You know, when I mentioned to a friend that I was working on the blog post but not naming any of my employers, he said I really should, so that people would be warned. Your post tends to corroborate that point -- you really could have saved me some hassle.
Still not much point in naming and shaming the company that fucked me -- it's a company that's already got a pretty terrible reputation. I felt a sinking feeling as soon as my rep told me what company it was (not least because I knew exactly how far away it was -- because, again, it is across the street from my old apartment) -- but said "okay" anyway because I didn't have any other bites.
Speaking of my rep, I talked to him today. It turns out the reason I didn't get paid for Thanksgiving is that you have to work a minimum of 24 hours in a week to earn holiday pay, and -- I shit you not -- I only worked 23.5 that week.
Through no fault of my own, I might add; they closed early on Wednesday and wouldn't let me stay.
This dovetails nicely with my closing point about not having any company loyalty. It's one thing for a computer not to give you the money because payroll programs do not generally employ fuzzy logic. But it's quite another when you call your rep, say hey, this is messed up and can you do anything about it? and he tells you he made some calls but nobody's willing to bend for you.
So I lose a full day's pay -- in a week where I was going to be at least one day short ANYWAY -- over a HALF HOUR. This is one of those things that is not a lot of money for the company but IS a lot of money for me, and is therefore something that I am fucking-well not going to forget. Think this might cross my mind the next time I get an E-Mail about new job openings?
(Remember a couple Christmases back when my boss was out, told us to leave early on Christmas Eve, and then the manager in the midwest tried to dock our pay for it? This is pretty much the same thing only I'm getting screwed out of an entire day's pay this time.)