Month: April 2022

Minimum wage workers or working class people working shitty underpaid and overworked jobs for 30-40-50 years on end… How come the suicide rate isn't much higher? They function as slaves to the corps

I’m in Washington state, and realized I accrued quite a few hours regarding my part time employment. I work 23 hours a week and I’ve earned around 48 hours of paid and floating holiday hours. My contract is expiring in two months and I just noticed my hours. My employers didn’t tell me anything until I brought it up. I asked to take some time off and they told me they’d have to go to a “higher up” because I’m requesting a Friday off each week to offset my accrued hours. They weren’t going to let me take two weeks off at once so this was the best solution I could find. My reason was I’m in grad school and I have a heavy course load to take this semester. I teach kids for an after school program Monday-Friday btw and hours are tight. 4.5-5 hours a day. I have…

I work in a hospital. I understand sometimes we are short staffed. This past week, 3 people were on vacation and 3 people were on leave. That's 6 people out. With this information, I try and request 4 days off in June where 2 days weren't full to request and 2 days were full but were weekends and not everybody works weekends. Only 3 people are on vacation at that time and no one is on leave. It seemed like a reasonable request. However, it was denied because “too many people are off”. This is the same supervisor who gives her buddies 3 day weekends every other week. Too many people are off yet you had 6 people off last week and I mainly work the evening shift that isn't that staffed on weekends anyways. How is this fair? I'd understand if more people were out and they weren't weekends…

I literally just got a new job. Like just finished training, I'm a waitress, and I talked to my manager about how I'd only want 3, Maybe 4, shifts tops. They're shorter shifts 5 to 8 hours but it's still a lot after 3 days in a row. So here I am at 1am getting email notifications about how they last minute scheduled me for 5 days in a row new week. I'm honestly thinking about quitting even though it's only been two weeks.

I guess I'm just looking for hope here. I'm barely 18 years old and I think just beginning to emerge from the traumatized catatonic state I was in since a long time ago. I haven't had a real job since I was fifteen and the time has come when I really need to get one. I read through this subreddit full of people talking about how hopeless they are and how they're suicidal. I'm finally at a place where I can confidently say I'm doing better and do not want to die, but the prospect of pure misery until death is horrifying. I'm planning on going to barber school as a practical skill to keep me going while I figure out what the fuck I'm gonna do with my life. I bike for transportation and live at home which I don't hate so maybe I can just save for a…

I work in a Canadian school – compared to most people at least in North America, we have a good salary and great benefits. Not to mention a fairly strong union. I am the union rep at my school. Recently, a coworker of mine came to ask me about bereavement leave. Our CBA allows a decent number of days, but most of them have to be taken immediately. They wanted them moved later, to take care of things instead of grieving – they expected the death. Fair to ask, even though the CBA doesn't permit it – you never know. So I suggested they talk with admin, but not to expect anything. They come back to me, happily telling me the VP has agreed to move the bereavement days off. Right away I ask “do you have it in writing?”. They say no. I strongly suggest they get it. Well,…

I work at a big grocery store chain in America. My team lead I'm building a case on already (a litteral pedo) but the asset protection women likes harassing all of staff especially colored staff, even if you slip they'll threaten your job and say you did it. I don't know how to handle a women who has the same power as a store owner for a big corp who abuses staff. I want to quit but jobs here that pay the same are next to none existent. What she did to me: So I carry a bag it contains medicine I need, snacks, and extra stuff like pain killers. I was never told anything about my bag ever, not when I was hired or anything, they do have lockers but there's no more lockers avaliable. Asset lady pulled me out of a 7 hour sorting job (timed) and belittled…