# Crazy Hours and no pay!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-hours-and-no-pay/634814>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 15, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-hours-and-no-pay/634814 "2012-09-15T20:14:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-hours-and-no-pay/634814/21 "2012-10-04T04:21:17Z")

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> [@MLS](#):
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> If you don’t like the situation, you have two choices: (1) Find another situation and research the working conditions more carefully or (2) Shut up and deal with it.

Well, he can also bitch about it anonymously on the SDMB, and since we do feel for him, maybe that will make him feel a little better.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-hours-and-no-pay/634814/22 "2012-10-04T13:38:06Z")

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> [@MLS](#):
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> And of course the person who brought the gummint in on the employer was also rewarded handsomely as a true “team player.” Not.
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> If you don’t like the situation, you have two choices: (1) Find another situation and research the working conditions more carefully or (2) Shut up and deal with it. Normally there’s a third option, which is to change the situation, but your chances here are between Slim and None, and Slim just left town.

I think the point with getting what the “gummint” involved is if I pick #1, I might as well get what the company owes me.

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