Month: July 2023

This is a rant. I (29M) am a postdoc working at a university lab and I had an experience recently that really upset me. I was in a conversation with two professors, one of whom is my boss, and they began complaining how HR is set up entirely to protect employees and does nothing to protect employers. I couldn't believe it. One prof even said he felt 'abused' by one of his employees. I'm used to tone deaf and frankly abusive behavior at this point, but this level of delusion is extraordinary in my experience. It would never have occured to me that these people could think this way. HR, as I think everyone here knows, exists to insulate a corporation (which is what a university is) from risk, and never has an employee's best interests at heart. I was really disturbed by how casually these people, who have an…

An elected politician supposed to represent their voters. In order for them to understand the struggle of the people that they represented, they should be living on minimum wage for at least 12 months. Everything must be paid with the minimum wage salary including housing, foods, transportation and etc without any outside assistance. With this, they will understand that minimum wage does not equal liveable wage.

Hello! I know this is gonna be kind of long, I apologize. I’m a 29 year old who decided to go back to school to get my bachelor’s degree. Due to being older, I still have bills to pay and more responsibilities than when I went to community college at 18. I’m currently working as a medical receptionist at a small private practice that quite honestly, is going down hill fast. Doctors quit left and right….I keep getting more and more jobs. They know I’m going to school and I’m “part time” (hence me getting absolutely no benefits). I make $25 an hour which to be completely honest, is really good for me right now while I’m school. The issue is, it’s an extremely toxic workplace. I think they’re doing some shady things if I’m completely honest. The owner screams and curses at everyone yet he’s never anywhere in sight.…

I've been searching for a decent job for the past two months while being stuck at Walmart and I hate it so much. I've gotten so many phone calls, first round interviews, and second round interviews, but NEVER a job offer (except for a pyramid scheme lol). Am I doing something wrong? I've been applying a ton on LinkedIn and Indeed and I've had two decent internships at small companies and I graduated from a good public school with a bachelor's in marketing. I feel like I did everything right and I still can't find a good job.

As the title says, due to staffing issues I have been covering two sites for my job. This includes all admin/ physical work ect, currently full-time, 40 hours per week. Recently, I found out that my company is hiring a worker for one of the sites. Which would be fine and even helpful on its own. However, On the advertised job they are offering 2k-4k more per year on half the hours that I am currently working at my own site. This is under the same company and this is after a ''payrise'' I have only received last week. On top of this I am being moved to a different company as the one I am currently working for has lost their contract and the main client wishes to keep me. However, the new company they have hired would pay even less according to average pay-rates then my current one.…

When you're hiring for a mindless data entry position and your employees do not have any prospects of professional advancement, just straight-up call it what it is. Stop using titles like “Data Analyst”, “Junior Data Analyst”, or worse, anything with the word “Executive” in the tile just means that this is an entry-level position. This kind of bullshit creates an illusion for someone who is doing a repetitive and easy-to-replace job-which the company pays so little-thinking that they are a vital link in the whole chain. This stops the employee from learning more or demanding a more livable wage. There's one industry that I think is being honest regarding their job title is hospitality. A supervisor actually supervises and manages employees. A waiter is a waiter, we do not call a waiter a “Supply chain executive specialized in logistics”.