Month: August 2023

This is a long post, but I'm interested to hear what you guys think. Tried to give context for those who don't know about co-ops. I am an individual who is very interested in the cooperative enterprise model as an alternative to traditional profit-driven, extractive, and exploitative business models. The Statement on the Cooperative Identity states that a cooperative is an “autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.” These enterprises exist within our capitalist system, but generally use profit as a means to reach their “ends,” which is the mission of the cooperative (to meet the common needs and aspiration defined by it's membership). Membership in any cooperative is open and voluntary, and every member is entitled to one vote (you can't buy more than one share and have a bigger say). The…

With the lack of affordable housing in city's and trend towards remote work, I see a future where companies provide housing in what was once office space. Somehow I don't think it'll be awesome.

As the title suggests, the company I work for (Extremely large insurance company) just made an adjustment to the salary range for the role I work in. This brought my pay up by $0.07/hr, but now means that a new hire for my role makes the same as I do with my 8.5 years of experience with the company. I will now be making $19.75/hr (I'm on an hourly pay rate). I work from home, have a somewhat decent 401k, decent health insurance, and plenty of time off. So I can't say I'm grossly under-compensated, but if I were to make the percentage over the minimum I was making before the adjustment, I'd be getting about $5k more per year. Not much, but every bit helps. The fact that none of the past experience I have with the company is being considered is just a slap in the face. I…

Two months ago an unexplained admin fee appeared on our payslips. The only explanation of what its for is company payroll. In short I take this mean we're picking up the expense of hiring an accountant to process our payslips. Also the amount taken isn't a fixed amount. Higher earners have a larger deduction? Anybody have any experience of this? I'm in the UK

I work in California and have worked at the same place for decades. I recently received an email with a link to our new employee handbook with a request for me to read and acknowledge it. Can they make me read this 57 page handbook on my time? I was under the impression in California you get paid anytime you are under the company's control.

Just got a text from her that she just quit and walked out. She's been complaining about her boss for months. This boss has a reputation for being a bit difficult to work for. The lead of the team that my co-worker is part of, retired at the end of last year. My co-worker's team was rolled into this new boss. One person already quit and my co-worker has been complaining about her new boss for months and has been looking for a new job. Apparently the boss told her team to take on another project and my co-worker pushed back, saying that her team is already stretched thin and that they might not make their Q3 deadline if they take on this new project. Apparently the discussion got heated this morning and the boss ended up saying, “Just fucking do it, ok?” to her in front of everyone else.…

It is just so frustrating. They be like: we will call you next week if you got the job, if you don’t receive a call it’s a no. So you’ll be next to your phone for a whole week waiting with anxiety for possible phonecall and later (friday) you’ll figure out they hired someone on Monday already. I mean, a refusing email would be that much to ask?

As the title says… I sent an email out over the weekend after getting news that my aunt died, that I may need to take time off next weekend to go home for her funeral. My supervisor was on vacation (but returned today), and my boss was not on vacation but they took Monday and Tuesday off. On Monday, my boss sends me an email asking me to edit a document for them, but didn’t reply to my email. They sent another today saying they wouldn’t be able to join our meeting for personal reasons, but still hasn’t replied to my email. Both of my supervisors have also ignored it… I already have been wanting to quit this job because I am underpaid and overworked (dwindled down to a team of just me this past January) and really hate their workaholic vibes. Now I want to quit even more. So…

I’ve submitted several job applications, and i have noticed after every application i submit that not only do the companies ghost me, but i get more and more genuine spam calls and not any from where i applied from. Calls about things like a property i do not own, etc. i used to get em once ever few months, but after applying for jobs, i’ve been getting them literally daily from various numbers. Anyone else notice this Bullshit? Why are companies allowed to give our data to literal scammers while they ghost us themselves? Or has this only been a my experience thing?

I’m one of the rare breed of people who found a job early in life that they like and am still doing that exact job in their 50’s. I’m a direct care worker with people with disabilities. The situation is pretty much as the title goes. In my particular area I’ve worked since the very early turn of the century with the same people at the same place, all in all I’m coming up on 30 years “service”. Supervisors, team leaders, managers, co-ordinators come and go, swap and change, act up, transfer etc on the regular. This results in me being the most experienced person in any meeting about the client, knowing the history or current details of the workplace or the shifts. Because of this I often get referred to as ‘the person who’ll know’. Onto my pay. The job itself is quite easy to qualify for. It’s essentially…