Thread by @whiskeyteacos, Have a post about how Ep*c C*splay is garbo. im not posting [...]

Have a post about how Ep*c C*splay is garbo. im not posting this 2 get ppl 2 fight the company or anything of the sort. id prefer 2 not associate EVER again. i just want 2 raise awareness of how shit it is & maybe convince people 2 start shopping elsewhere & not support the owner

i’ll be slowly replacing all my wigs & hopefully selling them 2ndhand but anywhere else really would be fantastic. this is jumbled, posted as i remember things that come to mind. i can try & find evidence as needed but most of this was on my work email which obviously no access

- the owner constantly misgendered my coworkers when they weren’t around
- she blatantly treated my cismale coworkers much differently, it was obvious she still held me (trans male) in the same light as my female coworkers (strength was most common)

- the owner put me on a 1099 tax form w/out my knowledge or permission WHILE OVERSEAS causing multiple paychecks to be late which made me have late fees that i had to handle for my bills
- she attempted to turn us against another coworker by saying policies were that persons idea

- when i was recovering my top surgery she was supposed to give me simple tasks when i was well enough to work but not be physically active. didn’t happen, i pushed myself way more & definitely fucked my healing as a result
- WAS NOT PAID OVERTIME LIKE EVER

- up until i demanded it in my last paycheck i was never given any of my sick pay in the 3+ years i worked there, nor was i ever given an option for insurance through the company
- she refused to put MULTIPLE employees on a w-2 form but didn’t allow the freedom of a contractor

- had us work in the old warehouse despite the discovery of BLACK MOLD on the boxes. i got sick for several weeks because of this. TWICE.
- we discovered several boxes of wigs that had been effected. she just wanted to sun/air them out but then still try and sell them online.

- due to extremely dangerous warehouse conditions one of my ex coworkers got hit in the head with heavy boxes, at least twice. and the owner didn’t listen to our advice on how to make things safer
- oh we also got in trouble for me taking him to the ER cause concussions yaknow?

- on my IG when i had very few followers & no one knew of my work place, leaving it unnamed & not 100% about work even in the first place, i made a suicidal and stressed vent post. she contacted me saying she would fire me for slander or some BS of that nature & to take it down.

- pretty sure she is still refusing to give my ex coworkers, who she kept on 1099 forms, their tax papers for 2019. again most of whom where not contract workers but expected to be in office as 9-5 employees
- refused to listen when we had sexual harassment complaints about a guy

(friends feel free to add on yourself or message me if you want me to add anything lmao i know i got more but now i’m just pissed so i can’t think)

i frequently had to fight for the correct pay, even without taking into account the unpaid overtime, i was frequently shorted. sometimes as little as 2 hours but once or twice upwards of 10 hours. in my last few months there 5/6 checks in a row were late by nearly a week

for my top surgery i purposefully (as convention manager) made sure to schedule it during what was our pretty down time. i worked overtime to ensure the next two months were mostly handled and just needed minor things like shipping. made a DETAILED LONG email about what was -

done and needed to be done. i still got texts and calls while trying to recover from SUGERY about things i had clearly outlined before i left. and then i found out they sent my friend, UNPREPARED LAST MINUTE, to a con with no information and under prepared. i found out cause he-

texted me asking me questions about how many boxes and whatnot.

i know a photog they owe a lot of money too and still tried using her photos. and dont get me started on the garbage fire that was her attempt at a lolita wig line. or the lies shes telling about her human hair wigline aimed at black women all while completely deceiving them!

addition from another party: falsified financial documents to secure contracts with big name companies in order to get licenses for new products. some big time financial fraud essentially

oh speaking of fraud: claiming international packages are all gifts and under an employees name instead of the company? yeah that too

submitted by some1 who would like to remain anon: they assisted at 2 cons in a row, were never compensated for their time, and had a broken dangerous display (that i wanted replaced for over a year) fall on them during the event.

another anon: also did not receive payment or reimbursement for expenses for two large cons worked until around a year later

two more anon: also concerned for their safety due to broken displays were were now allowed to update or replace, the tripods and pvc constantly collapsed and was a hazard to many full time, part time and volunteers!

it’s come to light that AT LEAST 4 people have been kept on a independent contactors but still treated and expected to act like full time w-2 workers, leaving more people with taxes to pay they should not have owed of $2k average

when the owner forcibly and without my content put me as a 1099 she argued with me about the specifications of an IC worker even when i showed her the documents from the IRS detailing the difference between 1099 and w-2/4

epic also consistently underpays employees. as exhibit manager and accountant i was making $13 an hour. most of our graphic artists fought to make $15/hour. marketing person was making, on average because of the overtime, sometimes less that $10/hour with the promise of a raise

another from two different sources: racism against POC models for product photos. funny considering how the sister company she, an asian woman, created is lying and saying it’s made and run by a team of black women. a huge lie.

more fun stuff someone is telling me: after i was threatened to be fired for being suicidal she told someone she wanted to stop hiring trans people because their depression was inconvenient essentially

i was also told now that she’s lying and saying i was FIRED? i have PROOF of my resignation and her acknowledgement of it

more about modern fro: PLEASE BOOST THIS ESPECIALLY - the company modern fro was started without any black women involved, but is listed as a company by and for black women. one black woman was hired after the website was long up and given it with no info. prior to that the owner

told multiple employees (mostly women but none black, and also me a mixed mexican trans man) to FAKE BEING BLACK WOMEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO BOOST THE COMPANY. the one black woman quit due to various reasons like not being paid, having false accusations thrown at her and such

and the owner kept on going and STILL has it up that the company is black owned. i doubt she hired someone else who is black in the meantime and it’s likely still run on lies

i now have word that a minimum of at least 7 people have been forced to be under 1099 forms despite the fact they are treated as w-2 employees, meaning EC is not paying taxes for part/fulltime workers and those people were/are now on the hook for minimum of 2k in taxes/fines

some of said 1099 employees have had those documents, with sensitive information such as SSN misplaced/lost by management, which is extremely worrying if that was lost in a place that is not the office itself. some people have been over reported as well by upwards of 2k

several accounts (including my own) of consecutive paychecks being 7-13 days late, with excuses being given as to why it was late this time. promised raises or returns to previous paygrade that were never honored. accounts of an extremely hostile & micromanaging work environment

a minimum of 8 people who have come forward/i knew about previously either were not compensated or compensated extremely late for their time and promised covered expenses for working the booth at conventions

working at conventions i am now told is now ONLY viable for store credit payment. unsure if the daily allowance for food reimbursement has been touched but considering i had to fight for $30 allowance for 8hour+ days i have a feeling that may have been effected as well

at minimum 2 photographers that are owed a lot of money for services rendered, one of which i was told when working there stole/didnt return product and never gave the pictures despite being paid

work conditions in the warehouse have not changed. that is now 3 different locations with unsecured boxes falling on and injuring workers (who are now all 1099 so they dont qualify for workmans comp), extreme dust and mold issues which are dangers to the workers and to customers.

microagressions, micromanagement, unrealistic deadlines/workloads for a single worker, being berated if tasks arent done despite how unrealistic/impossible the taskload & timeline is. i personally was told project b was more important then yelled at for project a not being done?

when i was there she had us all bring in friends to take photos to make it look like we had way more employees than the less than 10 of us there actually was at any given time. presumably to lie to factories/investors/wholesellers

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