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Trust Your Employer
And you could likely end up broke.
Most employers will try to sell new employees on the idea that they are working for a company brimming with integrity. Then said company will comport themselves like a five-dollar hooker. At least that has been my experience.
Many years ago I worked for a company that made gloves. It was piecework. Think Norma Rae without Norma Rae. The pay was minimal. While the pay was minimal, as time went on work became sporadic. Low pay on an intermittent basis is not a way to encourage employee longevity. While we weren’t the sharpest group of employees, we began to get suspicious when we were getting laid off one week every month. Management then took steps to reassure workers that their jobs weren’t in jeopardy of being lost.
Management called us into the warehouse on a Friday. We were then assured that our jobs were safe and rumors about the demise of the company were unfounded. The following Tuesday we were sent out the door as the factory was shutting down.
I’m not really sure why management bothered to have a meeting to mislead us four days before cutting us loose. Possibly force of habit, or to stay in practice.
