r/SipsTea Jul 29 '26

Chugging tea This is recipe for disaster

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u/Bureaucratic_Dick Jul 29 '26

Home Depot got sued for wage theft when I was there for habitually not having the front door unlocked at shift clock outs, and making employees wait post clock out to let us out.

I didn’t even know that was illegal. Like the period between everyone clocking out and having the manager unlock the door was so normal at all the retail places I’ve worked, it didn’t register they had to have it open right when we were off the clock, but some people started a class action lawsuit over it so I got a settlement check after I left for it.

u/pakalololove710 Jul 29 '26

That's crazy I remember many nights working at home depot having to wait until 12:10 sometimes to leave. The worst was waiting 30 min. Just standing at the door like a bunch of knobs. I never heard of the class action lawsuit. I did get a settlement check from Pepsi for not l letting us take breaks/lunch. So many garbage companies

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u/Maxgirth Jul 30 '26

Some do. Some don’t.

It’s kinda up to the individual to get some perspective and understand what working conditions are actually bad and which are actually pretty good.

The unions in my line of work are…lacking perspective to a large degree, and are losing ranks because of it.