Month: January 2023

I was hired to work a rotating 12 hour schedule. One week it’s 3 days on 4 days off and then 4 days on 3 days off. We will soon be going to an 8 hour schedule. So we will only ever have 2 days off and every three weeks we are expected to be on call for our weekend. They do not plan on paying any sort of compensation unless you’re actually called into work on those days. Just curious if that is legal. Already being told that not coming in on our days off will result in a write up if we are on call. Which can eventually lead to termination. I live in Washington State for reference.

I don't know if anyone will read this, or relate, but I needed to “journal” and clear the air with myself. I'm also not sure if this is the proper outlet, but it felt like the right place given the circumstances. Today is the start of a new year. I've been trying to work on myself for the past few months, recognizing I have a drinking problem. I'm making some good progress, but there's still lots work to do. I want 2023 to be a much better year personally and professionally. I'll preface this by saying, I can only blame my drinking on myself. No one forced me to drink. No one forced me to spend all the money and time I did running away from myself and loved ones. The drinking is mine, and mine alone to own and move past. What I can say however, and have never…

So I was hired as a cook for 15$ a hour. They called me in on break and offered to have me work housekeeping despite me being hired on as a cook. The housekeeping is only 13$ a hour and I want my cook pay of 15$ ideally. They have exactly one worker in house keeping and one in laundry and I'd be working both jobs. I have a unpaid internship to graduate at a prison, and during the weekdays I'd be coming in after five for a half shift after working at the prison. Is there a way I can get the manager (they said he is very fair) to get me to be paid 15$ a hour. I'm seasonal help due to school, and I was wondering if I could negotiate him into paying me 16$+ for the after hours work they desperately need since the other two…

I just quit a counseling place In NJ that specializes in addiction. I needed the hours to graduate. Just 100. Anyways, the woman who worked there was openly transphobic to her young, impressionable client. Mind you, I'm supposed to shadow this clown. Her client is (17) and i have no clue why she said to her “yeah I'm gay, but i don't fuck with that weird trans-shit) I won't get on her case for speaking in AAVE cause it's not the issue..it's her mentality and how she speaks to kids. There's a line between acting in a way they can relate and being an adult. That's how she feels ? fine, why bring it to work? I ask for a half day to apply for a job because i wasnt working a real paying job due to a previous surgery. She got annoyed and asked me why I'm applying for…

At my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary this week they had a chart with facts about 1972 when they were married. One part showed the cost of various things, and it seemed like everything was on average about 10X the dollar amount from back then, except for average income, so I did an analysis to find the multiplier for each category, listed below: Annual Income $9,133 to $54,130 (+5.9X) Fed Minimum wage $1.60 to $7.25 (+4.5X) California min wage $1.65 to $15.50 (+9.4X) Gallon of Milk $1.20 to $3.59 (+3.0X) Loaf of Bread $.25 to $1.85 (+7.4X) Pound of Bacon $0.97 to $7.31 (+7.5X) Dozen Eggs $0.52 to $4.12 (+7.9X) Gallon of Gas: $.33 to 3.18 (+9.3X) Movie Ticket $1.31 to $12 (+10.6) Stamp $0.05 to $.60 (+12X) 4 yrs Public tuition $2,010 to $24,600 (+12.2) New car: 3,500 to 48,200 (+13.7X) House: 27,550 to 440,300 (+15.9X) Asking Rent (house) $108…