Month: July 2023

This morning we received emails confirming our paycheck was due, I normally like to check mine so I can get a head start on budgeting and noticed that it was substantially more than what I normally get so I looked into it and noticed that I was given an extra 20 hours OT on my check. Knew something was up and remembered seeing posts about employers over paying then coming back with the hand of god to get the money back from the employee so I figured I'd go ahead and let my supervisor know. We don't actually get paid until Friday anyways so should be no big deal, right? Wrong. So wrong. I let my supervisor know, he said he'd take a look and let me know and thanked me for letting him know. He comes back about an hour later and starts berating me accusing me of stealing…

Work in hospital housekeeping. Hate it. Anyways I take my breaks on the floor which I clean for many reasons. 1. They're more hygienic than the housekeepers breakroom, which is almost always a filthy mess thanks to night shift. 2. Where I clean is very far from the housekeeping department/breakroom so im not walking all the way over there just to relax for 15min and then walk all the way back. 3. It's quiet and I prefer that way. Recently my boss said that the breakrooms on my floor are for the nursing staff and them only. He thinks the nurses are “looking down on me” while I sit in their breakrooms. I find this to be incredibly stupid. The nurses/techs seem to like me and have never said anything about me sitting around for awhile. Some of them even like to chit chat. Anyways, is taking breaks in the…

My wife is a teacher. She told me she now has to contribute a third of her income towards retirement. There is nothing in her contract saying she has to do thus, and she was told it's a state and federal requirement. (We live in Arizona.) Does anyone know if this is legal? Shouldn't her retirement be on her own terms?

As a manager I have always tried to help and not hinder the people working under me. I have always enjoyed the honesty in this sub so I wanted to ask a question. I'd like to do something to recognize the hard work of the people under me. I don't have the authority to give raises or extra time off, so this would all be out of my own pocket. What would be something you'd actually appreciate getting from a boss that isn't pay related or time off? Gift cards? Take the team out to lunch? Doing my best to be a good supervisor.

Pretty much the title, but I have a couple questions. Why do they want this information? How can they benefit from having it? Has anyone else seen this before? Is it an established or upcoming hiring practice, or a one-off? Is it legal to require this (I'm in PA, employer's based in DC)? It's not stipulated in the contract that's already been signed, only requested via email with hr. As a new employee, I have zero leverage, so even asking them why they're requesting it is tenuous. Any constructive comments?

For the average responsible law abiding driver, just another way we're bled dry for services we'll seldom if ever use.

Seriously, yet another idea I had to put a dent in the housing crisis. Upgrade and bring trailer parks into the 21st century. You see, I was a big fan of the tiny house movement for years, but when you are raising a family, well it's too small. However, trailer models, have been there for years, they are affordable and quite frankly, some of the more recent models put a lot of the apartments we live in to shame. But there are two problems that occur when considering this as an option; 1) Banks are not on board with giving a mortgage on trailer parks. 2) The stigma. People don't want to be considered “trailer park trash”. The second statement holds more true than anything else. The stereotype is so mainstream, that everyone turns their noses at it. Yet, we have real estate agents advertising “starter homes” and “handyman specials”.…

Title states most of it. I told my current job (actually pleased with the company, but the location leaves much to be desired) that I got an offer at a competitors company (didn't want to leave but hey, money is money.) Current employer said we would match the offer, and promote. I had been stressing about money lately, and had just gotten a raise ($24->$25). I know I could have never negotiated this high of a raise without the other offer. Value yourself. If you're valuable to the company, they will reveal it to you. If not, you'll move on and value yourself.

A little more than a year ago I was fired from a job I had since 1994. It was just PT. We got a new supervisor who had already banned one staff member from 1 location and then I reported her (the supervisor) to HR for threats and verbal abuse. I ended up getting fired and banned as well. Well now I’m on the special list the company created that doesn’t allow any of their currently employed staff members to talk to me! Given the type of job it is I do run into staff members a few times each year. They have been told not to speak to me (or others that made the special list) and that they are being watched and if they do speak to us, then they’ll be fire too. The worst part is, no one quits, they go to work daily with the fear…