. What happened when I walked out of the shift was that the wife texted me saying that she's so sorry they couldn't pay me on time and to please come back to the shift and I replied that I was sorry but I needed to make some immediate money for a bi
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    Font - I asked "are you firing me?" He says "no I'm just saying you should look for other opportunities." I worked that day and I turned in my key to the office (I would sometimes come in to manage if no one else could and before all this happened when I got a better job before they told me to keep the key even tho I didn't work at the office and I had kept the key without working at the office for about 7-8 months before I came back, that's how trusted I was.) So I haven't went back since that
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    Font - CrunchM 21 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [25] ΝΤΑ It's illegal (in most states) to fail to pay on payday. The bosses just experienced the results of their own choices as managers. 584 Reply Share
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    Font - telekelley 16 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Pretty sure it's also illegal to reduce pay retroactively. 261 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - cryinoverwangxian 15 hr. ago Partassipant [1] It is and can be reported to the labor board. ↑ 121 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - bofh 7 min. ago Yup. And all that "we think of you as a daughter" nonsense to try and excuse it - Ok, so that tells me they're the kind of people who would steal from family.
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    Font - Icy Bandit Queen 20 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Yeah that's illegal. If they declare bankruptcy, you won't get paid at all. I'd report them for wage theft and find another job asap. NTA. Reply Share 231 ..
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    Font - Particular-Policy226 21 hr. ago Partassipant [1] NTA- Look first lesson in life all workers need to learn! If a company cant pay you on time you need to quit! And if they cut your pay then you for sure need to quit but both of these? Na 116 Reply Share
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    Font - untenable681 21 hr. ago Asshole Enthusiast [8] NTA -- If they can't pay their staff, they have financial issues that they should have seen coming and notified staff before the hourly decrease. Cutting wages on the spot with no notice isn't cool for any reason, and they absolutely should expect significant morale problems and a decrease in both availability and productivity as a result. They're doing bad business. INFO -- How old is "older"? Are they past retirement age? Reply Share 44
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    Human body - spaceykasey205 OP. 20 hr. ago 55 ish? I don't exactly recall I just know over 50
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    Font - MmeHomebody. 15 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [23] NTA. Notice three important things happening here: • It's a job. • You were given a pay cut after you'd worked hours rather than being informed of it prior to working. • You did not receive a paycheck when it was due.
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    Font - While it's great to be friends and help out, the primary function of a job for most people is to pay the bills. Your bosses seem to think goodwill and helpful intentions should flow to them from people who can't pay their rent or buy gas because first their wage was cut with no notice, and then they didn't get paid on schedule. Side note: Not only is the business in trouble but notice the wife's surgery is "long overdue" meaning they haven't been taking care of business in their private l
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    Font - Politely excuse yourself from whatever delusional universe they're inhabiting and resume your real- world waitressing for actual pay. I'm sorry this happened to you. You're a good person or you would not even have questioned your completely normal behavior on AITA. ↑ 17 Reply Share
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    Human body - spaceykasey205 OP. 14 hr. ago I think this reply is my favorite so far.. thank you for the kind words
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