Month: July 2022

I painstakingly worked through the ranks at many different companies through very junior roles, to mid-level management, to director/VP level, and now to the top over a 20 year career starting in my late teens. So it's essentially on autopilot and honestly doesn't even feel much like work since the industry is and has been a personal passion of mine as well. Being that I have decades of relevant industry experience in a continuously growing field, I find myself wanting to continue applying these skills and passion/desire to a company or team and that's why I haven't pulled the ripcord just yet. However… Almost suddenly it seems (last 6-12 months perhaps?), I am suddenly appalled and almost disgusted by the amount of corporate bullshittery that exists in today's world and corporate environment. It's just mind blowing to me that people are willing to work under these conditions. The push for…

Someone being a billionaire is often considered immoral because in order to amass that much money, they basically have to exploit/underpay a bunch of people below them in a hierarchical environment. But what about artists who are able to produce a functionally unlimited number of their creation, like a digital song, or an e-book? Could someone theoretically make something that got so popular and made so much money, that they could morally accumulate a billion dollars? This thought experiment came up in a conversation a while ago, and I'd love to hear some other people's opinions.

Hello, everyone! If this doesn't belong here, please remove it. I started a supervisor job in a care-related field in Louisiana. I am working a normal 9-5 type schedule, which I am compensated for at an hourly rate. When I clock out, I am responsible for my work phone calls around the clock, which I am not paid for. I am also on-call every other week. During these weeks, I am on the phone or monitoring a program on the computer around the clock practically all day. I am woken up before 6am and up until almost midnight working/monitoring my workers and clients. I am not compensated for this, but my entire time outside of my otherwise compensated 9-5 is without pay. I have no work-life balance and I am not even being paid. Is this legal? Is this normal? Thanks!

It was a field merchandiser position at a UK clothes retailer. The position was split across two departments that trade in excess of £40 million a year in total. The wage offered? £19,000…

Recently started a new job. It all seems to be going well and a lot less of a work load than my previous job. However I had to have review with my supervisor involving him filling out a form with a score of 1-5 in various areas. I got put down as a 4 for everything with the reason of “I've been told I'm not allowed to give 5s” does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?