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My place used to use the surveys to weed out “complainers”.

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How should I call out?

I work at a small business pizza place in my town. I already put my two week in bc of the way I get treated at this job and I’m fed up. I had tickets to a concert with my friend/coworker that we’ve had since probably August/september. At my job, the schedule doesn’t get posted until about 2 days before the upcoming week (I know, stupid). So I gave my boss 3 weeks notice that my coworker and I would be gone Saturday (November 4th) and Sunday (November 5th). We already had the tickets AND we already booked the hotel room at the time bc he has told me in the past that as long as I give him enough heads up, my coworker and I can request the same weekend off. Disclaimer: my coworker and I are “assistant managers” all that really means is that we have a key…

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Enployment as a service.

So with all the things being pushed as “aaS” Basically anything that you could own or use setup in a “Subscription” I thought of a funny way to use this as I'm pushing for a raise at work. Example; $21.5 pushing for $25. Boss denys it… -Boss “Hey can you do this thing for me” -me “Sorry, you're paying for the basic subscription that only comes with 5 care points and basic employment. You are out of care points this month and you cannot use anymore care points untill next month.” 🤣🤣🤣

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PERA: Legally mandated wage theft for retirement?

I just started a govt job that is heavily unionized, which comes with some great benefits, and at least some of the people want to fight for boundaries, respect and workplace safety. I was hired at X wage with an explicitly laid out offer letter. Everything seemed transparent and honest. Once I got my first paycheck recently, I saw my wages were gouged noticeably by something called PERA. Nobody told me what this was, it was not once mentioned throughout the whole process, not in the offer letter nor in a month of work. I had to do a lot of research online- it wasn't mentioned almost at all in the employee websites, in the union agreement or on the union website. It seems like people either don't care about this, or deliberately ignore it. This is what I found. Apparently all govt employees are legally mandated by our state…

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Uhhh do I have to pay this back?

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Meet the ultra-commuters who start their day at 5 a.m. | Fortune

Another puff piece, aka propaganda , trying to convince people that commuting is good for them, even though it may cost between $6, 000 and $8,000 a year just for the transportation. Whoever greenlit this tripe does not know how to read the room.

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This is how I feel, what’s the deal?

For a little over a year I’ve been a customer service rep. I’ve learned a lot about my job so much to the point where I am doing well in my own life. But as time goes on I’ve noticed things just happen to go bad in a short amount of time. Anyone who has this line of work knows it’s torture, and for some reason you’re subject to judgement as if you’re not working to help. With the introduction aside I’d like to vent a bit. I hate my job not because I want to, but because they want me to be miserable. (if I could show you proof… I’d do it) We have metrics we need to meet and honestly I do an incredible job. Except I noticed there’s a lot of crosstalk that leads to my customers getting hostile which eventually leads to bad scores which prevents…

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WASTED MY TIME+MONEY ANYTHING I CAN DO?

Live in another state. Wasted so much money to come and see them. Interviewed 3x and told me they will give me the position if I come in one last time and when I did book my ticket to go see em, they cancel on me wasting my time and money.

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My final semester of my senior year of college may involve me being only able to work weekends. I’m worried my job may fire me. Unemployment? Options?

Sup ya'll! I'm in MA. I'm in school for one more semester in the Spring and then I graduate. Currently I work three days a week (Tues, Thurs, Sat). There are members of our staff who only work two days a week (both of them only work Sun, Mon). This is a barely above minimum wage job and it has no real influence on my life it's just a means to make money because I live alone in an apartment and have to pay my bills while I'm in school. Starting in January, I'll likely have to be only available to work Friday and Saturday (16 hours). Fridays are typically fully staffed so I feel like they'll only be able to put me on Saturday. The manager has expressed that anyone working one day a week will be let go (they let someone go recently for that reason, I guess).…

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Guy had a lot to say after I accepted another job