Month: September 2022

When companies do it, that's a cartel. They essentially create a monopoly and control their prices. Think internet providers in America, for example. Almost universally hated. But it WORKS for them. They gauge their prices however they want, and earn billions more than if they were actually competing. If this makes you mad, put a pin on that rage for now. When workers do it, that's a union. Workers collectively agree to raise their prices, which means they artificially earn more. Remember that rage from before? Over oligopolies and the absurd extra spending for you? That's exactly how bosses feel about unions. That's the driving force behind union-busting. Understanding this is crucial to any labor movement. (If only we fought those oligopolies with the same fierceness that companies fight unions… but I digress.) What I want to say is: know that what works for companies also work for laborers, because…

Why does every company think just because you are childless means they can make you work a bunch of extra hours or come in on your days off.

My boss and her husband are very racist. They have said numerous times “black people are ruining our country” type things or how the husband “kinda wants to shoot up a government building because of democrats” literally said that. Anyway wanting to know if this is acceptable to sell? We’re owned by the 12 schools in our area and they receive the money we make and I don’t think they’d be happy that some of the money they receive is from things like this.

Alright y’all. So I work 25hrs/week at a well known non-profit organization (think YMCA, Boys Girls Club). I’m 24 and a year and a half out of undergrad and am two classes and a thesis away from my Masters. I can only work 25 hours because school is a 20hr/week commitment. I’m also the lead in a musical right now (Carrie in Carrie the musical) After this show I’m done with theater for a while so I can focus on school and work but this is a show that means a lot to me. I played Sue in college before COVID ruined it and my director of the show had a stroke in front of me, so it’s a show that carrie’s a lot of trauma for me and it’s been so helpful in my healing process to be in it now. I requested the Thursday of tech week and…

I’m in a situation right now where all I’m able to do for work is foodservice. Thankfully I’m quite passionate about cooking so it isn’t too bad but… how do you guys cope with this? I mean the ideas of working for such a shitty industry or folks without college education/etc who are going to be unable to do WFH for a VERY long time. Currently struggling to keep my head up but what do other people do in situations like mine?

So for 6 years I worked a position that paid me a decent amount of work for what I did, I was happy I had a 9-5 schedule with weekends and holidays off and enjoyed my personal life more than imaginable, I always dreamed of promoting within the workplace, I did and it was a lifelong dream. Or at least I thought it was I am now working 80 hours of overtime a month forcefully and my new schedule sucks. Some days I work 16 hours straight sure the pay is way better but I feel my quality of life has gone down the tubes and I don’t want my schedule to cost me my personal relationships. I can always resort to going back to my old job but I fear the criticism that I will face and the backlash from people within the work circle. Sure I’ll take a…

she is not a manager. her manager has her do all of their work and it’s above her pay grade. i told her to basically act her wage and she said she’ll be fired for doing that. would being fired for doing her job requirements be illegal in any way? are there any solutions or a way to combat it? I’d rather not recommend this if people are going to lose their jobs that have guaranteed consistent pay…