Month: May 2022

I've had some real shitty managers in my day. Let me know your stories guys. Here's a place to vent about just how awful management can be. They don't get to have their deeds swept under the rug here.

I tried to make my original post about this as concise as possible, but it still looked way too long (my apologies); I'll keep this brief, and I can just go ahead and explain all of the details in the comments instead. Basically what has been happening to me is, I started an underwriting assistant and title insurance policy writer job a little over a month ago that pays $12.93 an hour for a small business in which 90% of my coworkers (including boss/training-lady) are all seniors. It's $14 an hour before taxes and approx. $12.93 an hour after taxes. Not only is the workplace extremely disorganized (several files going missing, checks all suddenly going missing, and just Monday the boss sent a wire to the wrong customer with the wrong account information), and my paycheck is one day late at least half of the time, but on top of…

Okay, so it's not a long bow to draw at all to come to that conclusion, it's pretty obvious if you actually pay attention AND I'm certainly not breaking any new ground by drawing anti-capitalist sentiments from it. But, as a tool, it's a FANTASTIC way to teach children about worker exploitation in an engaging and not too upsetting way. With the Grasshoppers as cruel, greedy bosses and the Ants as the working population. Initially written to be loosely based off Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, many people have drawn very strong similarities to Akira Kurosawa's classic “7 Samurai” I see the Thespian bugs as refugees and migrants escaping their own exploitation, and when accepted into the Ant colony they only strengthen it bringing diverse culture. A scene worth mentioning is when the Ants stop needing to collect the extra food for the Grasshoppers, they are free to…

I've been working for a big company for a little over a year in a support role. I'm in a weird on-site remote corporate position, so I don't report to anyone where I work nor does anyone report to me. My manager lives thousands of miles away and I talk to them once per week via a video call. The facility that I work in has had some major turnover issues since I started with the company. The high turnover caused productivity decreases that put a lot of pressure on the on-site leadership and drove most of them to resign. Though well outside of my scope, I stepped up and starting taking on a lot of responsibilities to fill the leadership gaps. Some senior corporate leaders noticed my commitment and how much I've taken on and suggested that I apply for a one of those vacant leadership roles. I've been…

I’m starting at a new job soon and I want to avoid something that happened in my last job, being contacted by either text or calls by my bosses to come work on my days off or cover for other people. As the title says, is it alright if I refuse to give the new company my personal phone number?

So, I put in my two weeks notice at my current job this week, then today i was told to turn in my laptop and badge at the office tomorrow a week before my time is up. I am a contractor, but I was given no reason why they are letting me go early. Is this considered being fired/laid off and does it qualify me for unemployment? I now have 3 weeks before I start my next job, and while I have enough savings for that unpaid time, I was expecting another week of pay.

We all have different levels of comfort, and none of us want to see what little comfort we have be compromised by striking, quitting our jobs, etc But when do we all collectively decide to say “fuck you” to congress/parliament/the powers that be? The biggest issue half the population faces, is the fact that we're not unionized. And, anecdotally speaking, alot of the unions that we do take part in – simpy don't do enough for the average worker. So when do we all collectively say “fuck this bullshit”? The great resignation doesn't seem to be effective enough.