'So you want to own me for $1900 a month??': Part time employee seethes after getting forced to work 5 days a week

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    Posted by u/Decent-Sweet4504 3 hours ago Part time is NOT 5 days a week! Story I recently applied for a position at a major American wholesale store. The kind you have definitely heard of and shopped at.
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    Anyway, I go in for the interview and I'm told the position is part time and is about 25 hours a week. Ok, that sounds fine, I'll just get a second part time job on the days I'm not working right??? Wrong !!!
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    I'm told it's still 5 days a week. what!! oh and the hours are never consistent nor are the days off. What is the amazing pay to match this amazing offer? $18.50/hour. Let's do the math. That's $1850 a month.
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    I live in a major U.S. city where the lowest rent you will find for a studio apartment is about $1600 a month. So I'm supposed to live off of $1900 a month because you don't want to give me full time but you also still want me to work 5 days a week with a ever changing schedule that makes it impossible to get a second job. So you want to own me for $1900 a month???
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    And it's not like it should matter but I have a bachelors degree (but its an arty one so I guess that's my bad for not going after a STEM one, I regret this) this country, me! capitalism and
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    . binglybleep 4 hr. ago Yeah I did a job like that once, it felt the same as any other 5 day a week job because the days aren't all that much shorter, and it turns out that the hardest part for me is having to haul my tired out of bed every morning. Doing 5 days a week for like half the pay is way worse a deal than either working 5 days full time or working 2 or 3 days of more hours
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    firi331 34 min. ago This is the issue with that kind of "part-time" schedule. Still definitely feel like you have no true rest period. Certainly also makes it harder to find secondary work to bolster your income
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    yellowspaces 3 hr. ago If your employee isn't full time, you don't have to pay benefits. This has resulted in corporations only hiring part timers and stretching their labor as thin as possible. Horrible for the employee, horrible for the customer.
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    MooPixelArt · 3 hr. ago When I was working at target they had me working 39.50 hour weeks. Comedy lol 35 Reply Share ... TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe 2 hr. ago Most states consider 32 hrs/week full time, as far as benefits are concerned.
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    dukerenegade 3 hr. ago Full time availability required but the pay is only part time. This is so crooked
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    Crystalraf 2 hr. ago *Welcome to Costco, I Love You All the regular fulltimers at Costco in my town are retired people, or people who own a house (old) and don't have mortgage or rent to pay. They old. But seriously, tell them you are available Mon, Tues, and Wednesday. And if they can't handle that, walk away.
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    Lietenantdan · 2 hr. ago Every employer's dream: part time hours, full time availability
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    naotoca 2 hr. ago If people don't resist it, it is. Capitalism never stops attacking workers. Part time will be 40 hours soon unless workers get a lot better at striking and protesting.
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    Possible Conclusion1 2 hr. ago Have you even tried pulling your bootstraps?!
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    Scented Pinecone 2 hr. ago I'm part-time and I usually work 25 hours/wk, they make me come in 5days a week to work a 5 hour shift. I have to ride my bike to work so it makes the commute even more annoying.
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    Decent-Sweet4504 OP 2 hr. ago I'm really sorry to hear that. I wish you all the best and hope for better things in your future. And I'm not sure what kind of work you do but thank you for doing it, because I'm sure as it benefits society a bunch more than what some millionaire/billionaire does.
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    Hafslo 2 hr. ago I unloaded packages at UPS 5 days a week and it was probably 20 hours a week. Part time.
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    ConceitedWombat 49 min. ago Sounds like they want people with a spouse who has a good, full-time job and the PT gig is just for "spending money".
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    Candid Calamity. 1 hr. ago Corporations are constantly keeping their employees under the 'full time' limit so that they don't have to offer you any benefits. At $18.50/hour you can probably find a better schedule at a fast food joint-and that'll at least be predictable schedule-wise

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