Month: July 2022

Right, I’ll keep it short and simple. I work in a warehouse in the UK, my probation period lasts 3 months, 2 months in I get a letter about a probationary review, it’s on 10:30pm Saturday, that means I have 2 more full shifts, today and tomorrow 10pm-6am plus half an hour until I get sacked. Question is, can I just sit on my phone in the locker room for the entire 2 shifts while clocked in or do I actually have to work? Would I still get paid if I literally came in, clocked in and did nothing for 2 entire shifts?

Hi everyone! Bit of a venting/ranting post. I got laid off today just due to the recession/my company also kind of shifting their direction in a way where my work wasn’t needed. Still processing how I feel about it but one thing is just how broken our employment system is (although I suppose it’s functional to the people it’s really supposed to work for). I work in a creative industry and also freelance on the side. But one thing that’s striking is my friend started sending me applications for jobs specifically with benefits and I was like yeah my company never provided me benefits I pay for all my own shrug they’re a small company. I also had a relatively short tenure there and my employment was always somewhat tenuous because my entire department wasn’t really central to the functions of the company. It always felt like I was grinding…