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Favorite quotes from my manager.

After explaining something to him he says, “Just because it isn't going to work, doesn't mean we aren't going to try.” An after he permanently slowed receiving down with his new “organization” he told us, “You guys back here focus too much on efficiency.”

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Have you read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? I notice a lot of the same themes today that were expressed in that book.

Its interesting to read a book like The Jungle to see how far we've come in terms of labor reform and food safety. It's also amazing to see how much better we have it today than our forebears who immigrated to the US in the early 20th century.

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Boss asked me to switch to 1099 from an hourly position.

Work for a small diner in the middle of nowhere….pay starts coming later, then checks get paid via cash and now boss wants me to go from hourly w2 employee to 1099 sub contractor. Any legal advice here? What is this person thinking? Is this even possible?

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The faster we boycott these companies, the quicker they realise that they can’t get away with this shit

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Paid Casual Fridays

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Question for Dane.

During the summer I worked part-time for a company in Copenhagen. I told them I didn't have my CPR # but they assured me they would help me get one. And that I was allowed to work in Denmark for three months before needing a CPR. I haven't been paid at all. So three months later they fired me and when I tell them I want my pay they need my CPR #. I found out through another company that I worked with over the summer that they could do something called manual pay. Which I sent and advised this company do. (As I would imagine not paying me is against the law.) So this person agreed but is going to take 55% on taxes. I'm not Danish and just would like to know is this is normal to take 55%. I knew Denmark's tax is high but this is…

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just a question from a third world perspective

How you guys can afford things like rent and groceries without working a job . We asian also don't want to work but we have to.

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London school uses law change to replace striking staff with agency workers | Schools

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Ah yes, glory be to “higher management”. Every clock in the workplace shows the incorrect time and we all clock in at least 15 minutes early each morning…at 4:50AM.

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We have devolved into creatures at a Phoenix AZ construction business. well over 5M/ year in revenue…can I sue for this ??