u/Dry-Pollution-8634

I unexpectedly ended up with Monday (tomorrow) off. I thought, why sit at home when I could take a train to Szklarska Poręba? Hop on the cable car to Szrenica, enjoy the mountains for a few hours, and head back home in the afternoon.

But... to make it happen, I'd have to leave my town at around 1:00 a.m., with a two-hour layover at the train station in Wrocław in the middle of the night. Is it safe?

I'm a FAT, ugly woman in my 40s, but still...

Safe or nit?

Hi. I'm new here and I don't really know how this works yet. Maybe someone will help me, maybe not, maybe just telling "someone" will be enough...

I'll try to briefly explain the situation. I'm completely alone in this world. Ever since my beloved dog passed away recently, I have no one left. Things haven't exactly been easy in my head lately.

In May I started a new job. I left my previous one after 8 years because I was tired of constantly adapting my life around work. Weekly schedules, 12-hour shifts. Every weekend and holiday — the company operates and makes money. A true "family business" in every sense of the word. And since I wasn't family... well, you know how that goes.

So I changed jobs because an opportunity came up through someone I knew. We agreed on two salaries: one official on paper and another unofficial one. I started the new job happy about the hours — 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday. The atmosphere there is straight out of a horror movie.

Besides me, only one other person works there every day. Also family, because this is another family business... The boss, the boss's wife, and the boss's wife's sister-in-law. And me.

And this woman is a nightmare. She manipulates people, intentionally teaches me things the wrong way, probably just so the boss can criticize me later. But that's not really the point, because I'm already looking for something else. I'll just say that I'd rather eat my breakfast in the basement than sit in the office with her.

But getting to the point — sorry this is long. I knew it would be, because my dog, who used to listen to all these stories, isn't here anymore, and I finally have someone to vent to.

So, the point. I get my entire salary in cash (my choice), and after the first month my pay was left for me in an envelope on my desk. I opened it, counted it, and it was only minimum wage, rounded up to 3,610 PLN. So not what we had agreed on.

I took 5 PLN out of my wallet, put it on my boss's desk (he wasn't there at the time — he's only in the office in the afternoons), and sent him a message saying that the change was under his keyboard.

He replied saying I must be crazy, that he didn't want the change back, and that he would start paying me the "bonus" after my probation period.

So here's my question, because the second payday is coming up. Since then I've learned everything well enough that the other woman went on vacation and I was left there alone.

If (I don't know whether it will happen, but if...) there is some kind of bonus with this paycheck, should I take it or give it back? Should I stand on principle, or act like someone with no backbone and quietly take the money without saying anything?

Hi. I'm new here and I don't really know how this works yet. Maybe someone will help me, maybe not, maybe just telling "someone" will be enough...

I'll try to briefly explain the situation. I'm completely alone in this world. Ever since my beloved dog passed away recently, I have no one left. Things haven't exactly been easy in my head lately.

In May I started a new job. I left my previous one after 8 years because I was tired of constantly adapting my life around work. Weekly schedules, 12-hour shifts. Every weekend and holiday — the company operates and makes money. A true "family business" in every sense of the word. And since I wasn't family... well, you know how that goes.

So I changed jobs because an opportunity came up through someone I knew. We agreed on two salaries: one official on paper and another unofficial one. I started the new job happy about the hours — 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday. The atmosphere there is straight out of a horror movie.

Besides me, only one other person works there every day. Also family, because this is another family business... The boss, the boss's wife, and the boss's wife's sister-in-law. And me.

And this woman is a nightmare. She manipulates people, intentionally teaches me things the wrong way, probably just so the boss can criticize me later. But that's not really the point, because I'm already looking for something else. I'll just say that I'd rather eat my breakfast in the basement than sit in the office with her.

But getting to the point — sorry this is long. I knew it would be, because my dog, who used to listen to all these stories, isn't here anymore, and I finally have someone to vent to.

So, the point. I get my entire salary in cash (my choice), and after the first month my pay was left for me in an envelope on my desk. I opened it, counted it, and it was only minimum wage, rounded up to 3,610 PLN. So not what we had agreed on.

I took 5 PLN out of my wallet, put it on my boss's desk (he wasn't there at the time — he's only in the office in the afternoons), and sent him a message saying that the change was under his keyboard.

He replied saying I must be crazy, that he didn't want the change back, and that he would start paying me the "bonus" after my probation period.

So here's my question, because the second payday is coming up. Since then I've learned everything well enough that the other woman went on vacation and I was left there alone.

If (I don't know whether it will happen, but if...) there is some kind of bonus with this paycheck, should I take it or give it back? Should I stand on principle, or act like someone with no backbone and quietly take the money without saying anything?