Month: April 2022

Hey friends, So I got a soft offer from my dream job recently (YAY). Basically they said they would love to offer me the job and I have a meeting set up on Tuesday to talk details of the job offer. My dilemma is this: one of the job posting requirements was a bachelor's degree. I have over 2 years of experience with this kind of work, and because I've been working full-time with a part-time job as well, I'm only able to do 2-3 classes a semester. I emailed them about this asking if they could be flexible about that requirement, and they said “I can absolutely be flexible, but if you actually started before having the BA, I might not be able to pay at the same salary until you had it.” This didn't deter me from applying, considering my current work environment is incredibly toxic and I…

Minimum wage here is 15 and hour but legally if you’re under 18 all they have to be payed is 13. Do you agree that being a teenager means that you have less value working a simple job such as a cashier (I work customer service)? Im 17, go to school, rent my own place, and pay my own bills. What makes me any different?

There have been studies that prove working 5 days a week leads to a drop in productivity, all around the board. We work more than we see our families, we miss 6 years of our pets lives while working, they pass away while we work our butt off – for what? To die on social security in old folks home with more pain than we know what to do with? Why? Because some people 200 years ago decided this was the only way to live? We spend more time fighting with people than actually doing things to make a difference… but what can we actually do? Well, for one, stop supporting big companies, even if they one day go “I support you “enter the random marginalized group” they are doing it for money, greed, and to manipulate us into continuing to give them support… Places like Amazon, Disney, Walmart, and…

I took a job in late February and although I've had some bad days when I first started now that I've got the hang of the job I like working there. But I get so stressed when the manager is working during my shift. When someone makes a mistake and the manager isn't there it's treated as more of a don't worry just fix it quick but when the manager is there u get called to the back in front of the customers or sometimes he just comes up to while ur working and starts whispering to you about not doing a good job. – There's been a time when he whispered to me while I was working and then proceeded to hold me back 20mins after my shift for not telling him about a problem that he had already fixed himself.- He always wants everything done his way even…

“Our job is to taste free air. Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall, but, my friends, the hour is yours.” – from Severance, the new show on Apple TV+, A show as effective an indictment of a toxic workplace culture as I have seen in popular media.

I am 18 years old, I work at a Circle K location, one of 4 in my town, and it's the only place that i could get to hire me. I have been here for nearly 6 months and the state of things is just pathetic. I had to negotiate my way to $10/h post employment (which cant even reasonably afford me a studio appartment here), and the store itself is a wreck with filth and pests. Scheduling is erratic and my coworkers and I are often called in to cover shifts even at other stores, of which 2 had managers quit recently. Most of my coworkers are quitting or transferring because of a transphobic coworker that our manager refuses to do anything about, and another coworker my age is forced to do roughly half of my manager's job for her. Regional management is more concerned about how many cookies…

I was recently recruited from a decent job with a really cool company. Had been at this spot for 2 years, great boss, solid benefits, cool company. This new company actively sought me out, brought me on as their head of sales effectively tripling my income. We sign a six month contract with discussion of equity upon renewal of the contract. Fast forward three weeks, they don't get a loan they applied for and decide to eliminate my position. So I left my comfy job, worked for them for three weeks and they decide to kick me to the curb on a whim. They now also haven't paid my final paycheck. As far as I can tell, I have wrongful termination, breach of contract and wage theft suits against this company. So yeah, this post is part “fuck predatory companies who think they can fuck up your life with zero…

Why are so many people finding new/better opportunities, or just up and quitting their jobs now? Why was this an outcome of the pandemic? I know the reasons the mainstream media will cite. But I want to know the truth lol, so I'm asking here. Why are people really changing and quitting jobs so much right now?

Basically what the title says. I have no way of a legal case because I didn't have a contract and worked as a “freelancer” (quite common in this country unfortunately). I had to take a month absence which was scheduled way ahead of time (4mo before) and my boss told me that if I could find a replacement I would be able to get my job once I came back. I persevered and was able to find someone that got hired with that previous knowledge. Now that I returned she's saying that things were quite busy, they had to hire more people… And they don't have enough shifts for me. It's just disappointed that I fell for the “we're like a family” trap, and actually tried to remain loyal to them back a couple of months ago (when the restaurant had to partially close due to a reform and I…