Month: March 2022

Every remote job posting: 400-500 applicants (posted today) In person posting: 35 applicants (posted 30+ days ago) I'm a little frustrated that's all, lol. Commute into the city (where all the jobs are) is 30 minutes on the weekend and 1.5 hours in rush hour. We really need to get paid for the commute. And encourage WFH so there are fewer people on the road.

My original post got very little traction but I don’t care. I’m so fucking excited. I accepted an offer today and increased my base by 53%. 53 fucking percent.   My new job is fully remote so I’m going to move to a cheaper area and lower my cost of living so I’m finally not poor.   Moral of the story: know your worth, people. Don’t let these big companies tell you otherwise.   original post  

Crossposted from r/MaliciousCompliance This happened in a company I worked at over a decade ago. I was a technician working on large machines, we had numerous clients and were assigned to a given site. The site I worked on was across a border so I couldn't live near it, and had an hour commute each way every day. I got no expenses or mileage for this because it was my assigned site. After working for this company for a while I got promoted to stop doing routine maintenance and work on more complex projects. Most of these projects were on a site near where I lived so that suited me just fine. However, the company told me they didn't have any budget to increase my wage, which is where the malicious compliance came in: I combed through their rules and regs as well as my contract, and found that if…