This is my friend's real experience:
This is how I got my pay from that Vancouver Peaceful restaruant:
"How long did you work that day? 3 hours?"
"No, 3 hours and 40 minutes."
"Sorry, I lost the record."
......
"So it's 6 bulks an hour."
"What?"
"It's B.C. minimum training wage.6 bulks an hour for employee in training."
......
"I saw it online. It's entry level pay, for people who starts their 1st job. So I have my previous job paystub to show you..."
"Oh, yes. I saw it online,too. But you know we trained you, you used my time. During that time, I could have done some other work. Actually that day we could have schedualed someone else to work. So one-hour training time is not paid."
"You just trained me no more than 30 minutes."
"Okay. So 3 and half hours minus..."
"3 hours and 40 minutes."
"Oh, okay. so 4o minutes is 0.4 hour...It's $24.8, I will give you $25."
Fine, fine.
This is probably how they get rich. This is why they were so happy when I asked if they were hiring. They are really nice. They schedual you to give you a chance to try even when they can schedual someone who is skilled. And they don't tell you how much you will be paid before you start your trial work.
They always lose the record of how long you have worked. They always make the mistakes that your working time is less than yourself recorded.
They never know the entry level wage thing more than you do, but they do know there is such a thing in the world.
They are not good in math. They count one hour as 100 minutes.
In the end, they pay you cents more then you should be paid to show how generous they are. And they are still nice even remeber to ask you if you wanna have something to eat before you walk out.
Finally I got $25, $5 less than the law told me.
We have to be careful when looking for a job, especially in small someplaces that only have a few employees. Be sure how much you will be paied before you start , even the employer just says that you are given a chance to have a try. Lots those kind employers abuse the labour laws.
This is how I got my pay from that Vancouver Peaceful restaruant:
"How long did you work that day? 3 hours?"
"No, 3 hours and 40 minutes."
"Sorry, I lost the record."
......
"So it's 6 bulks an hour."
"What?"
"It's B.C. minimum training wage.6 bulks an hour for employee in training."
......
"I saw it online. It's entry level pay, for people who starts their 1st job. So I have my previous job paystub to show you..."
"Oh, yes. I saw it online,too. But you know we trained you, you used my time. During that time, I could have done some other work. Actually that day we could have schedualed someone else to work. So one-hour training time is not paid."
"You just trained me no more than 30 minutes."
"Okay. So 3 and half hours minus..."
"3 hours and 40 minutes."
"Oh, okay. so 4o minutes is 0.4 hour...It's $24.8, I will give you $25."
Fine, fine.
This is probably how they get rich. This is why they were so happy when I asked if they were hiring. They are really nice. They schedual you to give you a chance to try even when they can schedual someone who is skilled. And they don't tell you how much you will be paid before you start your trial work.
They always lose the record of how long you have worked. They always make the mistakes that your working time is less than yourself recorded.
They never know the entry level wage thing more than you do, but they do know there is such a thing in the world.
They are not good in math. They count one hour as 100 minutes.
In the end, they pay you cents more then you should be paid to show how generous they are. And they are still nice even remeber to ask you if you wanna have something to eat before you walk out.
Finally I got $25, $5 less than the law told me.
We have to be careful when looking for a job, especially in small someplaces that only have a few employees. Be sure how much you will be paied before you start , even the employer just says that you are given a chance to have a try. Lots those kind employers abuse the labour laws.
