Month: July 2023

I recently submitted to an fingerprinting background check for a job that I been on for nearly a year. Some how they forgot to conduct it when they offered the job to me. I was very conflicted when doing the fingerprinting because I did not know whether I should or shouldn’t disclose because it was 30yrs ago while I was a teenager and I was granted YOA status. So I decided to disclose based off my duties as a licensed Social Worker. Well, I received a letter from HR informing me that since I said yes to having a criminal history, I needed to submit documents and a corresponding letter statement to what happen. Keep in mind the offense did not involve children, elderly, disabled persons or any heinous crimes. I am currently freaking out because I disclosed at my own free will and now I feel guilty for doing…

Fucking hell, I wasted my 20s doing whatever jobs that I ended up in until earning a master’s degree at 28 only to waste a few more years as a sellout careerist. That whole youth period which I should have been enjoying hard were the last good years, and I had no idea as they passed me by from one shift to the next or in the short time between shifts. I have always known that nature can sneak up and ruin you for no reason even if you “live right” like I do with no alcohol or drugs, a healthy diet, daily exercise, and adequate sleep, but as with every other victim of nature, I really did think that it was not going to happen to me because my temperance must be worth something, right? It was not. I am no longer working a “real job” as I no…

In short, there’s virtually no PTO. At maximum, you get 3 days and they’re accrued at 1 day every 4-5 months. There’s no vacation time until after 1 year and it’s only 5 days. After already agreeing to work OT with a varying schedule, what more do they want from someone?

This one really stuck with me because it was the most unpleasant experience I had with an US employer. I used to place international workers with US employers, and there was this one instance in which a client asked me to fire one of them because she hadn't shown up to work in too long without notice. This struck me as odd as we're very strict on notices, so I reviewed her file, turned out that not only did she give a notice about needing some days, they were also previously approved by her boss so she had no case. As I reviewed the requests for days off, it was some days because she had COVID (when it was still quite deadly) and then because her dad had died and she had to grieve him and also take care of many legal matters. In an attempt to “make everyone happy”…

Idk if it's against the rules to call out a company name, but I worked for a certain gaming company that's only alive due to a Reddit meme and wall street bets. I worked at their refurbishment center doing PS4s. My wage for learning how to diagnose, repair, and clean gaming systems? $16/hr. For sitting on uncomfortable metal and wooden stools in a dusty roach filled warehouse. The only reason I tolerated it so long was the 4×10 schedule. So every now and then we have a corporate business meeting and I'm not exaggerating when I say every time they take something away from us. 1st meeting. We no longer get bonus checks for hitting production. 2nd meeting. We no longer get merch for our birthdays! We can wholesale it! 3rd meeting. We were out a week due to the winter storm and guess what? This is the first year…

She called me today and told me as she was leaving he called her back. She thought she was in trouble but he told her that he was attracted to her then when she didn’t give him the response he wanted he told her to “forget this happened.” His wife is the director of their HR deportment.

Since I was 18 (27 now) I've been doing blue collar work; landscaping, construction, warehouses, roadside auto repair. None of these jobs allowed me to live on my own, to get anywhere besides the next paycheck. After a less than successful attempt at college, I found what would be my career: Sailing. I joined the Seafarer's International Union, a labor union based out of the United States. The primary reason I'm so pleased with my decision to work for them is this: While I'm working they're feeding and housing me, my only bills are the phone bill and car insurance so I'm saving like 95% of all my paychecks after taxes. Work contracts have a tendency to be 2-4-6 month in length, but if you don't want to leave you just don't put in for relief, or if someone wants to leave and you're also due to leave you can…

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