Month: July 2023

In my country (Ecuador, a socialist country), we have normalized exploration and poor job conditions. I recently resigned from my last job because I found that my boss and the company I worked for were deducting a portion of my monthly salary without my knowledge. This maybe might not happen in other developed countries. I decided not to say this to my mother and family and keep this a secret because I knew that this could impact her and make her feel sad. I only told her that it was a personal decision. I was considering suing my boss, but I found out he is a parent of 3 kids. I worked there for almost an entire year under poor conditions, a lousy salary, no chances of medical care, or unpaid additional work hours. The worse is that here we often see it as something usual, other colleagues told me…

My absolute favorite thing in this sub is seeing the shock of non Americans looking at how American work culture is. It is astonishing. I am 23 years old and I thought American work culture was normal, and was under the impression that it was great because it was the “American dream”. Now that I’m actually apart of this work culture I can see why it’s so messed up and now realized that “American dream” meant something else. But honestly, it doesn’t stop making me laugh every time a non American makes a shocked post about our work culture.

Last Friday I was driving home from work and got a phone call that blew my mind. My job is intense. I do contents for home insurance after a disaster. I generally travel 2+ hrs one way to go to a home that has many on-site hazards. I generally do fire claims, so mold, broken glass, collapsed floors and ceilings are all in a days work. I inventory everything someone owns, apply a fair retail value, take 1000's of photos and write up a report for each claim. I generally work 48-52 hours a week as a 'part time' employee. I do not get Healthcare. Since my 'billable' hours and travel hours are separate I can work 50+ hours and not get overtime. I work by myself in dangerous conditions and have never had a major mistake on any of my 100's of claims. I see myself as a good…

Found this on insta and had to look into it. What confuses me are the facts that people are skeptical and that two workers out of 93 were unhappy with the change. Any thoughts?

Found this on insta and had to look into it. What confuses me are the facts that people are skeptical and that two workers out of 93 were unhappy with the change. Any thoughts?

Found this on insta and had to look into it. What confuses me are the facts that people are skeptical and that two workers out of 93 were unhappy with the change. Any thoughts?

I can't believe there aren't any other ppl complaining about this shit? I know I can't be the only one that notices this!! Whoever came up with this idea of only having automated machines answer where ppl can't get in touch with corporate or HR should be blackballed and never be allowed to work in food industry again because I feel like this person is one of THE most narcissistic pricks ever to walk the Earth! Fuck him tbh!

Here's one idea: most companies only need people to come to the office who need more experienced supervisors for mentoring, guidance, training etc. Usually the new people who are just starting out. Now, they can't afford to live in the big cities, no one can at a starting salary. The company has space in their buildings, and the budget to renovate those spaces into dorms. So, why not just convert all of those office spaces into dorms for discount low-cost or even subsidized housing for the new employees who need to save their money? When they advance, get raises, and start families, they'll want to move out into a bedroom community or suburb and make room for a new employee in the dorm. Just like college, only you get paid to be there instead of paying them. Everyone benefits, because the dorm life folks will keep what's left of downtown…