Month: September 2023

As someone in management, I'm a big fan of this sub. It helps me keep perspective and do what I can to prevent creating a hellhole workplace. I hope my question here is allowed. We have a lot of military veterans and gamers at our tech-industry company. One employee has a fantasy painting of a weapon from a videogame in their cubicle. It's visible to others who might pass by. There is no depiction of violence, no context. My colleagues in the profession see nothing wrong with it and see it as artwork, and there have been no hostile or violent interactions with the owner of the art. In fact, most people characterize the owner of the artwork as very warm and kind. There are no complaints against them. My question to ya'll… because there is no threat and no depiction of violence, and no negative interactions… that it's just…

Link to the UAW petition and comments Information about the strike https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/12/potential-auto-strike-is-a-key-fight-for-establishing-a-peoples-economy/ Worker’s needs over corporate greed! Solidarity with the United Auto Workers

She finishes at 1 but has been in the office past 3 every day this week. The bosses insisted we only needed a part-time person despite the whole senior staff saying we need someone full-time. Now they’re getting full-time for a part-time salary so… they were right, I guess? I talked to the new person, she says she doesn’t mind and there’s lots needs doing. No helping some people.

I'm having a performance evaluation meeting next week with my boss's boss. He is a huge bully, he has a gripe against me and last time we did this, he said a number of wildly inappropriate things. I want to make a voice recording this time so I could show it to HR later, if needed. This will be a one-on-one meeting in the office (so not on Teams). The items I will be able to take into the meeting without looking suspicious are my laptop, my company phone and my private phone (both Android). I think I can install new software on the phones if needed, on the laptop probably not. Also, is it legal to record a meeting without his knowledge and consent? I feel that if I were to inform him that he is being recorded, he would not consent, and it would cause our relationship to…

I had to leave my job due to a health issue. Due to FMLA i had to provide “appropriate notice” how the hell do u provide notice when its a major health issue that happens over night. Went from a slight stomach ache to lots of blood in my stool and curling up into the fetal position for hours. And since i technically quit my job, in ohio, u cant file for unemployment if u quit. U have to be fired. My girlfriend got injured at her job and was collecting workers comp but, since she delayed surgery so much, they arent gonna pay out anymore and shes not sure she can even get the surgery. The next step would be homelessness. Which i dont care anymore, as long as i dont have to contribute to this dying system. But my parents “raised me better than that” so they pay…

I work at a company that sells appliances to casinos, airports, and chain restaurants that sell ice cream. I thought I landed a cushy gig suited to my skills. The products that my company sell are utter garbage. Endless phone calls from unhappy customers. My owner is utterly clueless. My supervisor, despite his 30 years of experience, is petty, short sighted, and lacks any semblance of customer service skills or technical knowledge. I punch in, collect my pay, punch out. Nobody expects much of me. I don't have any sort of agency. Despite being knowledgeable and capable I have to ask for permission for everything. Most days, I just mess around on reddit to pass the time. Most days I just pray that my supervisor dies from his terminal illness so I can take over and steer the company in the right direction. How messed up is that? That I…

Frustrated about my work and asking for accommodations for carpal tunnel, that I’m pretty sure my work gave me. I work a production type of environment and I’ve been there 7 years. The tasks are mundane and super repetitive. I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel several months ago in both hands after having an EMG/ NCS test done. Under ADA, carpal tunnel falls under the cumulative trauma category and so I went to askjan.com for accommodation ideas because for about a year now half of the things I handle or touch cause me some hand pain, especially in thumbs, I also experience some numbness in fingers from time to time but my wrist and forearm seem to flare up and have some pain when I’m doing things for extended periods. I had attempted to ask for some of these accommodations and my boss blew it off. I then went to…