Month: August 2023

Spent three years with this company, got laid off during Covid, but brought back on due to a willingness to want to come back. I loved my job, I got to help people everyday, made some interesting memories. The firing occurred due to taking 10-15mins past my 30min lunch. I work remotely with two kids, and my spouse recently under went surgery that limited her from doing a good majority of what she would be able to do with the kids. So I informed my management, and they said it was okay. I would need to pick up more slack with the house/kids while simultaneously completing my job. Heck I even went over the top with completing my side-work. Fast forward a week and I get a notice of serious possibility of termination due to being out for to long consecutively for a week. (Mind you this is not a…

I hope it’s okay for me to drop this here, I feel it absolutely belongs in this subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/15y6srs/this_daycare_job_i_worked_at_for_1_weeklast_week/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

My company is based in London, I’m from Manchester so a 4 hour train. I booked a train for 9:30am to get me back home at 13:30pm but my company wasn’t happy about this as they wanted me to do a full day in the office. Apparently, I should’ve booked it after 5pm. This is on a Friday as well, so I won’t be getting back till 8:30pm for an event that was mandatory to go to.

I recently got in trouble at work which yeah is my fault. I was late a couple times but I rlly hate this job & the managers. Anyways theres 2 coworkers who have been going to lunch past 5 hours from the start of their shift. This is in Chicago. My managers havent said anything to them & they have been doing it since I started basically which is in the beginning of the year. How do I politely tell HR on my manager? I mean why would you willingly break the law? I just want to help my job not break the law.

Sorry for the long post, but there's a bit of back story. I worked for a grocery chain in Texas, in their warehouse as an order selector last year for several months. I got hurt with the repeated heavy lifting & ended up having surgery on my right forearm. I took about a week off and went back to work on light duty, just stopping up floors and such. After a little over a week the metal plate holding my arm together snapped (supposedly due to the stress of moving it back and forth nonstop i.e. sweeping.) I ended up on the er for a bit & then met up with my ortho who completely immobilized my arm from shoulder to fingertips & then helped me file a short term disability claim so I wouldn't risk any further damage. Short term got approved last year and covered my recovery so…

For some context I worked for a fully in person office, after covid we moved to two days in person. I am not trying to come off as a complainer, but I’m going to rant. So many people I know in much higher up jobs are fully remote and I don’t see a reason why we must go into the office. Occasionally there are things that need to be mailed and yes that makes sense but the need for twice a week is only there because my manager likes going in every day. What really bugs me is that the rules don’t apply to everyone. One girl completely stopped coming in. Another girl literally never came in again because of “covid fear” and another got to move to a completely different city. However, the people still stuck in the office are forced to come in. I’ve been slowly reducing my…

Driving a semi truck. Very surprising as most of the industry has you working up to 14 hours/day and up to 6 or 7 days/wk and a lot of jobs have you away from your family for weeks or even months at a time. My first job in trucking was very similar to this. However, seeing most of the country and being places I never thought I'd get to go or never even thought about going was an amazing experience. Furthermore, most people don't think about this, but there is no commute to/from work, you don't need to have a place to live at all outside of the truck and staying with friends or family on your home time. A storage unit will keep all of your things safe. No rent, no utilities, free showers from fueling the truck which you do for free if you're a company driver, and…

My job has rolled out a process requiring everyone to get a FBI background check (fingerprint process) and in the instructions it states “we do not have a service code, you will say it is for personal use not employment”. i’m feeling scammed. this is for employment. isn’t the company suppose to cover costs for checks they require all employees to do? i’ve been procrastinating on this check for months but they’re starting to come down on me and I wonder if anyone has any experience dealing with anything similar.

We are a mid sized hospital and were just told by our CEO we've been recognized in the Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers, for the 2nd year in a row. Our reward? Ice cream social….. How about a small bonus for our loyalty? I'd even be happy w/ $50. Many of the back office type staff work from home and would have to drive in to work just to get a small amount of ice cream. Have you seen the price of gas lately? I really wish employers wouldn't give us such condescending rewards.

Or in similar countries. Touching on the issue from the below angles as well: the effect of work culture in America on people’s well-being/society? talking about how modern day gender roles intersect with work culture?