Today I found a $0.88 settlement check related to labor violations that Fry's Electronics committed in the 2 months I worked for them in 2012, when I was a full time student. 🧵

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?

It was a job I had for 2 months my freshman year of college.

It is the worst job I ever had and it taught me more negative examples, than good examples.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼?

Computer Salesman paid on commission only.

I was decent, and of the 8 weeks I worked there, I actually hit the top sales for 2 weeks.

I also hit the bottom for 6 weeks.

...𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀?

Yes I did. You can disagree with what management wants and still work for them. But there comes a point when those disagreements manifest into penalties that aren't worth it.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝟯 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝟭. 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀

It was common for people on sales commission to be required to work cashiers duty and inventory stocking.

No time on the floor = no opportunity to earn.

This is why I got $0.88.

𝟮. 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆

They stopped working with me on my college schedule (I packed courses on M, W, and F, so I can work T, TH, and Weekends

I actually missed a few classes. I regret doing that. Wasn't going to miss my first college Spring Break.

𝟯. "𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺"

And got penalized with a mandatory 8 am training the next week.

It was because I didn't sell any extended warranties or bloatware, even on the weeks I was at the top.

I remember the GM saying "I don't care if you have conflicting college classes at that time."

𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

I never went to those penalty trainings. I instead quit, and went on Spring Break to Norcal. Good times.

As for income, I decided I knew better than them and started buying and selling computer parts through craigslist and ebay.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆.

This isn't a post of my glorious learning experiences, or any of that.

Naw.

The $0.88 cents I got was a reminder of how terrible that company was, and now they are out of business.