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Month: February 2023
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should I report an issue to the EPA?
My company does work with hydraulic systems sometimes and we store waste oil in 55 gallon drums outside in a gravel lot. They leak and have a bunch of hydraulic oil all over the ground. My boss is aware of this issue but doesn't really see any urgency to fix it. They haven't been great with raises rhe past 3 years despite bragging about how well we've been doing. Is it a bad idea to report this to the epa? There are bodies of water nearby that may be getting runoff
I recently finished reading a book that came out Oct. 2022, Hahnel's “A Participatory Economy.” In it, the author makes a keen argument for the failures of the market based economies, and proposes a radical alternative to both market based economies and Soviet style centrally planned economies. To summarize, the proposal was that we have Consumer Councils on neighborhood, city, county, region and national levels (with representative democracy as we get less local) that we participate in. The consumer councils determine (mostly by surveys, requests and inquiries and data on consumption in years past) what goods and services the citizens wish for the economy to produce that they can consume them, and Worker Councils (organizations of workers who have great degrees of autonomy on their own workplaces) make proposals about how they can fulfill those needs and what publicly owned goods (like printing presses or cement trucks) they're requesting to…
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hostile/toxic work environment
If you quit a job due to a toxic/hostile employer, how do you explain why you left to your next employer in an interview? Honesty or make something up?
All I wish is for the day to be over so I can walk my dog, go to gym, and relax and watch tv or read a book. Doing this 5x a week for eternity and having a split second 2 days off is torture. Tried reading self help, didn’t help. Doctor gave me Prozac, didn’t help. It’s nothing but never ending wishing for the day to be over, and knowing you have to do it again next day.
And texted me today. 3 months ago, I went through the application process and had an interview, and called to follow up. He said “Sorry, I’m really busy this morning, I’ll call you back” and never did. Now he’s asking if I want to work 2 days a week for him. Some nerve. Should I just ignore him?
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Vacation request denied
I have a pretty good job and I really get along well with my supervisor. However, today I sent in a vacation request to leave a couple of hours early the Friday before Easter in order to go on a family trip over Easter weekend. I previously requested and was approved to take a full day off the week after Easter and I have a doctor's appointment around the same time that will require me to leave the office for 2-3 hours. This is during a busy time in the office, but we work for the state so it's not like things can wait until I get back, especially for me to take off for two hours! Not only did my boss not approve the two hour request, she reminded me that she was apprehensive about me taking the other times off. I have plenty of vacation time so that…
