Month: April 2023

While I understand it is company policy in some places to destroy/throw away products/food if it doesn't sell that day, in this time of so much consumer waste and inflation, the best thing you can do as a manager is revolt against it. Bring up some bs about how it is against your religion to waste. That way the left over product actually does get used, instead of wasted. And hey, who knows, you may actually get a paying customer with giving away the left overs that didn't sell! As managers, you guys have the power to make the difference.

I’m a bartender, my boss moaned at me for my drinks being “too perfect”, then proceeded to show me how it’s done, and made some of the most absolutely dog shit cocktails I’ve ever seen in my entire life. It’s a premium bar.

My husband and I found the PERFECT house, in the best location, in our price range that actually had a price reduction AND has been on the market for over 2 weeks. We want to go to an open house tomorrow after work, but I genuinely fear for my job security as they go through layoffs every few months. My confidence is crushed due to being laid off my dream job in 2021, and I feel like everyone is expendable. So I feel like worst case scenario is I lose my job, and use the rest of my savings to pay the rest of our rent, and then we can live in our car or live in a tiny apartment in an unsafe part of town. The American dream is dead. I know we all know this, but I just wanted to reiterate.

I know people may not working in the field they received a degree in for various reasons. But I’m still curious to hear your experience

Currently the company I work for gives everyone six sick days. Personally I think it's kind of ridiculously low and most people I've talked to at the company agree. This is a multi billion corporation that can afford to let people take time off when they're sick. My mentor proposed the idea of unlimited sick days, which I'm all for. Most of the companies I've worked at before have had unlimited sick days and trying to navigate six sick days has added more stress to my life. I got sick earlier this year and ended up having to work from home while sick because I didn't want to use up all my sick days the first month of the year. We both know that the company will not grant us unlimited sick days, so my mentor proposed allowing employees to voluntarily pool shared sick time as an alternative. I think…

As part of my continuing effort to better understand my own priorities in life and further define where work sits in that for me in all that, I ran though an exercise that may be of interest to the sub as it puts a tangible point from which one can then make decisions. How much does it cost you to live each day? Running through ALL my families expenses we are currently opted in on from utilities, insurance, fuel, memberships, groceries, day care, medical, taxes paid in after tax dollars etc etc. For us, our family of 5 comes in at $110 (AUD) per day.

Do those that feel they have nothing to look forward to deserve a dignified way out of the system? If it were legalized would it benefit those left behind, making our labor more valuable?