Month: September 2022

The job is not even related to health . They said that it’s for “compliance” . At least more than 3 companies told me this . And all these are fully remote work . Is this some form of control they want for us ?

Morning all, I’ll keep it short. Work for a decent sized public company. We’re required to (and I was hired knowing this) to be in-office for 2 days of the week. I’ve been doing this for a little bit now. My work can be completely done remote. The days that I go in, there’s no more than 20 people in office at a time, and only 1 or 2 are coworkers. I have never had an in-person meeting with a single person on my team at the office. What are options that I have to attempt to not go in with HR? It’s not the fact of being in-office, it’s the 90 minute commute and $44 per day parking that’s killing me.

It used to be that even the companies that seldom had mass layoffs, still, for organizational or other purposes had to let workers go. In good times, people were treated with decency & respect. Given notice that their job was going away, given severance packages and depending on age the ability to retire with your pension. Post-pandemic the thin veil of deceit that created the illusion of corporate work equating bro modern day slavery. The only difference is you get decide which auction block advertise yourself for sell via of an application and an interview. You may not realize the list is longer than you think until you sit and add it up. What other parallels can be drawn between work (corporate or other) as modern day slavery? I went first…

I've (27M) been working in my current role in retail for about a year, with a total of 10 years experience across retail in various guises. Essentially, I took a role recently designing modular Kitchens (internal hire, was previously stacking shelves at same company for 9 months) with a big company on the premise of a pay increase (by about 10k), that has ultimately not eventuated. I feel like I was swindled during the interview. I was told there would be structured training to get me up to speed, however, I've more or less had to train myself in the role. With very little guidance or formal training. The job isn't that hard technically, more just the overall load. I'm beginning to feel like too little butter over too much bread, as we are very short-staffed and I have to cover many departments other than my own. Bosses keep asking…