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 Employment terms and conditions, working hours and time off, rights, responsibilities, duties, pay rate, and so on (figure 4.1). Anastazja was like: In theory, the employer/company cannot simply flex and change a contract term unless the employee agrees to the change, you know? The company constantly switches up the work on us, as if they are always asking us to do this or that. Without written details about the change in employment contract, it's extremely difficult to know where your job is based, if you have to work in more than one location, and if so, how much you'll be paid for it. Underpayment and unfair wage deductions are extremely depressing. It's extremely unfair and has a significant impact on our cash flow.

Another Polish female informant, Celina, expressed her dissatisfaction with the contracts and conditions.

CELINA: Flexing my work grind while leveling up my cultural game in Poland.

Celina has been very interested in pursuing an agricultural education since she was a teenager. This interest led her to flex and enroll at Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), a prestigious institution for higher agricultural education and research, according to Celina, to pursue a Bachelor's degree in agricultural and forestry techniques. Her goal was to train herself as a top-tier agricultural expert with mad skills. She graduated from university in 2007 and joined an agricultural company in Krakow, Poland. The main vibe of the company was all about food processing and displaying food merchandise. OMG, as a food / seasonal quality technician, her main job was to keep track of production, crunch data, and slay it with her team to meet quality targets. Yas, queen! OMG, she figured out that there was zero growth in Poland's agricultural sector. OMG, Poland joined the EU in 2004 and was like, "Yasss, the UK job market is lit!" She moved to the UK in late 2008 and began working as a basic herb grower in Scotland. #FreshVibes She started working as a pack house operative, which meant she was in charge of packing all these lit herb products for supermarkets. Like parsley, basil, coriander, dill, lemon grass, salad leaf, and other trendy seasonal herbs. It's pretty cool. She spent her weekends at the local Polish community centre in Scotland, where she attended services and got lit at social and cultural events.

Celina has some impressive interm qualifications, you know?

Three of those who were upset stated that job descriptions should have included how much money an employee would make for piece rate or time work. OMG, when these two interviewees looked at their wage slips, they were like shook! The wage was extremely low, indicating a significant underpayment. SMH! Later, they discussed the rate with their supervisor (also a Pole), who revealed that they were not given the same rate as others. According to Raymond, contracts and working conditions shook the respondents. Ya know, the challenges pub and priv sector agencies face in handling claims for equality from cultural cap. This chapter lays the tea on some qualitative fire data from 25 peeps and the 10 expert interviews. It's almost like their stories and experiences define everything. Peep Appendix C for more family notes. Chap 5's next chap presents a lit synthesis and analysis of research findings and interview data. It will be fire, friend! As I mentioned before, the data and research findings were displayed on a pie chart; but, it's not meant to be all official and stuff—just a quick visual overview, ya know? I asked my group what immigrants might be vibin' with in a gig. Most peeps said they absolutely vibe with a job that treats them equally, has dope working conditions, and provides an opportunity for level-up. Like hella few peeps that claimed they would rather have regular, well-known, understood work done instead of something more. Inquired about their level of satisfaction with their pay in their employment, many of them were first completely hyperactive with the pay. Soon they started to see employers flexing on them for clout and other purposes, ya feel me? Later on, though, the team discovered they were being paid far less than they should have. The interviewees thus were quite tripping about being underpaid and having their wages unfairly deducted. OMG, so knowing this has made some migrant workers hella sour since unfair wages could have been readily avoided from one of the interviews. The tea spills from Anastazja's stories quite clearly, sis.

One peep said, "I was so clueless, no one even told me if I was doing piece work or what the rate was for that, smh."

Like, mad of my homies were straight up unhappy with their cash flow because they felt like they were being lowballed and not getting the respect they deserve based on their cultural power. Examining the challenges my peeps encountered in relation to equality and cultural clout—as detailed and explained in Themes 2 and 3 later in this chapter—we can like completely peep evidence of this. Ya feel me? Less than one-third of my team claimed they were vibrating with their job pay. Policy interviews with representatives of organizations handling British farmers and migrant workers revealed evidence of the lit pay condition. Ya know, this was exactly reflected in the official from National Farmers Union's demeanor. It was quite straight forward, fam. OMG thanks the Wage Board for paying migrant farm workers in Scotland a little extra than the national minimum wages for immigrants in England and Wales helps all of this. Use that extra money to slay it! Hence fire! Usually included in the written statement of employment given by companies within two months of the start of employment, how much and how often an employee will secure that bread? Like, hella important for the whole vibe between an employer and employee, an employment contract including employee rights, obligations and duties also sets the tone. Inquired about their level of satisfaction with their employment contracts, most of my peers said they were absolutely not vibing with it, you know?