Month: July 2023

So today begins my mill’s contract negotiations. Please keep us in your thoughts as we’ve been pushed around by this place for as long as I’ve worked there and especially long before I started working there. Things are different this time. We have a much younger workforce who is extremely hungry for better wages, the state of the US is more pro union now than I’ve seen it in my lifetime and some recent happenings have got my company very scared. Hopefully it equals a perfect storm of better wages for my guys. I’ll keep yins all posted. Wish us luck.

I read a story that reminded me of something that happened awhile ago. I worked for a corporate retail store with a terrible District Manager. Everyone hated him. I was in a store where I was the supervisor of one specialty area and then we had our SM, ASM, and two other managers (let's call them M1 and M2) who had a focus in a particular area but could also run the store. You have to have one manager on-site to open/close. At the time, M1 was due to have a baby and take time off in the next week or so. M2 could only work nights and has just left for the extended vacation. ASM had just returned from surgery and could only work limited hours. And I had literally put in my two weeks notice the day before. I didn't think my SM had entered it into the…

… but then spending all your TOIL stressed and anxious as hell because due to the understaffing, no-one is picking up your tasks and responsibilities.

I am a highly specialized engineering designer. I have my own company and do small contracts while working on advocacy projects all over my city. This is the most important thing for me, personally. I am working on transit plans, affordable housing, supportive housing, bike lanes and more. I don't really care about money else I'd be making 3 or 4 times as much slaving for a company that is actively ruining out society. I applied for a job for fun and I did the 3 stages of interviews. Every time I was VERY clear that I was only looking for 20 hours a week for half their posted salary. Sounds fair. Got the the final interview and again, my resume is rock solid and they admitted as much. When I told them “I'm not interested in anything more than 20 hours a week” they balked and got upset. I…

Anyone else experience the “too bad, so sad” attitude the most from this sector of workers when Covid started regarding WFH and SAH orders, especially in regard to essential workers? I know a few that made it sound like finding something else was SO easy and that you could negotiate a $10/hr. raise like nothing. Either completely selfish or completely out of touch with reality. Hell, one dude I knew said he could “help me negotiate a higher pay” when I worked at a mom and pop car lot for less than $15/hr. Would have gotten laughed out of the building or even fired.

I recently started a position with a company.. I got pulled in my 3rd month by my manager who told me that I was rude to another person..( anonymous senior who I only spoke once apparently). I don’t know the context … I don’t know the incident or I dont know what I said really… I kinda felt bad and literally apologised .. I told them I dont know / remember what happened and requested to give me context… but now they bring this up in every performance reviews.

About 2 months ago my boss came to me and asked me to start learning to drive forklift. One driver quit and I am the next fastest person in the warehouse. I completed my training and certification in less than a week for the forklift. They instantly start having me do this task of driving everyday which should have come with a 2$ pay raise. Every week now they just avoid me, and when I do confront them asking where my raise is they just give me some BS of its still under consideration and they want to give everyone a chance and try some stuff or whatever. They haven't started a single person even on the video portion of the training so who are these others they are claiming are applying for the job they asked me to do? It's been almost 2 months and I've still yet to…

It's a tech support/helpdesk job. I've only been here for 6 months, but I feel like I've already learned everything there is to learn. Commute is kinda long (almost 2hrs total) and I can't WFH because “we'll consider it when you're 'fully self sufficient and know everything'. There are a few people who commute more than 3 hours/day and even they work from home only 4-5 days/month. Most of them are fresh grads who never worked before. Before I started this job, I was working in an Amazon FC. I was hoping these 3 things would happen when I started this job: 1.Working from home, 2. Slight pay bump and 3. Not having to get up brutally early in the morning. Unfortunately, none of these things came true. Salary is about the same (base salary is low, but this company pays 20% of my rent and honestly that's the only…

the only problem is the 15 mins away job is not a big worldwide company like the one that i have now. the benefits are good at my current job, but could be better. i just “graduated” this May (i have one more class in the fall then i get my business degree) and i got this current job sometime in april. i like it but the commute can be so stressful and i’m burnt out. having to wake up 2 hours before my actual shift just to drive 10 mins to the train station, pay for parking, then hop on one train just to get to another one. i know people LOVE to work in the city, but not me. i hate people, i hate crowds, i hate loud anything. i could’ve moved but all the reasons i just stated did not convince me AT ALL to move there.…