Month: May 2022

Kind of frustrating. It doesn't matter how well I can collaborate, and/or how flexible or have well rounded I am …..because if I do work outside of my job description I don't get credit for it. No more.

I was thinking about the structure of companies and work and was inspired to try to think the whole structure through from bottom to top. For this thought exercise let's presume that we're talking about a company that is a for profit, private organization which provides goods and services that are important for life and comfort. Imagine something like food or important supplies along with the supply chain to get them to you. Let's say this company owns $100 Million in actual assets and equipment, like buildings and food processing machinery and conveyor belts and the like which had to be purchased and have to be maintained. The total expenditure of the company under normal current day circumstances is 20M a year and their total revenue under those same circumstances is 35M a year. They keep 15M in profit, half of which is reinvested in the company and half of…

It's really a win-win for everyone. Train your employees on what products have the highest margins and after 3 months of employment you share x% of all profits during their shift in their next paycheck. Even something like 2% would motivate me a hell of a lot more to sell the dumb shit owners want me to sell. Overall sales would go up and your employees would take an active interest in trying to make your business more profitable. I don't understand why this isn't common practice. When I worked at game stop as a kid, we always were told to push warranties (the highest profit margin statistically) and were tracked and ranked on who sold the most. I never gave a shit because I could sell 100 warranties in a shift and not see an extra penny in my paycheck.

Schedule also changes every week. Now I am a college student and currently living with family for summer, but I was desperate and applied to several jobs for the summer with the caveat that they had to be okay with me quitting at the end of the summer. I don’t have expenses at the moment but will have a ton again come fall. I took the first one I was offered. The minimum wage in my state and town is $7.25/hour, but I haven’t made this little since 2017. Last summer I made $11/hour. At the hours they’re giving me, I’ll make at most $2k for the whole summer. Should I quit and keep looking? Edit: I didn’t say “I’m quitting,” I told them I’d only be available until X date because I want the option to come back over next winter break.

So, to lay out the situation. I have been working 2 hours from home, which I was okay with as I have a company gas card, car and paid hourly. Everything has been going smooth up until this weeks pay stub I notice I'm missing about $300. So I ask my boss what's going on with my pay, im told I was changed to being paid BY THE JOB. I have a 47 hour and a 50 hour check coming up I was counting on that is now what? Completely dissolved? I didn't get any notice of my pay being changed. This was Completely scummy in my eyes. I wouldn't drive this far being paid by job, I would've stayed in my area and done more jobs rather than driving for hours and hours… what should I do to try to get paid my overtime hours I worked? Am I…

So I'm a lowly government worker (can't download external programs) who plays hockey late at night and enjoys a good nap in the midday. My work unfortunately requires use of Ms teams which tracks your availability and rats you out after 5 minutes. Certainly not enough for a good snooze. Up until this week you could run a PowerPoint presentation to trick the system but it would seem someone got wise to that and I've been struggling all week. My current solution is to put myself into a meeting but this will only work so long before it gets suspicious. Mr Google says to create a message in your profile but I have tested this at length to no avail. TLDR How does one keep their Microsoft teams status on always available? No third party software allowed Thank you kind read it folks. Keep fighting the good fight

So, she (16F) is working at your typical mom and pop restaurant. It seems pretty generic and is located in a sketchy part of town. She has worked 2 shits. Here are a list of issues: Roaches everywhere Reusing silverware after the party leaves if it appears to be clean Making salads without gloves Considering she has worked less than 12 hours so far, I assume more will come up in the future I work in a restaurant as well and have never run into these issues there. All 3 are majorly illegal from what I know and also go against common sense. She is going to quit and find a new job hopefully, but other than that what should she do in order to help herself while hurting the company that allows these ridiculous conditions. I live in States for context but I’d be willing to give which state…