14 cent paycheck??

They have the worst vacation pay wording. You get 1 week and a year but don't actually earn it until 2nd yr.

 

Good for you putting in a notice. I worked a few months as a 3rd shift stocker to make enough money to pay for me CDL I gave a 2 wee notice. Trucking didn't work out and now I am at a sister store making very good money.

 

That's one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is that they're allowing you to take paid vacation before you've actually earned it. You know, so you can use it without having to work for another year?

My company does this as well.

 

I worked at a job, so many cents per hour were deducted for vacation pay from all the workers and put in an interest bearing trust account. Come February 1st they'd mail out last year's accrued vacation pay plus interest.

 

Exactly right.

 

No, it's not common. At all. You NEVER get fronted vacation pay or time, it's always earned.

 

It's common with the companies my friends, family and neighbors are employed by. Not every one, but enough so that i use the word common instead of rare.