Month: March 2022

Also the clock at work was purposely set 5 minutes ahead of time which i now realize was to make us come in 5 min earlier because if we didn't we'd get reprimanded. That's 22 hours per year that they got from every employee just for showing up 5 minutes earlier because of the clock. We had 9 employees so that's ~200 hours of unpaid labor per year.

$25/hour minimum wage. 4 days/32 hours being full time Benefits for every single person Etc I get that this is what people want and what SHOULD happen, but there’s a point in realizing that some things are just not going to happen, at least not in the U.S anyway

Hey all, debated posting this here but I just need to get this off of my chest/allow myself to process just how badly I got taken advantage of in 2021. I also want to share it as a friendly reminder that it is not below even the “cool” office job employers to get away with a bargain at the expense of the worker Some context: I previously worked at a “hip” ad agency just outside a major city in the Pacific Northwest. I have a BS in marketing from a private four-year college (read: expensive) and previous industry experience. I was hired to do organic social media at said “cool” agency, where we had a dog-friendly environment and enough office snacks/lunches to make us FEEL spoiled. The work was repetitive but it had enough perks to make it seem worth it on the surface. I was hired at just under…

I might be overreacting. I would like some input if possible. I work in health insurance. I have almost 10yrs in the industry. My previous company, at the start of the pandemic let us work from home. Then they got hit hard, and I was laid off. It took me 3 months to find my current job. It’s essentially for a competitor. They do many things different, so I’ve had to get used to that. Also my previous employer was a smaller company, so we had some cool perks (out early on a Friday before a long weekend!) This is a larger company. We are treated like robots. There are “black out” months we can’t take vacation. I’m not even allowed to put in for a day off after October, it wouldn’t be approved. If I were to call in, I HAVE to speak to my boss, who determines if…

I guess you could call my dilemma a matter of capitalist conditioning. TL;DR: I work a pizza place job and I struggle to think it is worthy of a living wage and all the other fixings despite my philosophy deeming the wage necessary. So, my philosophy has always been that happiness and survival are human rights, just as the Declaration of Independance says. Part of achieving those goals iss, obviously, the living wage, at the very least. Despite that, I find it very difficult to bring myself to ask for more from my boss even though I work a measly $.20 over my state's minimum wage. Why? Probably because nobody else at my job works for very much at all, he's a nice dude outside of work, and the fact that I foolishly lowballed myself into this position, and it feels like a douche move to try and bump up…