Month: May 2022

I’ve been working at a small public accounting firm for almost 7 years now and have moved up significantly and am essentially a manager. Beginning of May I let my boss know I was going to be taking off some once my wife and I have our son. He informed me he’s going to get a computer for me to take home so I can check emails sporadically so I don’t come back and have hundreds of emails. I reluctantly agreed as it made sense…coming back from any extended time is brutal. Couple weeks go by and I still don’t have any of the equipment to set up an office. I ask again and was told it’ll be ready before his due date in June. Wife & I go back to the dr and get the news we’re going to have baby boy next week (this was on 5/19). We’re…

If we have to work, can we make it better?… What actions would you partake in to push for a more equitable and sustainable workplace? How do we change the mindset that creativity and innovation is solely about corporate profits and gross competition with a huge dash of environmental destruction? Are CEO's and leadership evil or willfully ignorant? How do we push employers to create living wage jobs for employees and not pass all the costs onto the consumer? How is a million , a billion, a space race not enough? I'd rather eat dandelions.

Hey all, i just got accepted for a job and was just told the company has a union. What exactly is a union, i’ve heard it’s good but others say it’s bad.

I know this is r/antiwork but regardless of our beliefs I still have to survive in this hellhole. I'm just looking for advice on how to handle two jobs without getting burned out or depressed even more. (This is temporary but I'm still scared.) Edit: My current job is full time with hours between 0600 – 1430 and 1230 – 2100 hours. I work at a grocery store bakery.

This is an alt account. A little bit of background: This company that acquired us and the company I work for are both based in construction and both in the US. I’ve worked in construction for the same workplace for over 10 years switching titles a little more than 6 years ago. I am currently union employed. Here’s the thing though. The construction company that acquired us, is actually owned by a huge conglomerate that owns a huge amount of other properties as well. I am unsure about how to navigate in these “new waters”. I’ve read many of stories on Reddit about corporate jobs. Now that I find myself in this situation, I’d like to know what to avoid and how to survive in a corporate transition. A few other things I will say is I’m not looking to leave this company currently and this is the first big…

Housing is around here costs waaay more than what it costs to pay for the materials and construction workers to build housing. And maintenance isn’t that much compared to what the landlords and bankers make. The actual cost of LIVING, the things we need to get through the day and wake up the next, DOES NOT MATCH the prices we are paying on the market. How do we get it to match?

I recently moved to consulting from my inhouse job. My whole team is regularly told that we are all replaceable and can leave if we continue to give mediocre results. We were told by the CEO that we are the product he sells. So be a good one. I think this is a major red flag for what lies ahead.