Campbell1oo4
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I'm an American living in Poland. I work in a Primary School teaching English, and our school year ended on June 19.
So for the last 10 days, I have not been working. My pay came through yesterday, and I only have 70% of my pay. So I sent a message to my boss, and she did not respond. I was walking through town and I ran into her, so I asked her if she got my message.
She said that because I was not working the last week of the month, I could not get paid for it. She told me this is all in the contract I signed two years ago. But my contract indicates I get paid a certain amount of money for 10 months of the year at 40 hours a week. I made the argument that if she wanted, she could have called me and told me to come into work.
My housing is provided by my employer, and she took this moment to tell ask me when I was leaving (I am not renewing my contract, because of sketchy things like this). I told her July 6, and she got angry, telling me how I'm living in her building and not working and demanding full pay. I told her I would have happily worked the last week if she asked me.
Went out to play wiffle ball with friends, because I needed to clear my head.
While I'm out playing wiffle ball, I got a message from my boss. There was a lot of low level venom, saying how I should have used common sense to draw the conclusion I wouldn't get paid for the last week, but she would agree to pay me, and if I wanted I could help her out for next week (there is a language camp at the school right now).
So I told her I was very happy she sent me the message, because I wanted to end our work relationship on a positive note, and that I am not totally free next week (I'm preparing to move to Germany) but I would love to help her if I could.
But what the fuck man. You want to hear the kicker?
The contract I signed two years ago was a one year contract. I signed a new one at the beginning of the year, and they never gave me a copy. I went in once a month for the last 10 months asking for a copy, and I never got it. Now something fishy happens at the end of my time here...
So for the last 10 days, I have not been working. My pay came through yesterday, and I only have 70% of my pay. So I sent a message to my boss, and she did not respond. I was walking through town and I ran into her, so I asked her if she got my message.
She said that because I was not working the last week of the month, I could not get paid for it. She told me this is all in the contract I signed two years ago. But my contract indicates I get paid a certain amount of money for 10 months of the year at 40 hours a week. I made the argument that if she wanted, she could have called me and told me to come into work.
My housing is provided by my employer, and she took this moment to tell ask me when I was leaving (I am not renewing my contract, because of sketchy things like this). I told her July 6, and she got angry, telling me how I'm living in her building and not working and demanding full pay. I told her I would have happily worked the last week if she asked me.
Went out to play wiffle ball with friends, because I needed to clear my head.
While I'm out playing wiffle ball, I got a message from my boss. There was a lot of low level venom, saying how I should have used common sense to draw the conclusion I wouldn't get paid for the last week, but she would agree to pay me, and if I wanted I could help her out for next week (there is a language camp at the school right now).
So I told her I was very happy she sent me the message, because I wanted to end our work relationship on a positive note, and that I am not totally free next week (I'm preparing to move to Germany) but I would love to help her if I could.
But what the fuck man. You want to hear the kicker?
The contract I signed two years ago was a one year contract. I signed a new one at the beginning of the year, and they never gave me a copy. I went in once a month for the last 10 months asking for a copy, and I never got it. Now something fishy happens at the end of my time here...
