Month: July 2023

So back in the 80's the worth of 1 dollar then is now in 2023 the 1 dollar is worth 3.69 now, so I thought about it like this. In the 80s if you spend a dollar a day for 10 days, you would've spent 10 dollars. But if we factor in the worth of a dollar now compared to then which is 3.69 now. Then if you spend 3.69 dollars per day, then you would've spent 36.9 dollars for those 10 days. A 26.9 dollar difference in spending power for those 10 days. Is this correct ?

Hey y'all! I'm considering an attempt to unionize my workplace due to some recent changes in upper management (cough cough venture capitalist acquisition cough cough). I work for a company in the Video Advertising industry that has ~1500 employees across the united states and internationally. My office has approximately 60 employees that have their work location listed in my city according to our org chart, but I have several team members that work fully remote and report to my office's management. We've all been remote for the past 3 years, but upper management recently called a Tue-Thurs RTO starting after labor day. In the same call they also announced that we wouldn't receive any sort of raise this year (merit or inflation based), despite increasing expectations and work loads. I haven't talked to enough people yet to get a grasp on union interest, but I know a lot of folks…

I understand in a capitalist society I am a cog in the machine. I know I should do the bare minimum and clock out but I can't. I've started a new job for the purpose of management and I'm already planning the ways in which I will improve this place. I don't care about the company but it's food service and everywhere I go the food standards are not upheld and I mean in big ways like touching phones and not washing their hands after. I'm worried I will certainly face defiance and laziness no matter how I approach it. These people understand their shitty minimum wage job and that they only need to do the minimum. I can't stop myself from caring about this. If I'm going to spend 40 hours a week doing something I want to do well and have it reflect that. I don't know. I'm…

I have no evidence except I'm the newest person in a position that has a high turnover rate apparently. In the last year 2 or 3 ppl have held my position and left or were fired. It's a small company maybe 20 ppl and most of them are related somehow. Ill also admit I was on indeed looking at pet sitting jobs the other day (part time) and I think the bosses daughter saw me. And today I heard the boss saying something like “she spends too much time on her phone.” For the record, everyone is on their phones all the time. But tbh I've been there like 4months and I'm already burnt out from the commute, the 40hr work week, the office politics, answering phones and dealing with dumb shit that really doesn't matter. I want to start my own pet sitting business anyway and I wasn't gonna…

So, just saw a job posting that I am (for the most part) qualified for. It is an electrician apprenticeship/helper position and I match 95 percent of the qualifications. The pay isn't great, but that's to be expected for a “helper” position. That isn't the point though…. the point was the FINAL qualification. “Eligible candidates must have TWO to THREE Years of residential wiring experience?!?!” Am I wrong to assume that they are basically asking for COMPLETLY qualified people to be “apprentices” for $16.00 per hour??

Last year I quit my job because my boss threatened me and said he would kill me and beat me up the next time he saw me. All this because I said I was unhappy with the position. I wanted to peacefully leave but no, he had to put on a show. I immediately quit and left on the spot. Spent a good part of a year living off savings. Wasn't able to find something that fits me until a couple months ago. It was a brand new company, I helped moving things along for 2 months and then they hired me shortly after opening. Some acquaintances warned me the management was a bunch of lunatics but so far so good so I kept working and everything was going well until this happened: I asked for 1 afternoon off given that the next day was a national holiday (I had…

Sorry this is just me venting. I work at a grocery store and it's literally the most miserable, soul draining, annoying job I've ever had. I'm saving for school so I can't afford to be unemployed and I'm waiting to be hired somewhere else before I can quit. Somehow applying to jobs feels exhausting and even though I hate this place I keep picking this job over things that are more important to me. I wish I knew why I'm like this and why I care about being liked at this place. Even during family emergencies I can't bring myself to call off and I hate myself for it.

I've been at a shitty job for close to three years and everytime I've come close to doing something about it, I chicken out then I discovered this sub. I've asked for a raise thrice in the past with no acknowledgement but I think I know better now. On Monday I'm sitting with my immediate supervisor and if I don't hear anything positive, I'm quitting on the spot. I deserve a better future, I refuse to be a fool anymore! I'm going full crazy mode coming Monday, I've earned it! Fuck 'Em!!!