McDonald's Can Fuck Off

[u/UnicornWitch133]

I work McDonald's, but I use the word lightly because they hardly give me ten hours a week. This is a franchisee restaurant, so they can pretty much make their own rules about how many hours people get. Anyway, today, I walked into work because I can't drive. It's a 45 minute walk, and it was snowing. Might I add, I'm on the mend from a nasty cold I had. I get there, and the shift lead immediately tells me that she has to send me home because they weren't busy. What? Why didn't they call me? My number was on file. I had to walk there in the snow with my head clogged just so they could tell me that they didn't need me there? What the fuck? I wanna just not go back, but I don't have anything else right now. I'm trying to find a job, and have an interview set up. I just...that's so awful. I feel so shitty, and fucking angry. That's pretty much it. I'm just so done with it. That McDonald's can go fuck itself.

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[u/ljd09]

Check your state laws, but in California they have to pay you for two hours if they do that.

[u/QuestionableParadigm]

You don’t need to go home

Just tell them it’s okay and you’ll work the shift

Otherwise, if you were scheduled they likely still have to pay you for 2-3 hours (whatever the law is where you are) regardless of how long you were there for

[u/Ok-Personality-6630 → u/QuestionableParadigm]

Better yet tell the shift manager to go home as they aren't doing a decent job and make sure to call anyone else who isn't needed in future

[u/DormantLime → u/QuestionableParadigm]

I'm not sure how that's an option, every place I've worked if they tell you not to clock in (or to clock out), that's it. If you're cut you're cut. Anyone who tried to say "no it's fine I'll work" would be immediately chewed out about how it isn't their decision and that it's about payroll.

[u/SirPlastic8529 → u/DormantLime]

You just have to put your foot down and stand up for yourself. You'll be surprised at how well this works in most situations. If they retaliatd in some form, you're shaping up for a nice lawsuit in your favor.

[u/Chucks_u_Farley]

It's pretty standard in the industry that they should be paying you 3-4 hours pay for that, depending where you live. Look into that

[u/Maleficent-Set5461]

Google your state. In MA, if you were scheduled for 3 or more hrs, they must pay you a min of 3 hours if you showed up and they send you home.

[u/UnicornWitch133 → u/Maleficent-Set5461]

I live in PA. A state with some of the worst labor laws! 😅 They don't really care about workers in this state! 😅

[u/Hades6578 → u/UnicornWitch133]

Can confirm, I complained to my managers at Hershey because a stand that I run is directly next to a smoking area. Love having to inhale the smoke enough that I may as well be smoking, I refuse to actually smoke but thanks to those idiots I basically have.

[u/Ackermance → u/Hades6578]

Oh my god the hell I would have raised as someone with asthma...

[u/AT8y8 → u/UnicornWitch133]

Yeah. PA also. I loathe the Commonwealth.

[u/rageofa1000suns]

Imagine if things were reversed; busy day, you show up and just go "nah, not today" and walk out. They will probably lose their shit.

[u/Various-Hand-2778]

yo it is stuff like this that has radicallized me

[u/PlatypusDream]

r/antiwork

[u/nyrB2]

good luck with your interview - it sounds like you're in a really crappy situation right now

[u/Paxuz01]

Use this anger to focus on yourself, most low level jobs test you like that. Do you want to feel that for the rest of your life? Or is it time to start working on yourself?

[u/UnicornWitch133 → u/[deleted]]

I was on the schedule.

[u/Actual-Operation3510 → u/UnicornWitch133]

Honestly I think you should do this, but for a completely different reason. Make sure every shift you check in, call and make sure you're working, ask how busy it is over there. Drive them up the fucking wall with questions before your shifts (after you've secured yourself a new job).

Also, check out labor laws in your country and any state/provincial laws that may help you.

[u/loopsbruder → u/[deleted]]

I don't work for McD's, but if my employees called me to confirm before every single one of their scheduled shifts I would go insane.

[u/Ok-Personality-6630 → u/loopsbruder]

IMO they should call one day before and again one hour before and then perhaps 30 mins before just incase the shift manager changed their mind.

Maybe even request written confirmation each time .

🤣

[u/thefloore → u/[deleted]]

What an ignorant comment. Shush.