Month: September 2022

My old employer ran a restaurant/retail store/bar that was regularly packed 5 days out of the week, where the cheapest full meal was $15. We had a staff of about 30 people, however only 5 people in the kitchen. He constantly claimed that he couldn't afford to pay living wage, and that he couldn't afford more employees either. Should I believe that? This was in Austin mind you.

Is this a tactic used to avoid paying unemployment? Is there a way to prove that he has essentially been fired? I told him not to resign. We are located in North Carolina.

A lot of people say “my retirement plan is death” but that’s usually more of a joke statement than what they actually have planned. So what are you really planning to do when you hit retirement age? What are you doing right now to work towards it? Do you have a set goal in mind, and how do you plan on pulling it off?

On paper, my job is pretty good. 80k salary plus any overtime pay. I pay nothing for my wife’s and my health insurance. They match half of 7% for my 401k and guarantee a 4% raise every year. Also I actually like my job (helicopter mechanic). I just can’t stand my boss. He just tries to micro manage too hard, he has no experience on the helicopters we work on and tries to tell us what to do. He orders us around and gets pissy when we say something like “that’s not how this works” or “according to the FAA we can’t do that”. The company has a policy that we can not work more than 10 hours a day because you just shouldn’t be working on a helicopter if you tired or exhausted. So…. This guy expects us to work 10 hours a day and be on call 24/7.…