Month: May 2022

Do I really have to give back my laptop and equipment? I have to send it back in a box ups is bringing. What could they really do if I just kept dragging my feet about sending it back? I gave this company everything and they fire me without notice and zero negative feedback along the way. The reason they gave was obvious bullshit so I really don't know why i was let go tbh

There has to be a line where you can't afford to go to work anymore because you have to focus on surviving. Grow your own food and or hunt and gather. I mean we're getting close to it.

To be alive is to be working. At all times your body is working to keep you alive, your brain is working to keep you aware of your surroundings. Work comes in many forms. A person building a house or lifting weights is doing physical work. A person grieving is doing emotional work. A person trying to solve an equation is doing mental work. A person reading fiction is doing imaginative work. Work, and all it’s myriad forms, is the state of things. It can’t be helped. Why then are some types of work more prizes than others? Could it be because certain types of work benefit certain powerful interests which means they have a vested interest in maintaining the attitude that “work” (their version of it) is a moral obligation? Nah that’s crazy talk. I’m just an entitled millennial after all. What do I know?

I got called by one. I didn't pick up cause I didn't know who they were initially, until they left a voice msg wanting me to come in earlier. And now later I get a text message asking something work related, if I know where something is, in which I dont. However I think its bait as she'll probably ask me to come in after I respond. I inevitably have to come in today for my shift. What should I tell her if she asks why I never responded back to her? I was thinking something along the lines of “All unknown calls and msgs go straight into spam” however I doubt she'll buy it.

Most large companies generate what’s called a “compa ratio” which means your salary compared to the midpoint for your role. As an example say for your position at your level the pay is 0-200k a year, if you got 100k a year you’d be at 1.0. 90k would be .9, etc. Most companies have HR that has to share this or will if asked. It’s a good way to see if minorities are underpaid as well as long-term workers vs newly hired. (Nothing against newly hired people, just long term employees get screwed) If your company doesn’t have it, ask. Get your coworkers to ask. It’s a start if nothing else and a great data point if you want to unionize to show WHY they’re all getting screwed over today. Plus sharing .94 vs [exact pay] can be more comfortable for those more conservative about talking pay to get them…

I'm in the UK and currently doing an apprenticeship. To be honest I needed the work and no-one else would hire me. The company bragged about how I can have people under me and managing the department within my apprentiship. Then the cost of living really hit the fan and left me barely able to pay my bills. My boss is really approachable and so I talked to him about my current situation and that I'd need to earn a minimum of £1000 per month to make sure I was okay and that I wouldn't get into debt. He said he'd have a look at the figures and get back to me. Fast forward 2 months and nothing was ever brought up or mentioned so I go to him again and say that I'm at a wall and I need the pay increase. In amongst this, my employer was withholding…