Month: March 2022

I don't understand why it keeps happening, but i keep running in to people on this sub who are actively working against this sub. Then they get all but hurt when i call them out and they start blowing up my DM's.

Remember in school when teachers taught us why our immigrant ancestors left their home countries. Among them were cultural reasons like, a woman who laughed loud in public gets beaten by authorities, a man who doesn't bow his head to a baron walking by on street risks getting executed, a person who goes to church with messy hair gets ostracized from community. To a point America had cultural extremes like this too in the past but still, our ancestors did choose this place over their homeland. We became one of those countries our ancestors left when it became normal for a cashier to get fired for not smiling or when a worker is reprimanded discussing thrift stores because it makes the boss look like he doesn't pay enough. We became one of those countries with purity standards, intended to enable the social hierarchy, constantly pushed by culture.

Around 2 months ago I agreed to work full time, signed an agreement and all. Yet I haven't recieved health insurance availability or the full time PTO yet. I've spoken with my managers multiple times, and they keep saying they will fix it. What can I do?

Hey everyone! I took my first salary job and I felt as though I had a good understanding of how salary worked but something seems shady. The trade one makes with salary is that, more often than not, you will be working extra hours and not getting paid any extra. However, I was under the impression that this meant you had more flexibility if you needed to take a day off, especially if there was absolutely no reason you needed to be in. I was feeling ill and stayed home mostly because it would be a huge detriment to my entire team if they were to get sick. I was not needed, we had coverage, I didn’t have any meetings. I was informed that I will lose 8 hours sick time, the day will be unpaid, and I only have 4 more unpaid days the rest of the year to…