Month: July 2023

When a company announced mass layoffs, the stock market rewards the company. Remember that. Never forget.

Okay, both supervisors are out of town for the week. No other personnel are in office today (small team, around 8 of us with half out in the field, rest at home). I work from home Tuesdays and Thursdays. The work I have to finish up can absolutely be done from home. What's mentally stopping me from getting up and going home for the remainder of the day?

I’m 22. I’m broke as hell. I’m maybe a few weeks away from needing help with my rent. I stop myself from buying groceries I want bc Ik that means less food next trip and everything is sooo expensive I’m stuck at a pizza shop rn, but I don’t make terrible money. Not great by any means, but not awful. But two months ago the AC busted there and it just got fixed a few day ago. It’s been 85-95 degrees in there everyday since, and I can’t handle heat at all. I pass out really easily. So I started looking for a new job. And they cut my hours at the pizza shop, and say I can’t get them back. And every time I’m looking at a career path for myself I find out it doesn’t pay shit, or requires a large amount of schooling at an egregious cost—…

I'm majoring in HR and I have quite some experience in the field. Your job offer and contract is based on the lowest wage possible according to labor laws and collective agreements. They might be adding little things here and there like a pizza party, but trust me, they want you to do as much as possible for as little as possible. Why do so many people allow this? Because it happens indirectly via a contract. Your boss isn't directly coming up to you like “listen buddy, I found this is the lowest I'm allowed to pay you, you're probably fine with it right?”. But he basically is telling this to you through your contract. How do you prevent this? Don't accept it. Negotiate your salary, PTO, and other secondary stuff. You won't believe how assertive some people at key positions can be. We were recruiting a new director who…