Month: March 2022

Long story. Bear with me here! I work in warehousing/distribution for a certain Arkansas-based retail behemoth that shall remain nameless. On Monday we had a meeting in which our wage increases for the year were revealed. The General Manager of the facility was pleased to announce (to applause and back-patting) that we are to receive the largest raises he has ever seen the company give: $1.10/hr. for most positions (including mine) and $1.70/hr. for some support roles that had been passed over by previous raises. Okay, not bad! Certainly better than nothing. 7.5% inflation kinda negates that $1.10 but I digress… However, the GM went on to say that the quarterly incentive program for hourly employees is being scrapped; a move he wholeheartedly agrees with because bad employees had been affecting how much of a bonus the rest of us received all along. The bonus system was dependent on each…

An excellent employee of mine put in his two weeks' notice. He said he'd stay if we matched the offer. Unfortunately I think he was BS'ing the salary and my Fortune 500 company requires an offer letter to match. He can't produce an offer letter for what he's asking to stay- and I need him to have one so I can match it. Anyone have an offer letter from a manufacturing company? For $31 an hour? I want this guy to get paid… Edit: To be clear- he asked to have $31 an hour to stay, but I don't think the offer he got was $31 from the other company, which may be why I don't have an offer letter. I don't think he ever really stated “they offered me $31/hr”. ​

Background: I'm a “supervisor” with a team of 5 people including me. We work 12 hour shifts, 24/7 operation. I say “supervisor” with quotes becuase, although I've been filling the role for almost a year now, It won't be official until April. My team consists of me (30) and 4 others who age range 34-71. Two day shifters, two night shifters and one swing. The older members, more so the 71 year old, constantly takes sick days/fmla and i end up covering her hours. For reference, 10 days in the last 6 months (and growing) with 4 late arrivals as well (1-2hours late) and thats just the 71yr. Tonight, the 71yr is out on extended leave due to a recent injury (thursday) and another member is taking a day off for bereavement, unfortunately. I have one member currently working day shift 12 hrs, so that leaves me and one other,…

Hi, Reddit. I notice that most of the post come from within the USA so don’t know how relevant my post will be coming from Sweden. But I found inspiration within this subreddit to stand up more for myself and the poor working conditions of summer jobs and I feel the need to share my experience because sometimes I doubt if it is me who expect too much or that I am indeed working in poor conditions. Judge for yourself (also, excuse my english. I’m not a native): So the thing is, I am currently looking for summer jobs and desperatly don’t want to go back to elder care (but I fear I might have to if I don’t get accepted anywhere else and get very anxious about it because I do NOT want to return to the same work place). I have no problem with the work itself, it…

I work as an engineer for a company but when i started i was employed as a cable puller but soon after they noticed what i was capable of doing so they quickly moved me to a different department thats more work but pays alot more. I was told when my 6 months probation finishes i could apply for the role i was doing and get the correct wage. Well my probation was up 4 months ago i applied for the role and was rejected for the job i do. The reason the company has hired to many people and they need to reshuffle there staff. So im doing a job which i aint contracted to do for alot less. My job title is so loosly based but in the company every one knows what it is but it could mean anything put in the righy context. I also had…

Fuck this. I’m losing out on vital time for work that likely will result in us losing a 5 figure grant for next year all because they want a 5 person team to do a ‘relax and rejuvenate’ retreat at our corporate office filled with bullshit ice breakers. So you can fly 3 people in and by multiple meals for this dumb shit but you can’t get 3 hotel rooms? It’s 5 fucking nights. I’ve never met this woman. I don’t want to share a room. I need my own time separate to just relax and decompress. This is my personal fucking hell

I'll try to keep this short, it's just very nice to finally have my own story to share. I work for an absolutely horrible supervisor. Mean. Untrusting. Unkind. Emotionally manipulative. People I've spoken to outside of work have described experiences with them as “emotionally scarring” and like “emotional whiplash.” Paranoid (thinks coworkers are constantly out to undermine their “power”). Weird (has asked me directly for “loyalty” to them). They're super stressed, and take it out on the people they supervise. They don't respect other people's time at all. I had a 1:1 scheduled, it got cancelled last minute. Rescheduled for the next day. Cancelled again. Friday shows up I'm sitting in the meeting and a half hour of staring at the screen, their assistant calls me to say hey your boss can't make it. That happens often, never even so much as a “sorry about that ” I'd wake up…

I'm trying to WFH but no matter what ALL wfh jobs in my area are call center style jobs, and I don't have what it takes to be on a phone all day. Anyone have any ideas? I literally cannot find other options for wfh.

I really help on this one I’m starting to get desperate. Last year from June-July I was going through a 30 day probation to become a package delivery driver. On my 31st day of driving I got disqualified even though I already had passed my probation. My manager was claiming that I only did 26-27, which is far off. I called the union my business agent I told him about my situation. I told my business agent the only way I can think of the days that didn’t count as working day is holiday July 4th, he said it doesn’t matter it still counts. Then, I told my business agent what my manager told me, the first day of my probation when I was with a driver according to the manager it doesn’t count, but my business agent said it doesn’t matter as long I’m wearing a brown uniform it…