Month: August 2023

I'm (37f) a sahm. In my past professional life, I was a retail warrior. I worked in store-level senior management for about 12 years before not returning to the workforce after having pandemic babies. 5 years at a Fortune 500 office supply superstore and 6 years at a top 50 Fortune 500 home improvement company. To make ends meet in this bullshit economy, I applied at a major corporate coffee chain as a part time shift supervisor. I got a call back to schedule an interview 3 weeks after submitting my app. The assistant manager called me a half hour before my interview to reschedule because the store manager wasn't able to meet that day. Fine. I get it. Retail is unpredictable. We rescheduled for a week later. Unfortunately, I broke my foot the day before our rescheduled time. I called the SM from the ER to explain my situation…

I'm wondering what my options are here. For the first time, today I showed up for my shift and was told that there was not enough work. So I ended up not being able to work for the day. I'm scheduled for later in the week, but I expect that this can continue to happen as long as they want. I was wondering if this counts as constructive dismissal, and if so, am I able to go ahead and file for unemployment today, or would this have to happen multiple times before I can expect to receive unemployment. Because I really can't afford to lose these shifts. Even one shift makes a huge dent in my paycheck. Edit to add: I suspect that this may have happened because my employer over-hired (I haven't been working here long) and that this is a way for them to cut labor costs.

So today my bosses boss walked into the office, causing me to click away from a tab with lifeline 24/7 online suicide support chat line I was using, for him to sit down with the same condescending tone as always to ask me “you're looking happier today” to which I replied “honestly no, this is the most depressed I've been in months” ​ He physically recoiled back and stumbled over his words, while trying to explain why he has asked, ended up with them going “well… you look happier, its good” and then leaves the room. ​ Get absolutely fucked.

I work at a small school for a state government entity We have 3 classrooms and some other services. The current makeup of the classrooms are: Classroom A- One male and one female teacher Classroom B- Two Males Classroom C two females All three classrooms are being changed so that there is one male teacher and one female teacher in each room. My boss said this is based on the research that shows families that have a mom and a dad have better outcomes. Besides there being plenty of research that says this is not so, I don’t think it is legal to assign assignments and roles based on gender. I realize it is not discrimination, but it is a decision with the criteria being based on gender.

Hey r/antiwork, wanted to share a conversation I had with a friend who manages a bar/restaurant. She genuinely believes that paying employees minimum wage is in their favor because they can rake in tips. According to her, tips ensure the staff earns more than they would on a flat hourly rate. ​ I couldn't help but point out the inconsistency of that reasoning. Not every restaurant or bar is consistently popular. The influx of customers and tips can be heavily affected by the seasonality of the business or even day-to-day circumstances. An off-peak season or a couple of slow nights and you've got workers struggling to make ends meet. ​ And let's address the elephant in the room: Why am I, the customer, expected to subsidize their wages on top of paying for my food? Isn't the primary responsibility of the restaurant to cover their employees' wages like in the…

I’m seriously wondering are you guys getting hikes or increased salaries if you look for a new job because all I can see is inflation went up but salaries that I command stayed more or less same. Is it same with you?

My friend told me his wife's boss said ” They were resigning her “. Basically trying to trick her into quiting so she couldn't collect unemployment. Has anyone experienced this, and if so, how did you fire back?

It’s 4am and I’m crying, so please forgive any spelling/grammar errors. I just got booted from the Walmart parking lot. My one last safe haven. My husband and I live in a really small town and work as nurses aides for an agency company. The highest paying jobs in our town only pay about $13, to do incredibly physically and mentally demanding work. We take care of elderly people, people with disabilities, and people in or recently out of the hospital. We are constantly picking people up, changing diapers, getting yelled at, getting hit, and dealing with the reality that most of the people we care for do not get visited by anyone else besides us, so most of them rely on us to be there for them emotionally. It is an incredibly demanding job, and we are ALWAYS understaffed. Even with both of us working full time and having…