Month: April 2022

It's a nice addition in theory, but it contains incentives for achieving certain goals within specific timelines. I'm burnt out. I feel like I'm constantly battling brain fog. No amount of commission is going to fix that.

Let me give you context right quick I work at a retail store. I get a text from my manager on my day off saying that we have an in store meeting the very next day at 8:00 am for a virtual call. We've had these meetings before, every single one of them have been virtual and not mandatory to be in store. The managers at the other locations said it was mandatory to be in store fore the call. So I wake up at 6:30 (2 hours earlier than usual) To eat breakfast and shower up etc. My store opens up an hour later (10, when the other stores open at 9) than the other stores in our region . So I get to work at 8. Meeting doesn't last longer than 30 minutes. 8:30 hits, the meeting is done. The thing that ticks me off is that the…

My previous employer didn't send me my final check due to me only accruing 26 hours of PTO (Paid Time Off) and them approving and using all 120 hours for the year due to me getting sick for a few weeks this year. According to company policy “All overuse of PTO will be deducted from the employees final paycheck of the year if they haven't accrued enough to cover it.” I would have agreed to this policy as part of my onboarding, but according to the missing wage form my state has for its Department of Labor says that any and all non tax related deductions must be agreed upon by both parties, and i never agreed to use my PTO for my sick time. If i present this to a lawyer, would i have a case, especially with them refusing to accommodate my requests of not using PTO and…

I know it's been a while, but here's another poem from your favorite antiwork poet. More of my work can be found at www.instagram.com/flint.freeman and twitter.com/freeman_flint ​ https://preview.redd.it/yl8ya1jqfxq81.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fd262fc3b3850f6c3b83de34a0265479094f5a5 https://preview.redd.it/32ksnz1qfxq81.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dd03ca9a48b9353a2d01c8cfb6abb68b92d8c4f