My entitled manager is refusing to pay me the full amount that I deserve, dancing around the law,

and claiming any kind of loophole they can find just to keep from paying me my full wage.

And now, as a result of my complaining, they're trying to fire me as some kind of retaliation,

and I now see myself in a legal battle that I honestly never expected.

Here's what happened.

So to start things off, I've been in the restaurant game for about 8 years now.

My current restaurant is definitely on the shadier side when it comes to employment practices.

From threatening to pull shifts if we don't get good Google reviews,

to an extremely hostile and incompetent expo who will scream, curse at you,

and slam things for nothing at all.

They've also been getting fast and loose with the tip jar.

I first raised the issue when they implemented a new chart for cleaning sidework,

in addition to normal sidework, that clearly runs a foul of 80-20.

The chart says to pick three things per shift to complete,

and the tasks included cleaning every booth in the restaurant,

moving every table and vacuuming, cleaning every outside table, etc.

They also started this when we were understaffed on buses,

so I think it was an extra effort to save money on labor from having to hire new ones.

Servers were also told to pick up the slack and cleaning the bathrooms.

Again, wasn't making a huge deal about it,

but hey, this could be a liability if someone makes a ruckus about it.

My manager had never heard of 80-20, or any other limitations,

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