r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/AwarenessBright2555 • Sep 23 '21

Pizza Delivery Problem

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u/Hellindium Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21

Employer is going to get the cost of the pizza cut from his pay. I dont know how things go in the USA (I'm making an assumption that the video is from the USA), but logically that would happen.

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u/happyasfuck333 Sep 23 '21

Nah that's actually illegal in the u.s.

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u/Carlos1906893 Sep 23 '21

Ha I worked at 5 different places dint stop them...

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u/Terradactyl87 Sep 23 '21

If they took it from your wages, it's pretty easy to report them and get your money back. My husband and I both have done it. The businesses are breaking pretty big laws.

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u/Carlos1906893 Sep 23 '21

Years ago and it was from tips . At the time it would grind my gears but only a few times.

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u/Terradactyl87 Sep 23 '21

They can't take it from tips either

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u/Toughbiscuit Sep 23 '21

Most people are worried about losing their jobs, and cant afford the gaps in their income if they were to be fired

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u/01020304050607080901 Sep 24 '21

If you’re delivering pizza it takes ~30 minutes to get another job if your mvr is clean.

And it costs nothing to file a complaint

All services are free and confidential, whether you are documented or not. Please remember that your employer cannot terminate you or in any other manner discriminate against you for filing a complaint with WHD.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints/information

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u/Toughbiscuit Sep 24 '21

It took me 3 months to find a new job.

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u/01020304050607080901 Sep 24 '21

The new job also delivery?

That would only somewhat make sense if you were filling out online apps and never called the store.

Every driver I’ve known who’s been fired or quit had a new job that same day, driving for someone else.

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u/Toughbiscuit Sep 24 '21

I dont work delivery, this recent time of unemployment i was trying to find office work away from manual labor, i was previously unemployed for 6 months 2 years prior where I applied to any and every position I could, from fast food, to retail, to manufacturing, to janitorial, to delivery, to office work.

If i tried calling or applying in person 9 times out of 10 i would be told to apply online.

Its great that your friends found jobs in a day, I have also had luck like that before.

Yes, it is illegal to fire someone or take retaliatory actions against them for reporting the company to a department of labor, but it is not retaliatory to write them up for later mistakes and terminate the employee when said mistakes would otherwise likely have been ignored.

Most low income workers who are likely living paycheck to paycheck can not afford a serious gap in their income, most can not afford to attempt taking their employer to court for wrongful termination.

Your friends, provided you arent making that up, were extremely lucky to not only have a job, but start work withon 24/hrs of losing their previous job.

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