Month: March 2022

I recently took a step back in my career as I was feeling burnt out and disillusioned by the industry (hospitality if that matters) When I started my new job I decided to set boundaries such as trying to leave work on time, not working on my days off and not making myself so available out side of my working hours. All my work is up to date and I do more in this role that anyone has done before. I get on well with senior management. The problem is I am constantly made to feel bad when I don't answer my personal phone when I am off work and I have started to feel a shift in attitude from some people because of this. I am now worried that this is going to impact on me on any reviews I have. I slowly feel myself slipping back into old…

When we see disagreement, and it seems like a genuine misconception or misunderstanding, we should try to convince and convert, rather than insult and reject. Don't engage past your own limits, but do put up a thoughtful and calculated resistance. Some people will drag things out to exhaust you, and some people are so rooted, they will not be convinced, but try to convince before throwing down simple insults. We are trying to build a movement, and we need as many supporters as possible. If you have been convinced or converted, tell us what did it.

I work at a bakery in a grocery store in California and currently the company is withholding our tips. The story is that our card readers got a software update in October 2021 in which we could start accepting credit card tips. As soon as we were aware of this, I asked the manager how we would be receiving our credit card tips? Would it be disbursed through our paychecks, or would the company send a separate check to us? The manager said he would look into it, but he kept pushing it off. In January, the grocery store came up with a solution to let us cash out our credit card tips from the cash sales we make at the end of the night. Okay this sounded good because we can start to cash out our credit card tips we’re making from now on. The problem is, what about…

In times of shortages and extraordinary inflation suspending this universally would help the poor the most easily and directly. Its not even the largest source of revenue for them…so….why?? Edit: The working class gets it from employers and from the Govt. This is why UBI should be a thing if they wont suspend crap like this.