jessica0403
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North Carolina. -
So to make things easier, I'll just explain the situation.
I work for a Subway in my town, just a summer job before heading back to college. Almost every employee their dislikes the place including the "owner/manager." There's too many things to comment on to show how terrible this employer is. Anyways, I've had a few problems with my employer regarding checks and misunderstandings in the past, to the point I was almost stranded on the side of the road because our checks would not deposit due to her mistakes and another time where she shoved me out of the work area. So on to my current problem. I was at work yesterday and I was scheduled from 11 am to 4 pm, a good standard shift. Nobody wanted to do dishes and my other three coworkers were on the line leaving me to do the dishes. When I say there was a ton of dishes just picture your entire kitchen sink packed times two and a half. It took me approximately an hour to an hour and a half to do all of these. By the time I finished, my employer was now at the store and the lunch rush is finished so the other coworkers were taking breaks and finishing up orders. I finish up and go to the front with my coworkers. I proceed to chat with my coworkers and put up food, etc. One coworker came off of break and another went on right before the third coworker was about to clock out (maybe 15 minutes til). My employer comes to the front and tells the coworker about to leave to go ahead and clock out early and told me to as well. I had 2 hours left my shift as well as being the last one to clock in.
Me: Me?
Employer: Yes.
Me: You do know that I was the last one to clock in, right?
Employer: Well, we're not busy and you're not working.
I was taken by her audacity to tell me I was not working since in that past 30ish minutes I had done more than my other coworkers combined. Both workers that were not being sent home had more hours than me and one of the two was actually wanting to be sent home early to take care of their sick child yet she sent me instead. I had no understanding as to why she did this and neither did my coworkers since they saw how much I had done.
Well, being a teenager, I made a post on Facebook when I got home because I was so mad that she tried to say I was not working. Basically the post was advising my friends (who are mainly around my age) to not try to work their because of what I've been through. I understand that social media is not very private BUT I have my account locked down and set so private that most people cannot find my account unless they have a mutual friend and even then they cannot see anything i post. I am not friends with any coworker or my employer online yet my employer texts me asking if I just quit my job. I told her no and asked if someone told her I did. She replied asking about my facebook post. This was a mere 20-30 minutes following the post. I took it down and did not respond to her. I went to work a few hours later to pick up my check and asked a coworker if she had heard anything (my employer is not confidential at all and gossips like a teenager yet she's 50+). I was told that my employer said she saw it with her own eyes meaning no one sent it to her. I do not understand how she saw my post without someone else showing her. Basically, I just want to know if my employer violated any laws or could have possibly done something wrong.. At this point I have three weeks until our agreed date for me to quit (due to leaving for school again) so I do not have to be there much longer.
Sorry if this is too long and a waste of time. I do not know much of the law but I like to know whether or not I am right and have an understanding of why.
So to make things easier, I'll just explain the situation.
I work for a Subway in my town, just a summer job before heading back to college. Almost every employee their dislikes the place including the "owner/manager." There's too many things to comment on to show how terrible this employer is. Anyways, I've had a few problems with my employer regarding checks and misunderstandings in the past, to the point I was almost stranded on the side of the road because our checks would not deposit due to her mistakes and another time where she shoved me out of the work area. So on to my current problem. I was at work yesterday and I was scheduled from 11 am to 4 pm, a good standard shift. Nobody wanted to do dishes and my other three coworkers were on the line leaving me to do the dishes. When I say there was a ton of dishes just picture your entire kitchen sink packed times two and a half. It took me approximately an hour to an hour and a half to do all of these. By the time I finished, my employer was now at the store and the lunch rush is finished so the other coworkers were taking breaks and finishing up orders. I finish up and go to the front with my coworkers. I proceed to chat with my coworkers and put up food, etc. One coworker came off of break and another went on right before the third coworker was about to clock out (maybe 15 minutes til). My employer comes to the front and tells the coworker about to leave to go ahead and clock out early and told me to as well. I had 2 hours left my shift as well as being the last one to clock in.
Me: Me?
Employer: Yes.
Me: You do know that I was the last one to clock in, right?
Employer: Well, we're not busy and you're not working.
I was taken by her audacity to tell me I was not working since in that past 30ish minutes I had done more than my other coworkers combined. Both workers that were not being sent home had more hours than me and one of the two was actually wanting to be sent home early to take care of their sick child yet she sent me instead. I had no understanding as to why she did this and neither did my coworkers since they saw how much I had done.
Well, being a teenager, I made a post on Facebook when I got home because I was so mad that she tried to say I was not working. Basically the post was advising my friends (who are mainly around my age) to not try to work their because of what I've been through. I understand that social media is not very private BUT I have my account locked down and set so private that most people cannot find my account unless they have a mutual friend and even then they cannot see anything i post. I am not friends with any coworker or my employer online yet my employer texts me asking if I just quit my job. I told her no and asked if someone told her I did. She replied asking about my facebook post. This was a mere 20-30 minutes following the post. I took it down and did not respond to her. I went to work a few hours later to pick up my check and asked a coworker if she had heard anything (my employer is not confidential at all and gossips like a teenager yet she's 50+). I was told that my employer said she saw it with her own eyes meaning no one sent it to her. I do not understand how she saw my post without someone else showing her. Basically, I just want to know if my employer violated any laws or could have possibly done something wrong.. At this point I have three weeks until our agreed date for me to quit (due to leaving for school again) so I do not have to be there much longer.
Sorry if this is too long and a waste of time. I do not know much of the law but I like to know whether or not I am right and have an understanding of why.