People have been getting “temporary” salary reductions and then laid off with a severance based on the new salary. WTF AGENCIES!

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Illega Tell them to call labor lawyer

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Is that even legal? I know that some of my friends got hired for a mid-level position during this pandemic, but they're getting paid on the lower end of a mid-level salary in NYC.

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Drop the names of those agencies. I never want to work for an agency who treats people like this

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I’m not sure is legal. But is happening. And I’m pretty sure some of those salary reductions are on purpose to pay less severance.

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Only the kind of sick, twisted shit a holding company CFO would think of.

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Damn. Can’t be legal. Unless they signed something when they took the lower salary.😬

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