Month: August 2023

If your union or workplace went on strike before what happened during that experience? What was the organizing process like? How did you rally people? Were you already unionized? If you weren't already unionized how did you decide to unionize? What was that process like? I really want a better understanding of this.

Ok I am typing for my wife as I am generally lost on advice to give for this situation. My wife (f43) changed careers 5 years ago and became a dental assistant. She now works for a young dentist at the front desk. She is the oldest in the office and the dentist is growing his business. She has been there for a year and things had been going great she finally found a place without petty drama. Two months ago dentist made a dental assistant (f27) the office manager, seemed logical, someone to deal with vacations,etc. plus she already handled all the ordering. Everyone was friends in this office and no drama. But in the past month my wife feels she is being nitpicked by this new office manager. She’s keeps a note book and even asked the other front desk person to fill out a sheet with all…

I was a “manager” at a store in a mall 2 months back, and by manager it was a position I got forced into. I was in a super bad spot financially, close to the streets and needed anything. An acquaintance, who was the previous manager, offered me a position since I was so bad off. I agreed but told her it was only temporary, until I could find something else. A month and a half goes by and I’m still not finding anything that’ll hire, even though I have, in my opinion at least, a really solid resume. After a month and a half of me working there, she quit due to really poor mental health. 2 of her employees quit that same day once she left, and the Co-Manager then turned Manager, told me during her shift she couldn’t do this. I was left stranded, so I called…

I’ve been working here for two days and I’m pissed, honestly. It’s either she made a genuine mistake or she wants to see if she can push boundaries with me. I’m not great at conflict resolution, I know I can’t go to her and express how annoyed I am with the schedule. I want to send her a text that shows I am graceful but also unwilling to compromise on my availability. Can anyone help me with the wording? Thank you!

So im trying to find a new job right? Somehow my boss and the managers found out and they sat me in a room and asked me why I wanna quit well I told then that I have a job lined up plus im looking for a full time position plus this place is affecting my mental health, instead of trying to find a solution they all said that “mental health isn't real and that it was created by lazy people” I am so fucking done with this job

Too many people take a job wanting to impress the bosses. The job becomes the centre of their lives. They focus on getting to work early, staying late, proving how competent they are. The profit obtained from their labour goes into other pockets while they get enough to survive. Their lives are on the back burner. It doesn't make sense. What makes sense is having a life outside of the job which matters so that you can say; “I have a family emergency and have to leave..” and the Boss saying okay, not telling you that you can't leave. And you obeying. ​

I had to travel from Denmark to Germany recently for work. I got told by my manager that travel time is deducted at 50% my hourly rate. I'm a contractor and get paid my the hour, so no pension, holidays, sick leave etc., but I get higher pay. ​ My issue is if I travel say 8 hours, I only get paid for 4 hours. So my paycheck will then be smaller if I don't work up the hours to account for this. But how is this my fault if the company needs me to travel? Is this allowed?

I really just need to hear some words of encouragment. I am like 2-3 weeks behind at work, and I know that is not a lot (certainly not a little either) and should be able to get back on track, and maybe I will, really hope so, but its far from being a 100% thing. So, I am not actually diagnosticated with ADHD, but something I for sure have, because what I experience, I experienced for almost 20 years and its not from being just lazyor procrastinating, I am at least 1 week behind at work at all times while working evert weekend to get back on track. I would be fucking amazed scared and dissapointed to find out I actually dont have something wrong in my head. My work is not that hard, and for an organised person that loves their job, the work enviroment I think its very…