Month: August 2022

I recently started a new job(6 months ago) outside of the food industry. I spent the last 12 years of my life in a kitchen or serving, I've literally done everything from dishwasher to head chef to management. I wanted a change and went into a different field(customer service) I knew my skills would translate well to the new job plus the hours where wayyyyy better(off at 5pm) and I excelled. I followed the system and worked My ass off and became a vaulable memeber of the team. Long story short my wife can't work for at least a year because of a new baby. I asked for a raise and didn't get it because “we don't have the budget for it” though they're a multi million dollar company and the owner just bought a brand new vacation house. I told them 15 an hour can't raise a family and…

I’ve never seen such a bizarre and vapid narrative driven so boldy down the media pipeline as this one has been. At least in regards to the working-person. I make gargbage money doing a high financial risk job. If anyone in the US has done a refinance, I may have been the guy on the phone at the settlement agent asking you to correct a missed date to approve the new loan. Millions upon millions of dollars in refinance closings, and I make $17/hr. I’ve been a model employee and grown business. I’ve been shouted at on the phone by every outraged, title holding individual, that “owns” (quotes because chain of title is actually a hilariously flawed model that slows the entire process down to a relatively fixed rate) a house which I can only dream of. Complete mania. You’ve seen people flip out over .69 cents at Starbucks, imagine…

This will probably get downvoted considering this is anti work, but I’ve seen a lot of posts where people can’t even get a day off to visit their during mom in the hospital or something and just wanted to give a little encouragement and show that their are some awesome, healthy work environments out there. Basically as the title says. I had to put my 16 year old dog down this weekend. Told my boss about it and he told me to take a half day on Friday. Didn’t even ask for it but wasn’t going to say no. Friday comes and two hours into my shift he tells me to clock out and head out. I had worked some shitty jobs in the past so I was actually really uneasy about it, like I miss heard him or something. Probably asked like 10 times if he was sure before…

This sub is a mess. It was wrecked a few months this ago, only to be rebuilt and then wrecked again today. I spouted off before about theory and how it’s not encompassing. Apparently theory still matters more than actions, or sharing education. Have your echo chamber then. Have it. Alienate everyone go ahead. Great cause. The gathering will happen with ten others and no more. Great change. Good work y’all.

I'm going to do this either way but I'm just curious what your thoughts are. I'm a high-functioning autistic and my state (Virginia) is paying for job coaching services. I haven't started yet, but is there anything I should be aware of? How are they as far as supporting workers goes?

I work at a fair concession stand that's been around for at least 30 years. I just started this year, but my younger brother worked there last year. As far as the people I know have worked there, there has been a bonus if you worked all of your assigned shifts (a dollar raise per hour). Before my gig started, my brother asked the owner if the bonus was still a thing, and he said yes. Keep in mind, this is a family run business that only runs the 2 weeks of this fair. They make around $16k a day from this booth. All of my coworkers are minors. I basically have nothing to lose if I quit. One of my coworkers asked about the bonus today (halfway through the gig) , and the owner said it actually wasn't happening. He never updated any of us about this, and only…