I work in IT and have been misclassified as a contractor on most jobs that I’ve had in PA. They not only require a set schedule just like an employee, they offer no leave, no health insurance and fire you over the most petty things. I literally lost a contacted job because I used the bathroom longer than allowed, because I had to work with a stomach bug, because I had no leave or medical insurance…

The crazy part is I used to have that exact job, as an employee before I left work for a few years to have kids. Great benefits and everything. I came back, offered the exact same role, same hours, now a contractor with zero benefits and an even stricter system of monitoring bathroom breaks. They heavily imply you will be made an employee again, but you will not.

It’s so demeaning as a human to have all of that taken away. To be tossed aside like garbage because you are a human being. Same place gave me a pamphlet and a talk about how you are never allowed to speak about unionizing and how you have to report union talk to a hotline.

These businesses not only get away with it, they thrive. They are well respected businesses in our community. I’ll call out my bullshit employer and tell you Ahold.. the corporate center and owner of Giant grocery stores exploits their employees. They are misclassifying people to this day and I know this because their stupid recruiters have contacted me about applying for the role repeatedly.