Month: July 2023

This would be the biggest single employer strike in American history… which will impact the entire American supply chain and labor movement. I suggest we all be talking to friends and family about this- anyone you know related to a union or working in a union should be talking and building solidarity. This is how workers gain improved conditions… this is how Amazon warehouse workers can see wages and conditions approved, like fair wages when corporations are making billions of dollars, no forced overtime, appropriate sick leave, and safe working conditions. Find a strike solidarity group now and plan to support this work come August 1st, whether it's joining picket, bringing water or food, or just spreading awareness of this struggle.

So I started a job a few months ago. All gung ho to finally have health insurance. Welp fast forward to this week when my first payment came out of my check I was SHOCKED. Almost $100 gone from my check on top of the almost $200 already taken out for taxes.. I was depressed all night last night. I cannot afford to lose $400 a month. I had to call my boss this morning and get in contact with HR to see if we can cancel and I'll enroll in a later date. I'm so devastated and completely embarrassed. I feel like a complete failure. I don't even know what to do with myself anymore. I honestly feel like everything right now is designed to make you fail…

25M, Electrical Engineer, i landed on my current job by a friend of my grandmother. Since it was my first experience doing what i've studied, i wasn't expecting a huge salary, nor too much responsability, just learning and gaining experience as much as i could. Long story short, now i'm part of a team doing the all the planning and execution on the field. I work from 8:30 to 18:30 (45h a week) but in reality i could easily do 50+ hours a week. I don't earn from those extra hours and the responsability went to the rooft. They trust in my job, and i feel good here, i don't wanna quit. Also they are sopportive about my mental health and they give me spaces, time and all that i need. But… i earn to little. Not going into details because salaries are too far from what you guys earn…

In the interview they made it seem like I'd be learning cad and 3d printing on a very strict training session. Told me they could only start 16 because of training involved. It's day 2 I'm by myself bored as hell and doing all the work. Should I start looking elsewhere?

Sorry if this isn’t the appropriate sub for this but I was just curious if anyone else has gone through this and what your outcome was. I’ve been “promised” for over a year that my specific job position will be moving to fully WFH. For some background I work in healthcare. I drive over an hour commute total every day just to log into a virtual system (Citrix) and I use Microsoft Teams from my phone. I have essentially 0 contact with anyone else in the office on a daily basis. I have been conveniently written up every six months for the last year (x2 times total so far) as I have been reaching the time I could start WFH (no write up’s in the past 6 months to be eligible). This most recent time my office manager wrote me up for something that I may or may not have…

For those of you who may not know, in 2017, in Brazil, there was a labor legislation reform. A lot of new rules gave a lot of flexibility… for bosses. Among these rules, two are relevant: A company can keep you “floating” for 3 months, deciding whether or not you are able to work for them. A company is not required to pay you minimum wage per month, if, let's say, your work hours are halved from the usual 8h/day. However, after 1 year and a half, they are legally obligated to pay you minimum wage. They fired me at month 17. Seventeen months I was working in the art department. I localized about 2 games (which includes redesigning a lot of materials using the original assets, and having to come up my own sometimes), and made the entire art material of a game (box, cards, tokens, handbook, etc). All…

Hi, I'm in the UK and I see so many posts on here, mainly from the service industry, where someone submits there notice and then the manager schedules them for shifts after that period, or even threatens punishment for not turning up. So if the managers can't keep track of replacing staff or finding cover for shifts, then what do they actually do?

I’ve been working since I was 14, at a few companies that…were not good. From not allowing us to drink water to not paying me minimum wage (even the one for people under 18) to scheduling me alone with my physically violent coworker, I just kinda thought…all jobs were gonna suck? I recently got a job at a local waterpark. They pretty much only hire teenagers, which led me to think they probably wouldn’t have anyone who knew the laws, but they’ve been so nice. We get 30 minute paid breaks every 2 hours, and the managers walk around to make sure we have everything we need. They buy us all popsicles which we can have for free (because it’s hot and they don’t want us getting hurt). They pay us above minimum wage, and they let us take time off whenever we need it. Some guy came in on…

A friend asked me to setup a security camera on his phone. When it comes to install the application, Google Pay says “management of your device does not let you install applications” (or something like that). So I ask him “do you have applications for your work?” — Yes, I have my e-mail and my schedule. — Why did you give them your phone? They essentially stole your find from you. — Well, I need to have my schedule and my e-mail… — Well, they should give you a phone instead of stealing it from you.