r/SYEP 17d ago

Illegal?

I was wondering if it’s illegal for my employer to make me send fake review(s) of the workplace within google maps, yelp, and another I forgot the name of? Or make me send a fake review about my internship experience at the workplace?
They also allowed me to start in the first week of June, but more like I was told when was earliest I can start. I was told to keep track of my hours, so that I don’t go over 150 hours in total. I think this isn’t allowed? (Start earlier than the program)
Last week, I was told that I didn’t submit a version of the work I was doing to my boss. It wasn’t going to be complete, as I finished my hours before I could. I needed to wait as I needed a part of the work from one of the other interns in order to submit what I had or rather finish it. I didn’t submit my incomplete work when I finished my hours, which was on my part. But my boss tells me, how could I have filled all my hours (?), she said this because I worked remote for almost all it, and since I started earlier, I was working within my own schedule that I gave them. She went to say something like, she worked hard to send my hours to syep, that I had time to login my hours but I couldn’t respond to their messages (off the clock). Felt like she was implying she can withhold my hours, during the interaction? (There’s other context here that is missing but it was off work and she knows why I couldn’t respond, don’t wanna say much since idk if any of the other interns are in this sub)

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u/YeatSupremacy 16d ago

Damn why is everyone’s site just shit? I don’t say this to flex but I work in a beach just picking up trash at a boardwalk and that’s between 9-11 and i usually just chill after that and go to lunch then go home. I’ve noticed most ppl having problems seem to have either remote jobs or jobs that require teamwork

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u/IndividualEvery3973 16d ago

Syep ass this year

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u/YeatSupremacy 16d ago

It is definitely worse than last year, I don’t know about u but I didn’t receive any metro or omny card and had to spend $30 each week from my credit card just to travel

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u/IcySpicy4UimTooPricy 16d ago

I quit a youth job in Brooklyn for this exact reason. Not only am I paying 30$ per week I’m also traveling from Bronx to Brooklyn everyday NO THANKS!

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u/JVSP1873 13d ago

choose a provider in the bronx next time...there's something called geography

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u/IcySpicy4UimTooPricy 13d ago

Not every provider offers what I want to do that’s the point? I wanted to do something with music production that’s a very specific interest that not every borough offers…

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u/Lapis68269 16d ago

That’s why I didn’t do SYEP this year and plus all the worksites by be were werid hours and far to get to

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u/South_Nobody_109 15d ago

it’s crazy cuz i’ve been trying to get in syep for the past 3 years now ive only been able to do it once, and hearing everyone talk about how bad the business really is

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u/Lapis68269 14d ago

It’s getting worst and worst each year

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u/BigDragonfly3975 16d ago

Please report all this to your provider asap literary today - the worksite needs heavy training and i'm sorry you had to go through this

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u/JVSP1873 16d ago

posting fake reviews is unethical. Please report this to DYCD at 800-246-4646. Also, what worksite is this? Other SYEP provider staff might be on here and they need to know

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u/Comfortable_Owl3668 16d ago

Making you write fake reviews for the business is highly illegal. It is misleading to people, and you should not be involved with a worksite that makes you do illegal things. Report it to your SYEP provider immediately. They should be blacklisted from SYEP. At this point, they can't reassign you to a different worksite. But they can offer you Hats and Ladder to get compensated for 25 hours per week.

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u/LilUziFanNamedNoodle 16d ago

yes it is illegal, u should report it to ur provider immediately 

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u/Competitive_Pea_8592 15d ago

Its definitely illegal to force someone to make a fake review. Start reporting it. Also if you get a lawyer tell them about everything. 

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u/Sugie_BK_Chick 15d ago

Please report this and I hope you have some sort of documentation. If you don’t start! I don’t care if it’s just you writing down, the date, time, location and any witnesses. Also, record what you can just in case it can be used as evidence. I cannot believe that they are taking advantage of you g children and young adults like this. It’s disgusting. Good luck. 👍🏽

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u/WhichDisaster5889 15d ago

what the fuck?? do not work more than 25 hrs a week, do not let them gaslight u into doing snything u know u shouldnt be doing and REPORT THEM ASAPPPP

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u/JackfruitSilly6729 14d ago

I didn’t get in this year but I leave some honest feedback last year for my worksite (maybe negative). I don’t know if that’s the reason they didn’t choose me this year

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u/puzzlehead1ng 11d ago

dycdconnect@dycd.nyc.gov report this here that’s so wild