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Edited on Mon Oct-13-08 07:59 PM by pitohui
i don't work for tips and take the risk of being stiffed, for a job this size there would be signed contract specifying my compensation
you allowed yourself to be taken advantage of and they did what you invited them to do, i don't know what recourse you have now other than to hire a lawyer (which is prob. a waste of time since they will just say "but you were a volunteer") and resign as quickly as possible
i would not be inveigled to UNresign unless I was given a hefty check up front for my past duties and a decent contract for the next year's duties
but they will find another bigger fool willing to work for free who only finds out too late that working for nothing means your work is respected for exactly what you priced it at
i had a friend who worked as a writer for nothing for 20 years thinking one day someone would pay him, he finally had to sit down and not write a thing for another 8 years before he could actually get a paying job as a reporter
meanwhile i was getting paid writing jobs all along
if you want to be respected in a capitalistic society, you get the money/contract up front
the tulips weren't even meant as an insult, yes, they think you were a fool but they thought so all along, the tulips were actually meant as a "wow, she actually did something and we've got to thank her who knew she had it in her!"
we pay for what we value in a capitalistic society, when they asked you to work for free, they were telling you in the clearest way possible that they didn't value you, so it was up to you to respect yourself and say "well i charge such amt to do this, with such amt paid upfront," you weren't willing to do that (too many women fuck us all because they aren't willing to do that) so the story unwound as it was bound to unwind
women, please stop working for nothing upfront, you are not just hurting yourself, which is your right as an adult, you are hurting ALL of us who have to earn money
sounds like they got $20K billable hours for the price of some grocery store tulips
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