The short video testimonies from 11 workers reveal the concerns OPSEU thinks are the most salable to the general public this time around—most of them focused on scheduling and hours. Two stars broke down into tears during their minute-long videos. Step aside, Meryl Streep—the Oscar goes to…. The hourly pay was about 50 per cent above minimum wage, and the expectation of evening and weekend shifts matched what I was able to offer as a full-time student lacking a social life. I worked with some wonderful people — many of whom I still count among my friends — but also saw quite plainly a mindset of entitlement and laziness in far too many of my colleagues. Admittedly, it was feast or famine as far as scheduling was concerned. Shifts were as short as three-and-a-half hours, or as long as nine. There was no guarantee of hours whatsoever. Absent from the messaging is that no one is promised anything otherwise from the company.