If you work an exempt salaried position, how many of you are working 7 days a week on top of pulling all sorts of extended/odd hours? I’ll be up past midnight some nights, then up at 3:30am other days, it’s all over the place. Nobody seems to understand I have to sleep, eat, and take care of life at some point in the midst of all that. They practically seem offended if I’m not available 24/7. Is this normal out there now?
To try and be as vague as possible so I don’t out myself, I worked for a company in a popular tourist destination in Scotland. I ran the tourist centre for this particular company as the manager. The work is normally seasonal but the owner explained to me at the beginning of the year that I would have full time, permanent, continuous employment all year round as I would simply just go and work for a different department. The tourist season ended on Friday and it was then that the owner told me I was being paid off. 1 week’s notice he’d owe me. He went back on his word and basically fired me after I slaved away doing 6 day weeks for him all summer and making him lots of money. Not once did he express any disappointment in the work I had done all year. Anyway, I’m still…
I really just need to get this off my chest because I can’t talk to anyone in my district. I’ve checked out. I knew that teaching wasn’t for me and now I’m in my third year. I graduated college in 2020 and the industry I wanted to join was shut down. I originally went for teaching in a niche language. I figured after college I would be fluent enough, but I’m not. I’ll never be as good of a teacher as the ones I had. I’m uncomfortable trying to speak any language with the kids. It all feels unnatural and forced. I don’t like being the center of attention and I’m severely uncomfortable disciplining kids. Many kids lack respect and are zombies with their phones. I hate repeating myself. I hate being talked over. I get along well with the kids but trying to teach them anything is a whole…
But why should I give up that sweet health/dental care? I am doing the least I can. You younger folks should take my job, I am happy to give any “institutional” I have.
Good morning fellow antiwork comrades. Obviously, we'd rather not have to work at all, but here's something that's been hanging on my mind recently. Backstory, I went to school in the US to become a teacher but I am not a teacher currently because of money, not wanting to deal with parents, etc. As a student teacher, you are expected to write lesson plans, conduct parent teacher conferences, grade, testing, basically take over the entire classroom with a mentor teacher there as support. Additionally, they usually have some sort of class they're doing or some form of semester long project. During this time, student teachers are not only not paid, they are paying the university for the experience and living expenses are covered by themselves or student loans. The mentor teacher gets a small financial incentive for providing the mentoring, but the student teacher does not. Student teaching is not…
I've loved this sub and it's mission to share stories about inequality to bring awareness to other redditors, but I am recently feeling like all we do here is post stuff and say “look at how evil this person is!” Or sharing stories of work harassment and being taken advantage of. But there is never any resolve! Sure a fair amount say they quit, or will, or something, but from what I've seen most just want to post about some shitty aspect of their job instead of trying to find a solution to the problem. My solution, (which is an opinion also, is that the people who work for these politicians, executives etc, are the ones with the power. Without them, NONE of them would be in power. Power in this sense being the ability to take advantage of others without consequence, or minimal consequences. Without the bad actors under…
When I see I am scheduled from 7:15 AM to 9:15 PM I explain I'm not physically capable of working that many hours straight due to degenerative disc and sciatic nerve pain. We are literally not allowed to sit down at all during our shifts and 10-11 hours is my limit. I said I would work 6 days and only have 1 day off and that was no good. I was told I need to “start pulling my weight”…… Excuse me I am the only one you have left! Not only that I have been recognized and awarded a bonus that is given once every 4 months in a 12 store district to someone that consistently goes above and beyond their job duties. Corporate is supposed to be in tomorrow. Apparently since I can't pull my own weight it's probably better for me to not be there to mess things…