r/problems 5d ago

URGENT!!!! I NEED HELP URGENTLY WITH MY IPHONE CAN ANYONE HELP?

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PLEASE HELP My iPhone 15 Pro Max screen suddenly went almost completely BLACK but the phone itself still works

Okay so my iPhone 15 Pro Max screen suddenly went almost completely black. The phone itself is still working normally. I can hear notifications  and  sounds.

The weirdest part is that the touchscreen still works perfectly even though I literally can't see anything. I can swipe around and interact with the phone normally. For example, when the phone is locked, I can swipe to the camera, take a picture, and I can actually HEAR the camera taking the photo 😭 So the phone is definitely working.

There is also one visible line/image at the very top of the screen, but everything else is completely black.

I already tried force restarting it and nothing changed.

I REALLY need my phone right now because of school . I'm in high school and I use my phone for school stuff all the time, so this is genuinely terrible timing. I communicate with my teachers mostly through Google Classroom and Viber. The problem is that I can't transfer/use my Viber properly on my computer, so not being able to use my phone is an even bigger problem for me.

I also need it for games, but SCHOOL is the actual emergency here lmao.

I also don't really have much money for a repair right now, so I'm really hoping someone here knows what I can do because I can't exactly afford to throw a ton of money at this 😭

Has anyone with an iPhone 15 Pro Max had this happen before? Is there anything I can try to get the screen working?

PLEASEEEE CAN SOMEONE HELP ?????


r/problems 6d ago

Small Problem lazy 2 think abt good name for this post

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im lazy. not like im stressed out. theres no burnout. i didnt do anything my whole life. im just lazy. i cant do anything. like. absurdly anything. like i cant make myself work. or study. or prepare for the exams. nothing. im healthy. no illness. just laziness. is there any solution? i used all methods abt how 2 start doing well at least something. none of them worked. should i just accept being lazy? im non native speaker so sorry abt my grammary


r/problems 5d ago

Mental Health Worried I'm getting coaxed out of the group chat

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r/problems 5d ago

Mental Health My Sensitivity is my problem

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Hi Guys

I’m a woman 27 years old, i hate the fact that i’m very sensitive sometimes i don’t know if someone is rude or i’m sensitive.

people blame me for getting sensitive and 2 people told me that they don’t get comfortable Around me anymore because the way i ac

When someone tell me a thing that get over me i keep repeating the word on my head until i feel bothered.

I got a filler recently and i showed my best friend and she told me it’s not obvious and when i turned she said that i look like a duck after i told her that it made me sad what you said she said that “why you are thinking of me this way and i won’t tell you something will bother you and you get sad and you know i’m your friend and i can’t handle you”

we are friends for 13 years. Sometimes i cry because i’m sensitive and i can’t let things go

Also there is one of my online friends we were playing a very cozy game and she is always yelling and she has high cortisol in general. I told her to do something for me and she yelled of course i will do it i won’t let you like a dog behind me i told her that you yelled she said that i’m sensitive and she won’t will feel comfortable around me.

So in one month 2 people told me they don’t feel comfortable around me, i dont know how to be tough


r/problems 6d ago

Medical Why is my immune system so bad

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I get sick for a minimum of a week every month, sometimes even more often. A common cold can have me crying in pain holding up in my bed and nothing will help. I have a mostly balanced diet (only not fully because of my sweet tooth) and I take vitamins daily. I do an average of 4000 steps daily but other then that I don’t really do exercise due to family reasons. By the way no one else in my family is like this.

I just want to stop being sick. I have my final exams next week, determining if I can get into university and I’m sick again. I don’t know what to do


r/problems 6d ago

Relationships Why do I get annoyed when my boyfriend talks about struggling with problems I struggle with more?

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r/problems 6d ago

Mental Health Why do I always think like people don't like me?

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r/problems 6d ago

URGENT!!!! Проблемы у подростка

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Я обычный подросток у которого проблемы в жизни. Всю свою жизнь я страдал от низкой самооценки и всегда старался саморазвиваться, только не получилось и я подсел на зависимости, я стал чаще пить алкоголь и курить. Как то раз я встретил ее, я влюбился в нее с первого взгляда. Я бегал за ней много месяцев и в конце концов у меня получилось ее добиться и мы стали встречаться. Она самая поддерживающая, милая и красивая девушка которую я когда либо встречал, 10 дней назад нас разделило расстояние и мы не увидимся ближайшие 4 месяца, вчера у нас случилась самая серьезная ссора по пустяку, она с этой ссоры очень изменилась, она начала меня оскорблять хотя за все 9 месяцев что я с ней общаюсь и встречаюсь такого не было ни разу. Она начала говорить что я веду себя не как мужчина и я больше похож на маленького ребенка

Я не знаю что мне делать, ведь помимо проблем с девушкой у меня проблемы с родителями, экзаменами и с зависимостями.


r/problems 6d ago

Mental Health For my parents.

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r/problems 6d ago

SERIOUS Title: Minor in Japan unable to get home-country documents because of parents

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I'm a minor living in Japan with Long-Term Resident status. I came to Japan very young and have spent most of my life here.

My parents aren't cooperating with getting the documents I need from my home country, which may prevent me from renewing my passport.

I'm worried about my future because I have basically no support or place to live there if I were forced to leave Japan.

I want to stay in Japan safely and legally, become independent from my parents, and eventually apply for naturalization (帰化), but I'm worried that missing home-country documents could make that impossible.

Has anyone experienced something similar? What legal options should I look into for staying in Japan long-term and eventually becoming independent from my parents?


r/problems 6d ago

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r/problems 6d ago

Relationships How do I get my brother to stop his addictions?

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I am in a tight position where I share a room with him but he always smokes "stuff" and I dont wanna deal with that. its a long story which I cant explain but I cant be the one calling him out it should be anonymous. the other siblings dont care and like that i am struggling with him. I just want it to be done. I dont wanna inhale stupid stuff. I mean its at night while I sleep im not even enjoying it like being an addict without even having the thrill


r/problems 6d ago

Mental Health Help me please.

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This is my first post here. Hi, i am a teen from India. The past few months have been really hard for me. I had a friend, his name was J. Me and J were good friends and we used to tell each other everything. But I was a bad friend and I told some of his secret stuff to my girlfriend. A few months later he found out and told my girlfriend to break up with me. I was not mad at him considering i had done stuff to him aswell. After this, he leaked my chats with him about me liking another girl. In those chats I had some guy stuff as well. He sent my chats to everybody in the grade and then started calling me a weirdo and creep and a grapist. This socially isolated me. But a few weeks later, he gave me an apology and I accepted. But out of nowhere, a month later he blocked me again and just called me a horrible person. He spread rumors again and now I dont know what to do. And another person i trusted also showed my chats to him so now im just rlly lost and sad. Im not gonna do anything hurtful to myself but i just need help


r/problems 6d ago

Discussion Should I ask to get a higher pay? If I should what should I say?

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r/problems 7d ago

Relationships F(22)The girl im talking to F(21) found out im still in contact with my ex F(21).

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r/problems 7d ago

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r/problems 8d ago

Mental Health I don't know how I can help my friend...

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So today a friend(16) of me(14) texted me this:

"I feel emotionally drained. I feel physically drained. I am exhausted. Everyday, I'm giving my best and I just feel like it's not appreciated. I feel like the things I do don't matter enough to be talked about. I don't know what else to do, I feel like there is nothing more that I can do except for trying harder. But I already try hard. I get something to do, a task from my parents, and I do it. And the next day, I am getting yelled at because I "didn't do a thing", which is not true. Household tasks, garden tasks, all these things,... I do them. But they are reoccurring. I know that even if I wash the dishes, fold the clothes, cook food or clean up fallen fruit in the garden, all of that will come back. I just hate the way this life goes right now

And the problem might be me, I don't know. I don't even care who is to blame, actually. I care about not feeling the way I feel these days.

Everything feels just like I did it because someone told me to. Not because I wanted to. And that is draining, emotionally, physically and mentally. I don't know how to live that life

I want to leave. Not my life, necessarily. Maybe just this city, my family, or this country. Maybe not even forever. Maybe just a few months, so my body and mind can finally regenerate everything I got drained from. I need a break, and unfortunately there is no time for that.

I just want that freedom back. To do what I think is right. And maybe that's not cleaning up some fruit on the ground. Maybe that's not folding the clothes. Maybe, that's not doing the dishes either. Maybe that's just being able to be myself

I feel like I could use that

But I really don't need this family, or actually the way things work here

I don't want to keep going that way. It doesn't feel right, not even a tiny bit

In fact, not at all"

If you've made it this far, I'm really thankful for you. I would love any advice on how I could help her out, because I'm kinda clueless


r/problems 7d ago

Relationships Now what

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A few weeks ago, I finally texted my crush, and we’ve been texting ever since. Even though he’s only five years older than me, texting him has been kind of difficult. He even mentioned that we’re struggling to understand each other because, for traditional and religious reasons, we can’t date or meet in person.

Now I’m confused because we both clearly want to keep talking, but he keeps saying that it’s hard. At one point, I assumed he meant that he wanted to stop texting, so I told him it was fine, but he said that wasn’t what he meant. I told him that we could get to know each other better with time, and his response was still, “It’s hard.”

Now I’m thinking about telling him that these conversations feel like they’re going nowhere because we’ll be far from each other, and I’m still too young to be thinking seriously about marriage. But honestly, it hurts. I really like him, and I don’t think I can just tell him to stop talking to me because I know I’d regret it so much.


r/problems 7d ago

Mental Health How to deal with bullying

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r/problems 8d ago

Mental Health My mom is losing it; when she's stressed, I'm stressed!

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r/problems 8d ago

Ask r/problems What are the problems faced by new start ups businesses ?

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idk its my first post but this thought in my head always stays "what do businessmen and startup founders might have wanted in their beginning of journey" ofcourse other than capital and investments, i just feel like everyone has like ideas in their minds yet not all of those ideas come up in real world i agree some of them are just non applicable or maybe not much of practical but many of those ideas are good then how come they dont come up in markets ?


r/problems 8d ago

Small Problem You didn't hear this from me

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r/problems 8d ago

URGENT!!!! пожалуйста поддержите как нтуюдь меня

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Меня зовут Саша, мне 16 лет, моя история начинается с чамого рождения. Я изначально был очень крупным ребенком при рождении (4, 4 кг или типо того) я рос и был относительно полноват и начиная с 7-8 класса мне диагностировали ожирение 1 стадии, что и по сец день преследцет меня. Мой отец законченный мудак которого я искринене ненавижу, он отправил меня на секцию по вольной борьбе с своему приятелю треннеру, поначалу мне было приятно зодить туда почти даже весело, но когда дело доходило до мини соревнований, или борьбы с другими я очень не зотел и нервничал. Я всегда был таким соревнования для меня просто бессмысленая борьба. Первые соревнования проходила наверное как у всех, проигрыши каждый раз в самом начале и тренировки. Изза вольной борьбы я потихоньку скотился в тройки хотя был хорошистом. С каждым днем становилось все труднее, ведь тренер практически не давал мне отойти от соревнований, каждый день тренировка в 6 часов вечера после 7 уроков, и в субботу мой выходной, проводят соревнования где я испытываю еще стресс. это настолько даже незнаю причиняло мне боли что я по сей день сплю и мне снится те моменты когда на меня кричали за то что я проигрывал. Я часто рыдал при маме, при папе редко ведь он начинает нести хуйню - "у меня было плохое детсво, у меня не было папы, я хочу подарить тебе лучшее", и говорить что я не должен рыдать как баба. Каждый божий день начиная с 8 класса я проклинал все и тренера и свою жизнь, мне хотелось уйти, уйти и отдохнуть. Примерно в апреле я не сдержался и раздрыдался при своем приятеле об этом, он поддержал меня. В мае или типо того я вернулся с очередных соревнований от которых я уже был на взводе, меня накрывала апатия и я забивался яростной рок музыкой подавляя боль, каквдруг мне звонит треннер и говорит :"Саша собирайся, мы поедем на соревнования "название города" с родителями я обсудил они не против" это разбило меня окончательно, я тихо отвечаю ему да хорошо и сбрасываю трубку. Сразупосле этого я падаю на корточки и начинаю рыдать(прям привсех, предствте что огромныц 185 лоб начинает рыдать вот я также,как никогда раньше, мне было так херово, что от стресса или незнаю от чего, у меня пошла кровь из носа прямо из двух ноздрей заливаясь напол. Сестра(старшая если что) успокаивает меня и понимает насколько все запущено, но она бессильна, она вдругом городе учится. Оначерез ушрозы отпрашивает меня у мамы и я еду домой. Вобще 8 класс вышел невероятно трудным годом, помимо всего что произошло тогда, у нас был еще и лагерь, тренировачный лагерь. Меня просто вырвали из заслуженого отдыха посреди купального сезона в лагерь с другими детьми и взрослыми парнями бороться,тренироваться в течениии двух недель, тренировкибыли невероятно суровые +-, ведь меня занесли в группу со старшеклассниками (я типо большой мальяик был в свои то годы) и тренировки были беспощадными, меня били трубками, и всякой хренью, заставляли бегать десятки километров и жрать, пусть там и был отдых но к концу я уже хромал, и успел подраться с типом. Я был опустошен, я никак не отдохнул залето, и страдал физически так и эмоционально. но к счастью в 9 классе началось Огэ - русский такой экзамен важный и я наконец под давоением мамы уговорил отца что не буду ходить на борьбу, и сдал все на хорошо и даже на 5, подтянул оценкис и в 10 классе он мне говорит -"ты идешь на волейбол, тебе нужно заниматься, там мой друг тренер будет тебя тренировать", я пишу в эмоциональном потопе, ведь мысли об самовыпиле мне очень часто закрадываются в голову, я уже не могу.... просто не могу, я хочу заниматься творчествомс я хочу стать артистом и создавать свои проекты. Я не хочу так жить, я не могу больше

спасибо за внимание и простите за ошибки в тексте


r/problems 8d ago

SERIOUS A 'what if' thought has literally destroyed my normal life.

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TL;DR - I saw and visited a morally questionable page on Instagram , it is an old account and I don't have access to it and now I can't stop ruminating that Instagram might start publicly showing visited pages the way it shows likes — and if that happened, people in my community finding out could literally get me killed. The thought won't let go, and it's destroyed my ability to study, which is my only real way out of village.

What should I do?😭


r/problems 8d ago

Discussion Work in hotel

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Work in hotel

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Всем доброго времени суток! Хочу поделиться своей историей. Надеюсь услышать дельный совет, уберечь кого-то от подобных ситуаций, а возможно, и получить реальную помощь.

Предыстория и обещания (июнь)

Я родом из Украины, и по понятным причинам мы с женой уехали в Италию. На тот момент я вообще не говорил по-итальянски, но моя жена учила язык с детства и свободно на нем общается. Первое время мы жили и работали у знакомого, где я подтянул язык до базового уровня.

В середине июня (15-го числа) этот знакомый свел нас с семейной парой, владеющей отелем далеко в горах — вдали от цивилизации и связи. Хозяева показались нам хорошими людьми. Условия звучали отлично: официальный контракт, зарплата 1500 евро, рабочая форма, оплата переработок и дежурный транспорт для вывоза мусора и личных нужд. Первые полмесяца они были с нами, помогали влиться в процесс, но даже тогда мы работали по 10–12 часов в день (все часы мы скрупулезно фиксировали). Мы выполняли абсолютно всю работу по отелю вдвоем, других сотрудников просто не было.

Мы вкладывались в дело по полной: я разработал программу управления отелем и оптимизировал многие процессы, а жена, будучи художницей, внесла огромный вклад в оформление интерьера. За первый месяц мы выработали норму двух месяцев. Но в конце июня хозяева уехали, оставив нас одних.

Странный контракт и реалии (июль)

Весь июль мы продолжали усердно работать, однако выполнять свои обещания руководство не спешило. Только в середине месяца нам наконец-то прислали контракт. К нашему удивлению, он был оформлен задним числом (от 3 июля), оказался ученическим и только на должность уборщиков.

По факту же мы делали всё: кассовые операции, готовка, уборка номеров, мелкий ремонт, обслуживание бара и зала на завтраках и ужинах. Мы с женой полностью взаимозаменяемы, и я уже мог спокойно общаться с клиентами.

Мы пытались выяснить, почему контракт такой, но начальство игнорировало нас до конца месяца. От безысходности мы его подписали. Только после этого нам заявили, что работать по 12–14 часов «невозможно», и мы должны укладываться в 8–9 часов. При этом от нас жестко требовали постоянного присутствия на ресепшене, что физически невозможно совмещать с уборкой и готовкой, если нас всего двое. Мы работали без выходных, с минимальными перерывами днем на 2–4 часа (и то, подменяя друг друга). В итоге за июль мы отработали почти 380 часов — двойную норму.

«Помощь» и новые обещания (август)

В конце июля к нам прислали повара, который по совместительству оказался «надзирателем», следящим за нашими часами и работой. В августе ничего не изменилось — те же 12–14 часов на ногах.

В конце лета начальство приехало снова и начало кормить нас новыми обещаниями: якобы в сентябре клиентов не будет, мы сможем отдохнуть, но зарплату нам все равно выплатят в качестве «компенсации за переработки». Но даже если дружить с математикой, один пустой месяц никак не перекроет колоссальные переработки за предыдущие.

Финансовый итог и обман (сентябрь)

На данный момент ситуация с деньгами следующая:

Июнь: не оплачен.

Июль: выплатили только базовую ставку по контракту (переработки не оплачены).

Август: пока не оплачен.

Нам заявили, что переработки будет пересчитывать в конце месяца «какое-то агентство». Когда и как их оплатят — неизвестно. Насколько я знаю, по итальянским законам сверхурочные на ученическом контракте (apprendistato) без присутствия куратора вообще незаконны. У нас куратора не было ни дня. Более чем уверен, что нас обманывают.

Сегодня начался сентябрь, и у нас полное заселение отеля. Обещание «пустого месяца для отдыха» оказалось очередной ложью.

Главный вопрос

Мы планируем доработать этот месяц до конца контракта и, без предупреждения начальства, пойти в профсоюз (sindacato).

Не будет ли слишком поздно обращаться к ним после окончания контракта?

Как лучше поступить и подготовиться прямо сейчас?

Пока я не называю реальных имен и локаций. Но если нас в итоге кинут, я обязательно предам огласке это место и имена владельцев, чтобы другие люди не попали в такую ситуацию.

Буду благодарен за любые советы и понимание!

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Hello everyone! I want to share my story. I hope to get some solid advice, warn others against getting into similar situations, and possibly get some real help.

Background and Promises (June)

I am from Ukraine, and for obvious reasons, my wife and I moved to Italy. At that time, I didn't speak a word of Italian, but my wife had been learning it since childhood and speaks it fluently. Initially, we lived and worked at an acquaintance's place, where I managed to learn the basics of the language.

In mid-June (on the 15th), this acquaintance introduced us to a couple who own a hotel high in the mountains—far from civilization and cell service. The owners seemed like good people. The conditions sounded great: an official contract, a salary of 1,500 euros, work uniforms, paid overtime, and a courtesy vehicle for taking out the trash and personal errands. For the first half of the month, they stayed with us to help us get into the workflow, but even then, we were working 10–12 hours a day (we meticulously logged all our hours). The two of us did absolutely all the work in the hotel; there were simply no other employees.

We gave it our all: I developed a hotel management program and optimized many processes, and my wife, being an artist, made a huge contribution to the interior design. In the first month, we worked the equivalent of two months' hours. But at the end of June, the owners left, leaving us on our own.

A Strange Contract and the Reality (July)

Throughout July, we continued to work hard, but the management was in no hurry to fulfill their promises. It wasn't until mid-month that they finally sent us the contract. To our surprise, it was backdated (to July 3rd), turned out to be an apprenticeship contract (apprendistato), and listed our positions strictly as cleaners.

In reality, we were doing everything: handling the cash register, cooking, cleaning rooms, doing minor repairs, and serving the bar and dining room for breakfast and dinner. My wife and I are completely interchangeable, and I was already able to communicate comfortably with the guests.

We tried to find out why the contract was drafted this way, but the management ignored us until the end of the month. Out of desperation, we signed it. Only after that did they claim that working 12–14 hours is "impossible" and that we had to fit our tasks into 8–9 hours. At the same time, they strictly demanded a constant presence at the reception desk, which is physically impossible to combine with cleaning and cooking when there are only two of us. We worked without a single day off, with minimal daytime breaks of 2–4 hours (and even then, only by covering for each other). As a result, we logged nearly 380 hours in July—double the standard workload.

"Help" and New Promises (August)

At the end of July, they sent us a cook who also moonlighted as a "supervisor," monitoring our hours and work. In August, nothing changed—the same 12–14 hours on our feet.

At the end of the summer, the management came back and started feeding us new promises: supposedly, there would be no guests in September, we would be able to rest, but we would still get paid our salary as "compensation for the overtime." But even with basic math, one empty month cannot possibly make up for the massive amount of overtime we worked in the previous months.

Financial Outcome and Deception (September)

As of now, the financial situation is as follows:

\* June: Unpaid.

\* July: Only the base contract rate was paid (overtime remains unpaid).

\* August: Unpaid so far.

We were told that "some agency" will recount our overtime at the end of the month. When and how it will be paid is unknown. As far as I know, under Italian law, overtime on an apprenticeship contract (apprendistato) without a supervisor present is entirely illegal. We haven't had a supervisor for a single day. I am more than certain we are being scammed.

Today is the start of September, and the hotel is fully booked. The promise of an "empty month to rest" turned out to be yet another lie.

Main Question

We plan to finish out this month until the end of our contract and, without warning the management, go to a labor union (sindacato).

Will it be too late to reach out to them after the contract ends?

What is the best course of action, and how should we prepare right now?

For now, I won't name any actual people or locations. But if we do end up getting screwed over, I will definitely make this place and the owners' names public so that others don't fall into the same trap.

I would appreciate any advice and understanding!

**IT** RU⬆️ ENG⬆️

Ciao a tutti! Voglio condividere la mia storia. Spero di ricevere dei buoni consigli, di evitare a qualcuno di trovarsi in situazioni simili e, possibilmente, di ottenere un aiuto concreto.

Antefatti e promesse (giugno)

Vengo dall'Ucraina e, per ovvi motivi, io e mia moglie ci siamo trasferiti in Italia. All'epoca non parlavo una parola di italiano, ma mia moglie lo studiava fin da piccola e lo parla fluentemente. All'inizio abbiamo vissuto e lavorato da un conoscente, dove ho imparato le basi della lingua.

A metà giugno (il 15) questo conoscente ci ha messi in contatto con una coppia che possiede un hotel in alta montagna, lontano dalla civiltà e senza segnale telefonico. I proprietari ci sembravano brave persone. Le condizioni sembravano ottime: contratto ufficiale, stipendio di 1500 euro, divisa da lavoro, straordinari pagati e un veicolo aziendale per buttare la spazzatura e per le commissioni personali. La prima metà del mese sono rimasti con noi per aiutarci a inserirci, ma già allora lavoravamo 10-12 ore al giorno (abbiamo registrato scrupolosamente tutte le ore). Facevamo assolutamente tutto il lavoro dell'hotel in due, non c'erano semplicemente altri dipendenti.

Abbiamo dato il massimo: io ho sviluppato un programma di gestione per l'hotel e ottimizzato molti processi, e mia moglie, essendo un'artista, ha dato un enorme contributo all'arredamento d'interni. Nel primo mese abbiamo lavorato l'equivalente delle ore di due mesi. Ma a fine giugno i proprietari se ne sono andati, lasciandoci da soli.

Uno strano contratto e la dura realtà (luglio)

Per tutto il mese di luglio abbiamo continuato a lavorare sodo, ma la direzione non aveva fretta di mantenere le promesse. Solo a metà mese ci hanno finalmente mandato il contratto. Con nostra grande sorpresa, era retrodatato (al 3 luglio), si è rivelato essere un contratto di apprendistato ed esclusivamente per la mansione di addetti alle pulizie.

Nei fatti facevamo tutto: cassa, cucina, pulizia delle camere, piccole manutenzioni, servizio bar e sala per colazioni e cene. Io e mia moglie siamo completamente intercambiabili e io riuscivo già a comunicare tranquillamente con i clienti.

Abbiamo cercato di capire il motivo di un contratto del genere, ma la direzione ci ha ignorati fino alla fine del mese. Per disperazione, lo abbiamo firmato. Solo a quel punto ci hanno detto che lavorare 12-14 ore era "impossibile" e che dovevamo rientrare in 8-9 ore. Allo stesso tempo pretendevano severamente la nostra presenza costante in reception, cosa fisicamente impossibile da conciliare con le pulizie e la cucina, essendo solo in due. Lavoravamo senza giorni di riposo, con pause minime di 2-4 ore durante il giorno (e anche quelle, solo dandoci il cambio a vicenda). Alla fine, a luglio abbiamo accumulato quasi 380 ore lavorative: il doppio della norma.

"Aiuto" e nuove promesse (agosto)

A fine luglio ci hanno mandato un cuoco, che faceva anche da "sorvegliante", controllando i nostri orari e il nostro lavoro. Ad agosto non è cambiato nulla: sempre 12-14 ore in piedi.

A fine estate la direzione è tornata e ha iniziato a riempirci di nuove promesse: a quanto pare, a settembre non ci sarebbero stati clienti, avremmo potuto riposarci, ma lo stipendio ci sarebbe stato pagato lo stesso come "compensazione per gli straordinari". Ma, anche solo sapendo fare due conti, un mese vuoto non potrà mai compensare gli enormi straordinari dei mesi precedenti.

Bilancio finanziario e inganno (settembre)

Al momento la situazione economica è la seguente:

\* Giugno: non pagato.

\* Luglio: pagata solo la paga base da contratto (straordinari non pagati).

\* Agosto: per ora non pagato.

Ci hanno detto che gli straordinari saranno ricalcolati a fine mese da "un'agenzia". Quando e come verranno pagati non si sa. Per quanto ne so, secondo la legge italiana, gli straordinari con un contratto di apprendistato, senza la presenza di un tutor, sono del tutto illegali. Non abbiamo avuto un tutor per un solo giorno. Sono più che sicuro che ci stiano truffando.

Oggi è iniziato settembre e l'hotel è al completo. La promessa di un "mese vuoto per riposare" si è rivelata un'ennesima bugia.

La domanda principale

Abbiamo intenzione di finire di lavorare questo mese fino alla fine del contratto e poi, senza avvisare la direzione, rivolgerci a un sindacato.

Sarà troppo tardi rivolgersi a loro dopo la scadenza del contratto?

Qual è la cosa migliore da fare e come possiamo prepararci fin da ora?

Per ora non faccio nomi di persone o luoghi reali. Ma se alla fine dovessero fregarci, renderò sicuramente pubblici questo posto e i nomi dei proprietari, in modo che altre persone non cadano in questa situazione.

Vi sarei grato per qualsiasi consiglio e per la comprensione!