Or when someone else in the company fucked up. A manager denied my breaks and lunch even after I told him it was illegal. He is in a different state so the rules in his state may be different.

After my initial complaints to the general HR line went unnoticed, I escalated the issue to a much higher level manager.

HR called me back within an hour. HR knew this was a big problem.

Like for the first 5 minutes during the hiring interview process?

The HR person at my company is really nice. I hope she gets a nicer job because being the bringer of shit news feels like it’ll be soul killing.