Month: July 2023

Or worse, OSHA letting employers know in advance they’re coming or doing whatever possible to say “X position is exempt” (like teachers)

So when are we gonna actually do somthing? We always talk about it Always talk about how we will do it French are doing it Why not us? We're so available to hate and harm eachother but not the class that put us here in the first place? Sacrifice requires sacrifice. We all need to band together. Riot. Take the food and natural resources. Bunker down properties and refuse rent payments. Refuse to work Refuse to comply Refuse to crumble Refuse to obey. I dont know how to orchestrate a nation wide strike let alone a state wide strike, but fuck guys, let's get the ball rolling. We are 150% capable of this we need to stop being scared of not having any security or comfort. For along as you're comfortable, you are content. August 15th-indefinitely until demands are met. Lives will be lost Homes will be destroyed We must…

I made comment about getting groceries today because tomorrow is Independence Day and learned that the local grocery stores are open. It got me wondering.. who's off for Independence Day?? I remember Independence Day as one of those holidays that no one is open. Of all the days one would think for some type of national unity or celebration, this is the day. The day we became a country. No one should be working. Or has it just become a Tuesday with extra flags?

i just needed a place to vent this to be honest. like most people, the state of the world has me hurting pretty badly financially. i work at a resturant and they just keep giving me less and less hours. max 15 a week. so, i decided to go and get a second job at a retail store. i applied for full time, asked for full time and told i would get full time. and now they are scheduling me 24 hours a week. i am so beyond frustrated. i dont understand. im more than willing to work, i show up everyday for both jobs, i have expressed verbally and in written form that i desire full time hours AT BOTH JOBS! how am i supposed to live when having two jobs is barely getting me full time.

I’ve been working for 10 years (early 30’s) across the gamut of companies. I’ve worked for a medium-sided private company, a global public company and a teeny tiny startup. The longest I’ve lasted at any given job was 3 years and the majority of the time I hated it there (see definition of Disgruntled Employee). I get super excited signing a job offer, doing something new, changing it up. But right around the 6-9 month mark the newness wears off and I end up resenting the job I once thought was an amazing opportunity. The oppression of mundanity, lack of art/creativity and stifled culture of corporate jobs sits in and I get really unsettled. I can’t possibly do this for another 30 years, sacrificing my existence on this planet to pay bills for just being here. Like, why are we all paying so much to simply exist? Food, housing, clothing,…

I'm located in Chicago, Illinois (US) and for a few months I was working at a new franchise location of a tax business. I'm disabled and generally not able to work but because the owner was sort of a family friend (we had a client/service relationship because we've been clients of hers at her other business for years), I got special accommodations and was able to work. I was paid for my work in March, but she did not pay me at all for April or May. She paid me once a month using Paychex. In June, I quit because I wasn't being paid and it's July now and I'm still not being paid. She canceled an appointment with her at her other business, so clearly she got my resignation email (which she never acknowledged) because it made her uncomfortable or something to continue the client/service relationship. I don't have…

This goes all the way back to the winter holidays for me. I had to work all but one of the post/pre holiday dates while my coworkers and boss were off (day after Christmas, day after Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve) you get the idea. Over the last 7 months my coworkers, and boss, have been off work and out early/in late countless times for numerous reasons. I literally have lost count. I feel like I have been at work by myself either all day, or part of the days, more often than I have had someone here to help. Whatever. I like working alone. So that’s not really the issue. I finally take a vacation. I was overdue for one. I took 5 work days off. I get back today thinking I would have at least one coworker here. Nope. I am by myself. Again. My boss came in for…

ie. “Where do you see this company in five years?” “What is your company’s greatest weakness?”