BEST DAY EVAR!!!

[Suu]

I had to sign a paper acknowledging the dress code and the fact that I can no longer wear flip flops to work.

Not unless it was an original condition of employment.

Too late now.

Umm, srsly?  Link?

Yep.  Once hired, they cannot force additional terms on you for continued employment.

Comes from non-compete contracts in the 70s and 80s.

Osnap. Too late fer meh!

[Triple Zero]

lol

i don't even think i ever signed my hiring/employment contract for my last job (nov-feb last year)

i bitched about it a littlebit, told them they should remove certain bits about non-disclosure and indeed one of those non-compete clauses (that i wasn't allowed to work in a similar branche for like a year or so if i'd quit that job--yeah right) which weren't legal ANYWAY even if i did sign it, they can't do that if they hire you on a 0-hour contract blablabla
ah and of course that i wanted my hourly wage IN the contract. because i was the ONLY one working at that place, who even *tried* to negotiate a bit about their wage, because i looked up what i should be earning, but because they were a relatively new startup company, i think i ended up earning slightly more than the local manager lol

i really hate negotiating about that stuff, but really, if you don't they WILL fucking screw you over.

so i got the contract back, two copies, both already signed by the local manager just waiting for my sig (this is of course the important bit), i said i'd look it over at home and give it back when i would have signed it. .. and that's about when i guess they forgot about it.

and then .. then there was the taxes thing :-D because they had written down my netto hourly wage in the contract, i *could have* (but didn't) made a sslight error in my tax-work-form, putting me in the 50% taxes scale, forcing them to pay about double my wage, which would then go half to taxes, yielding me the same wage, screwing them over big time, and allowing me to collect "surplus taxes" (or something) near the end of the year .. (if you get paid a fixed bruto salary, as is the normal case, this little trick will screw over nobody but yourself)
but i didn't do this because i had no grudge with them, the reason i left was my own head (burnout), they made an honest stoopid mistake in their contracts. also they were very nice because for some reason they sent me a big fat summer holiday bonus a few months after i quit working there ..

[AFK]

Mentioned Hendrix....






HENDRIX!!!!

For that alone, she should be shot.

What's worse is Hendrix is in the same line with Tull.  I think shooting her may be too kind. 

[Mangrove]

Hendrix may have been a prodigious bedder of women, but I think even he would've had 2nd thoughts on sleeping with the author of this....ahem...poetry.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

LOL, I don't really give a shit about the flip flops, i just hate my boss.

he's a dick.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

LOL, I don't really give a shit about the flip flops, i just hate my boss.

he's a dick.

So get revenge.

[Mourning Star]

I had to sign a paper acknowledging the dress code and the fact that I can no longer wear flip flops to work.

Not unless it was an original condition of employment.

Too late now.

Umm, srsly?  Link?

Yep.  Once hired, they cannot force additional terms on you for continued employment.

Comes from non-compete contracts in the 70s and 80s.

How does that fit into "Employment at-will" ?

The whole, company reserves the right to fire you with or without reason at any time, and you reserve the right to quit with or without reason at any time, thing.

Yes, legally they can't force to to new terms, but they can fire you and not give a reason...

so in theory, they CAN force you to new terms if you want to keep that income rolling in.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

LOL, I don't really give a shit about the flip flops, i just hate my boss.

he's a dick.

So get revenge.

I plan on it...                             somehow.

I feel ripped off every time I look at a paycheck.
Just sucks how the cost of living has gone up so much just this year yet the pay rate seems to either stay the same (if you keep the same job) or drop if you change jobs.
The only people I see here making decent money are corrupt politicians and lawyers.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

How does that fit into "Employment at-will" ?

The whole, company reserves the right to fire you with or without reason at any time, and you reserve the right to quit with or without reason at any time, thing.

Yes, legally they can't force to to new terms, but they can fire you and not give a reason...

so in theory, they CAN force you to new terms if you want to keep that income rolling in.

Not everyone works in a state with "Right to Work" (Employment At-Will) statutes.  In some states, you have to sign an agreement for employment outlining how badly you can get fucked by your employers and all the limitations on your right to do something about it.  Basically, two different ways of achieving the same goal.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I had to sign a paper acknowledging the dress code and the fact that I can no longer wear flip flops to work.

Not unless it was an original condition of employment.

Too late now.

Umm, srsly?  Link?

Yep.  Once hired, they cannot force additional terms on you for continued employment.

Comes from non-compete contracts in the 70s and 80s.

How does that fit into "Employment at-will" ?

The whole, company reserves the right to fire you with or without reason at any time, and you reserve the right to quit with or without reason at any time, thing.

Yes, legally they can't force to to new terms, but they can fire you and not give a reason...

so in theory, they CAN force you to new terms if you want to keep that income rolling in.

Until you sue their fat asses for wrongful dismissal.

TGRR,
Knows that tort law doesn't give a fuck about "at will".

[Triple Zero]

How does that fit into "Employment at-will" ?

The whole, company reserves the right to fire you with or without reason at any time, and you reserve the right to quit with or without reason at any time, thing.

Yes, legally they can't force to to new terms, but they can fire you and not give a reason...

so in theory, they CAN force you to new terms if you want to keep that income rolling in.

Until you sue their fat asses for wrongful dismissal.

TGRR,
Knows that tort law doesn't give a fuck about "at will".

that is the correct motorcycle.

if they
1) can't force new terms
2) fire you cause you didnt accept new terms

they violated no.1, right?

and if they are going to fire you completely without any reason, it won't be very useful as a threat to make you accept the new terms. and even then, i guess it'll be obvious to connect the dots, if the employee that suddenly got fired, also /happened/ to be the only one that stood up for his/her rights.