I've taken a shuttle pod and escaped the Brapocalypse... possibly

Today I went to work with the intention of politely quitting to my managers face and, I had hoped, watching her squirm as she read over the Employee Standards email.

Unfortunately she wasn't in until 1:00, and I'll be damned if I'm spending four extra hours there. I will not give them the satisfaction, no siree. So I wrote a polite letter, outlining that I felt I was left with no alternative but to leave my job. As well, I included a copy of the ES email and informed her that I was filing a formal complaint with them and head office and, I'm sure, she would be hearing from them shortly. Stef and Candace both read the note to act as witnesses to my (what I feel to be very polite) explanation. I gave it, along with a brief assessment of my feelings to the manager from Calgary who was up here training. Unfortunately, she is very level headed and reminds me a lot of a girl I knew growing up who was a total sweetheart, so that made it a little more difficult, but I still walked away without any regrets.

Now to see if I hear back from head office. If I don't within, say, the next 24 hours (starting now, 10:30 am my time) I will contact employee standards. As well, I'm posting a big ol' message on facebook for any of my fellow (ex) coworkers if they'd like to join this little protest.

Quite frankly I'd love to get a call from May asking me wtf is up, because she's no longer my boss and I'm no longer required to show her any respect. Despite that, I probably still would, to a certain extent. Don't get me wrong, I've taken it this far, I'm certainly going to stand my ground now. The only thing that bugs me about this is that I'm the one employee that hasn't been there 90 days, so any termination pay, bla bla bla whatever that could be gained from it, I can't get. Which is all right I suppose, because now it's more about seeing some form of justice done.

Will update as situation requires. This is only going to get more interesting folks.

Do you think there are four Victoria Secret models as a sign of the Brapocalypse?

As of yesterday there are four, count them, four members of the "old" staff still remaining at La Senza. Myself, L, Lisa, and Steph.

The story as I've heard it, Mal, D, and Rhonda all had their pay cut and keys taken away for a variety of reasons. A quick glance at the Employment Standards board reveals this:

"If an employer intends to reduce an employee's wage rate, overtime rate, general holiday pay, vacation pay or termination pay, the employee must be notified before the start of the pay period in which the reduction is to take effect. However, these rates must always be at least the minimum required by the legislated standards."

So that's one more illegal thing courtesy of La Senza.

Further more:
"There are some deductions that are not allowed, even with a written authorization from the employee. You cannot take deductions for faulty workmanship. Also, you may not deduct for cash shortages or loss of property where more than one person has access to the cash or property."

D was accused of stealing (without any evidence) which is why her keys were taken. This may or may not apply here...

If anyone knows anything else about wage deductions, let me know. This shit is going down soon. May is on to me, I was getting dirty scowls all day.

Bring it on.