'She stood there in her underwear for 40 minutes': Casino fires employees during trial period to avoid paying their health insurance, mother-daughter team respond with malicious compliance

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Apr 29, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

The probationary period has been used by bad employers as an excuse to screw over their employees for as long as working culture has been the cesspit that we know today. Many a manager has exhausted their encyclopedia of excuses simply to can somebody who the company doesn't want there anymore. This is especially true when the job comes with benefits—the health insurance and 401K combo doesn't come cheap (and can be used as an excuse to underpay you if you're kept on).

When one Redditor's mom and grandma worked at a casino together, they found themselves in exactly this situation. The company offered health insurance after 18 months of service, so they tried to fire most employees before they had worked that long so they could save some money. When the fateful time came for these two ladies, they made sure to give an exit to be remembered by. They deserved that last paycheck pronto.

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    "You said I'd get my check" BAR
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    r r/MaliciousCompliance u/Affectionate_Damage7 • 1d Need my uniform before you will give me my last check? No problem. S
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    This is a story from my mom and my grandmother. They gave me permission to post. Quite a while ago both my mom and my grandmother worked for one of the local casinos. At the time the casino had a 90-day trial and then you would get insurance.
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    During the course of them working there during the 90 day trial the Casino switched their policy to 18-month trial before getting insurance. So they then proceeded to "find" reasons to fire all of their employees who are coming up on the 90 day so that they would not be grandfathered in. My mom knew this was coming because she saw a person after a person who had gone hired a little bit before her get fired for ridiculous reasons.
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    So when she got called in the office the day after she had to go to the hospital for a severe allergic reaction she knew what was coming. (They marked it as a no call no show because she started having a severe allergic reaction on shift and her EpiPen didn't work). She walks into the office, she's informed that due to her no-call no-show she is being let go effective immediately.
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    She asked for her final check. They informed her that she would receive the check after she turned in her uniform. My mother proceed to strip down to her underwear and bra, drop the uniform on the supervisors desk and demand her last check.
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    She stood there, in her underwear, for 40 minutes while they tried to convince her to turn the uniform in at a later day. "Nope, you said I'd get my check when I turned in my uniform. There is my uniform. I want my check."
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    Eventually they wrote out a check. She then walked out, taking the LONG route through the casino, saying her goodbye to all the staff and regulars on her way out. So, a couple days later when my Grandma had her shift she knew what to expect. Because she was coming up on that same time frame. And my grandma proceeded to do the Exact. Same. Thing. My grandma, walked through the crowded casino, in her underwear!
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    JustJozef 1d Came to pick up a check at a fast food place when I was 16. Day off. Was told I was being let go and to bring in my uniform to get my check. I was in the middle of washing it. Went home, grabbed it out of the washing machine, tossed it in a garbage bag soaking wet and plopped it on the counter when I got back.
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    voidtreemc 1d That is so awesome. Reply 2.8k Affectionate_Damage7 OP • 1d They are legendary! The fact that all the security staff were their friends helped.
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    placebotwo 1d for 40 minutes while they tried to convince her to turn the uniform in at a later day. That better have been 40 minutes on the clock too. dirtbags. Reply 209 Affectionate_Damage7 OP⚫ 1d I doubt they counted any time that day since she was called in and terminated at the start of the shift. T
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    9lobaldude 1d They dressed down the casino's management Reply 286 rodneedermeyer 1d You could see the naked fear in their eyes.
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    clericusdietas 1d LoL......great story, love it. Employers can discriminate without recourse. That is not what is supposed to happen. Yet all authorities ignore it. I hope you are not let go that way, but very funny.
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    FOxyLove 1d I know the customers by-and-large wouldn't care, but I hope they both explained why they were dressed like they were, loudly and clearly!
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    linguist96 1d They marked it as a no call no show because she started having a severe allergic reaction on shift and her EpiPen didn't work And this is why we still need labor lawyers
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    heynonnynonnomous 1d Reminds me of a gig I did although slightly less dramatic. We had to wear special T-shirts while doing this job and my original shirt was in my bag in another room. I was given the option to leave, which I took (because I think I was coming down with a cold), but I had to give up my shirt and my supervisor seemed oblivious when I asked, "Right now?" So I took off my shirt, gave it to the replacement guy and walked through hundreds of people while in my sports bra, until I go
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    thatsattempted murder 1d "Ma'am, those are your own pants. Ma'am? MA'AM!" "Oh | nah, you're not talking your way out of this. I want my check!" Reply 24 Affectionate_Damage7 OP • 1d So funny thing that I didn't include. They were my grandma's pants that she had purchased herself, but | if she was passing up the chance to do that.
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    procivseth 1d I love it, but I wonder whether they could have argued later that their employment didn't end until they got the last check, after not turning in their uniforms until after the ninety days.
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    RJack151 1d They should have yelled out that the tables are rigged and they are taking everything from losing players. ← Reply 37 tinmanbroken 1d They could have yelled " I lost my shirt in this place" Or "there's strip poker in the back"
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    BradBeingProSocial 1d Great story- your Mom/Gma are awesome! I can't wait for the Hollywood movie cast with a 20 year old and a 25 year old
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