I belive that the company I work for is doing everything wrong. We have taken verbal abuse as well as working long hours, long weeks and working Holidays. The owner seems to be dipping in the company funds and complanning that we are hurting. Last week 4th of July, we were told that we are getting the week off with no pay. Our accountent was not able to tell use what time off we have avallible. There is no policy nor a employee manual. There seems to be many thing wrongs with the running of this company. Can anyone help? He also tells us that we have stocks in the company, there is no documentaion and we are not public so how can there be stocks?

Sounds like a bunch of problems, most of which you can't fix. Perhaps a job search is the best approach.

If I were you I would perfect my best Arnold Schwarznegger accent and march into the office and loudly exclaim Hasta la Vista, Baby!

Honestly, as I read your message I really cannot understand why people don't bolt for the door......................

I agree with pax and the good actuarysmith - the door is perhaps the best alternative. However, you may want to enlist the assistance of *gulp* the gov'mint, which has agencies to deal with things like wage and hour issues (United States Department of Labor), "stock" (even privately held)(SEC, state securities commissions). Many state gov'mints also employ bureaucracies just to address these kinds of things. At the end of the list of options would be your state Attorney General's Office, which might be interested in your story but if not could probably refer you to other state agencies to examine your issues.

I like to break issues down into component problems. Based on what you have said, this mess has at least three:

1. The owner is abusive, which means that (s)he does not respect the employees.
2. The owner is dishonest.
3. The company is in severe financial straits, and does not appear to have the leadership needed to recover.

Any one of these is enough to walk.

pax and actuarysmith are right -- again.

On a COMPLETELY unrelated subject...might I suggest some light reading to help pass the time.

The title of the book is "The Complete Book Of Dirty Tricks". Volumes I & II.

Of course, the contents of these books are intended for entertainment purposes only. (hee hee hee)

This is serious guys-
You must contact the deparment of labor immediately. The DOL does not play- and your name will be kept out of it

TJ did not say anything about not being paid for time worked, just that they didn't like the long hours or the week long layoff. I don't see what the DOL could do here.