Month: July 2023

I was working maintenance for a nonprofit section 8 housing corp. I liked the work and the schedule, 4 10’s. On call rotation sucked because I lived a good 30 minutes away. Anyways maintenance supervisor loved me, I was raised in the business and did great work at a reasonable speed. I floated among several properties filling in where needed. Took on big projects for nasty ass people that had moved out. Another tech really wasn’t up to snuff and I helped out his properties a lot. We had a company phone with tracking that everyone could see. Worst tenant in the portfolio finally get evicted. I gut it, fix everything over a few days and I am literally walking to my truck to go give a hand to junior tech on a unit he is overwhelmed with. He has nothing ready for parts, can’t plan ahead. I had been…

I was working maintenance for a nonprofit section 8 housing corp. I liked the work and the schedule, 4 10’s. On call rotation sucked because I lived a good 30 minutes away. Anyways maintenance supervisor loved me, I was raised in the business and did great work at a reasonable speed. I floated among several properties filling in where needed. Took on big projects for nasty ass people that had moved out. Another tech really wasn’t up to snuff and I helped out his properties a lot. We had a company phone with tracking that everyone could see. Worst tenant in the portfolio finally get evicted. I gut it, fix everything over a few days and I am literally walking to my truck to go give a hand to junior tech on a unit he is overwhelmed with. He has nothing ready for parts, can’t plan ahead. I had been…

I recently picked up a job at chick fil a and if I can be honest, it's not my favorite job but it's enough to pay my bills. When I completed my interview , I have expressed my interest in working 40 hours full time. And only working a morning shift with an availability of 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday. My first week working, i got my full 40 hours. My 2nd week working, I was assigned 20 hours. This is absolutely ridiculous. I wouldn't be complaining if they gave me 30 or 35 hours but 20 hours won't be able to cover all of my bills. I've already applied to a few jobs. If I get a job offer, i wont even care to give CFA a 2 week notice, I will just be a no call no show. I'll also email HR that I won't…

I work in a field where urgent response is the entire purpose. My employer became suddenly budget conscious which led to them becoming much more stringent about our (frequent) overtime. We were told that all scheduled overtime had to be approved…cool…no issue there. However, when it came to unscheduled overtime, which is where the bulk of overtime came from, the problem arose. Any unscheduled overtime would be reviewed after the fact. If it was determined that overtime wasn’t justified, we could either be faced being forced to take comp time within the same pay period so that the extra time would be negated, or they would attempt to not pay or claw back money (which is illegal). Cue malicious compliance in two ways: I tend to work earlier hours than our main office, so it’s not uncommon for me to get phone calls once I’ve returned home. Normally not a…

I work in the cannabis industry. It's an extremely regulated market. Tons of laws you have to follow in order to be in business. I tried explaining that to my new CEO whose father-in-law had just bought the company. He closed the door and screamed at me for five minutes because I wouldn't break the law for him. I left and never went back. 9 months later was yesterday. I went to a meeting for the state regulatory board for cannabis, where they approved the company to go into receivership (a third party will take over operations). The CEO walked out on the company, and took all his friends that he hired with him. They left 300+ employees leaderless, and their vendors unpaid. He couldn't handle the pressure and just quit and went home. I got to listen to the regulatory board call it a case study on what never…

I have worked at this place for 2 years and have never been offered a raise and I have not asked for a raise. I know I should and I think I’m going to. The place I work at pays 18.45 and hour for carpentry. I enjoy carpentry but most places in my area seem to be paying $20 an hour. I’ve been training a guy how to build doorways who has been there longer than me and gets paid more than me. I am one of the best workers they have and I get paid the same as someone who doesn’t do anything all day. I feel like they don’t value me and I might go put a application in somewhere else. My buddy quit and before he left he was offered $20 to stay and has been there a year less than me. If you were in my…

I work as a shuttle driver transporting railroad crews. The company I'm currently working for just lost contract to renew services. I was the union steward for the shuttle drivers for the current company. The new company doesn't have a union but branches are slowly unionizing across several locations. I just got called by the supervisor from the new company that I'm currently ineligible for employment. I suspect it because I'm the union steward. Does anybody have any advice?

Guess the state? My daughter got a job, that doesn’t staff itself well at all. They had someone quit and they needed someone to cover. She goes in, and works for 9.5 hours, only being provided a 10 minute break to eat, which was paid for. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I feel that if you’re going to be utilizing child labor, you should be planning ahead well enough so that you don’t go against child labor guidelines.