Month: November 2022

I've only been working there for one month. When negotiating the pay, I got a small $ bump plus a 6-month review+increase. I wasn't thrilled, but I had nothing else going on so I took the job. When I told my boss I had another job offer with the schools for the same pay but with 175 days off, he offered me a 25%+ salary increase and additional PTO. This is what happens. He could have paid more from the start. He could've offered more PTO from the start. Why should I trust anything he says or does now? Nope.

This post aims to raise awareness and help you negotiate fair wages with your employer, improving your financial situation. I think this is relevant. Please check out the MIT website in detail. Feel free to check your area's Living wage; this is the same calculator used in “The Fight for $15”, which started in 2012. CHECK RENTS HERE ** Adjusting for inflation in 2012, $15 is about $19.40 today. However, the cost of housing and other expenses has outpaced inflation and wage growth. Productivity has tripled since 1970, yet we have decreasing living standards, and the birth rate is plummeting as a result. Living Wage Calculation for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY – I live in Manhattan, so the $26 is the minimum for me, but in an area with over 15 million people, it is still well above $20/hr. Living Wage Calculation for Bronx County, New York – I grew…

If you had to boil it down to a single event or situation you went through, what would you say finally convinced you that capitalism and the rat race wasn’t the best we as a society have to offer, wasn’t the ‘purpose in life’ it was sold to you as growing up?

I really hops this sub doesn't start encouraging people to act like terrible employees and damage businesses by laying ALL blame on the boss when someone does blatantly act like a P.O.S. I like this sub and I do hope it helps make changes for the better in the workplace, but I would hate to see it devolve into some place for employees to screw employers and brag about it. It was good to see that some, if not most, commenters felt similarly.

i’m so done with my job. i sprained my ankle last night and mind you this job requieres a lot of walking. the dr gave me some restrictions (which are that i can’t walk too often.) and my manager decided to ignore that and still asked me to go in and do my usual job. there’s no HR for this company and idk what to do.