@100 that's great news, thanks for clarifying

@100 YAY! I think this is big enough news for an actual post, TBH. It will say "Hey, we're doing our share too."

I know it seems like this is a reason to doubt the kid's story, but it more or less illustrates that an employer can get rid of you at any time for any reason. Unless you're super anal, you might have been late once or twice. In shift work, especially shift work with a varying schedule, it's VERY easy to no call/no show to a shift. I did it in the first week of one of my jobs and guess what? They trained me for management. Getting reprimanded for a personality difference with a coworker sounds like the boss liked the coworker better or they were a personal friend. Colton has learned a hard lesson, but a needed one. When you notice that your boss is coming down on you for stuff that they never come down on anyone else for, you have two choices: wait it out, if you can get severance, because they will likely use "layoff" instead of firing, or quit. I've been there, I chose quit at the time, because it was time to get on with my life, and knowing those jerks I'd have been strung along for an extra several years of emotional douchebaggery.

@94- you're not serious? So if a single, childless person (not a bad setup, though not as good as being supplemental income in a couple with no kids), can barely scrape by at this job in the city, who do you expect to serve you your latte if everyone in his setup or a worse one were to follow your advice and move away? The cost of commuting usually isn't worth the rent reduction from living in the suburbs, either, and trying to take public transportation to all-hours shift work can be hell, and just wouldn't work for many shifts. Yeah, just go get another job, and a completely different situation, it's easy! I want some of what you're smoking. Oh, and if your shifts aren't set, a second job isn't feasible in the service industry much of the time- both jobs will get upset about the other existing and "cutting into your availability", so both will schedule you less, and blame your "reduced availability" for why they can't schedule you more, and question your commitment to them as well, rent and food needs notwithstanding. Of course, if you drop the other job to get more hours at the primary job, your hours stay the same or only go up marginally. Me, bitter? Nah...

@100 FINALLY! Oh. Hold on. Before you get kudos on this:

So. To clarify, are you stating for the record that The Stranger no longer has ANY unpaid positions of any kind? And by "earlier this year" when exactly? Because there were unpaid internship listings just a couple months ago.

Sorry, but I think it's worth you going into detail here since white-washing these issues is so common. Why has no other writer stated this policy in the months theyve been getting shit? it's... kind of wierd. Being professional skeptics I'm sure you understand the skepticism.

Side note: Holy shit does it take an act of God for The Stranger to admit when it was wrong about something. For a paper that dedicates a substantial amount of editorial space hounding the practices of other news organizations and businesses why on earth does it take you so long to announce your own fixes and why are The Strangers practices so opaque? (FI Savages ten year late admission on the Dish that his editorial position was wrong about the Iraq War has never been posted to Slog?)

You guys seem to hold everybody else to higher standard. Don't you think it's time that changed?

If these questions are answered it will be the last I will say on the matter.

@100 Oh. One last thing, I promise.

And what is the hourly wage of your apprentices? Does it meet the proposed $15 per hour minimum wage standards? Again being consistent with your editorial positions will give you more authority.

A number of businesses fudge that by creating salaried or freelance flat rates positions with on-books under 30hr per week maximums, etc - essentially forcing workers into working off the clock. It's an epidemic. Internet pubs are notorious.

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Pfft. I haven't "missed a shift" in 35 years. No sympathy. Get a different job. Do better.