Month: February 2023

Tell me how a company that paid $876 million in dividends in 2022 and parent company 10 billion in revenue ….. was not able to pay out a raise. I started working for this company in 2022 (I am mid career so experienced) and this was my 1st review process. I received no raise (and everything I buy is more expensive). My bonus was only funded at 85% not the full 100% (will be taxed to death as well on that). I was advised they were not able to give raises or fund bonus amounts at 100%. I was numb more than mad so not quite sure what that means about how I feel about the evils of corporate America.

Currently waiting on being cleared on my background check and drug test. Not worried at all. I don’t indulge. But I’m curious…. Could I call the clinic and ask for my drug test results?

Hi all. I’m looking for something new to try. I’m 21 and I’ve been doing plumbing for a year or so and I’m just not interested in it at all. Any suggestions or ideas of something I can get into when I’m young?

Why can’t we all just make gofundme accounts to pay off our debts? Like…one person makes an account and says I have x debt, let’s say $10,000, and 10,000 people from this sub give $1. That persons debt is gone and should now have some expendable income (hopefully) to help the next person in line. Shower. Rinse. Repeat. Until we clear everyone’s debt. I mean I’m sure there are people who can’t share $1 quite yet, but those who can would be able to help them out right? I know realistically this isn’t feasible and doesn’t solve any of the problems our country is having at a higher level, but if we free people from debt that’s one step closer to making things equal for everyone.

Because my job offers no benefits and pays below living wage, we've lost all our good staff over the years. Now we're running or barely running with bare minimum staff. We only have a handful of full time staff. The rest of our help is college and high school students. Most people are scheduled over ten hour days. Because the employers are anti-over time, they are well known for making workers take 1 to 2 hour lunches, sending people home well before their shift ends or my personal favorite – making someone leave at 10am and making them come back at 4pm to work until 530. For reference, this is a daycare. So the student to teacher ratio is important. They frequently deny people's requests to call in sick. Last week someone was throwing up at work but they made her work the full shift so they could send other…