I want to share my own experience so that other people know what they might face.
Almost four years of work, and it all ended with a fight for my own earned money, for 12 days that I still have not been paid.
But the most painful thing was not even that.
During my vacation, when my husband — a serviceman — finally came home, I was met with humiliating treatment from the colleagues who replaced me while I was on leave. Instead of understanding I heard that my husband's service is my personal problem, and work should be more important than family circumstances. The manager I turned to for help did not help resolve the conflict.
After almost four years of work I expected at least basic human respect.
Now instead of an honest settlement I hear arguments about two unworked weeks.( я була змушена звільнитися через конфлікт з колегами, одним днем)
I am not asking for charity. I demand payment for my work.
I write this as my own warning: officially formalize employment relations, save correspondence and do not allow your rights to be violated.
Respect for an employee and for a serviceman's family is not a privilege. It is basic humanity.