how do I balance my relationship with my employer? I work as

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2016-05-07 08:45:06 Post No. 17117807
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Anonymous 2016-05-07 08:45:06 Post No. 17117807 [Report]

how do I balance my relationship with my employer?

I work as a waiter, and it's getting unreasonable
I'm getting the worst shifts time after time, when there are other people who are perfectly able to do them

I don't want to look like I'm unwilling to work, but it's unfair

>have a double today, and the mothers day lunch shift tomorrow
>my boss swaps my dinner shift today, for the dinner shift tomorrow with no notice
>tells me to have the night off and go out for a drink
>then tells me to come in early tomorrow
>that means I am working a double on mothers day (8:30-4, 6-10)
>for those who don't know, it's the second worst day in the year for restaurant staff
>having a shift that day is awful, having a double is really rough, especially for wait staff because unlike the kitchen there are more front of house you can bring in to avoid giving anyone a double
>I'l be awake 16 hours, working 12

do I go to my co-workers or my boss for help?
>inb4 just quit, I live in the real world where jobs don't grown on trees

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Anonymous 2016-05-07 09:10:35 Post No.17117838
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Anonymous 2016-05-07 09:10:35 Post No.17117838 [Report]

also the boss takes half our tips at the end of each day; and the kitchen doesn't get any at all

(we make a living wage in australia, so the tips are really an extra, but it's extraordinarily dishonest and by no means the norm)

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Anonymous 2016-05-07 10:36:16 Post No.17117998
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Anonymous 2016-05-07 10:36:16 Post No.17117998 [Report]

Keep working there until you find another job. Can you pass a drug test? Great go work for a bank as a teller. Drivers license? Go do deliveries. Either that or work in a warehouse. Also go to college. All starter jobs are shit.

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Anonymous 2016-05-07 14:36:39 Post No.17118518
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Anonymous 2016-05-07 14:36:39 Post No.17118518 [Report]

>>17117998
I just inb4'd that man

you can't just quit a unfair job in the real world, regardless of what google of your dad tells you

unemployment is high, the unions are bloated and useless, labor law is clear but it's not enforced, and I rely on the income

there simply are no jobs, I'm lucky to have one to begin with

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Anonymous 2016-05-07 14:48:57 Post No.17118553
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Anonymous 2016-05-07 14:48:57 Post No.17118553 [Report]

>>17118518
If you don't want real advice, then why are you here? You already apparently know what all your choices are. If you absolutely can't find any other job in your entire city (lol wut) then your choices are 1) suck it up or 2) see if any of your coworkers want some of your shifts but if not, see 1. That's it. Your boss obviously doesn't give a damn, so I wouldn't bother complaining to him unless you want no shifts/fired. That's it.

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Anonymous 2016-05-07 14:56:49 Post No.17118581
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Anonymous 2016-05-07 14:56:49 Post No.17118581 [Report]

>>17118553
Listen to this anon