Month: November 2023

Alright, so, to start things off, I live in the state of Georgia. I currently work (and have worked) for my current employer for a significant amount of time. It is a small, privately owned machine shop. I have never signed a “no compete” agreement, like many machine shops require, when I started working here. However, recently, it has come to my attention that the current owner had a potential new employer sign a “do not hire” contract mentioning me and another employee by name, without either of our written consent to do so. The other company called to inform me that they may no longer be able to hire me, or the other guy. I guess what I’m asking is: 1) is this legal? And 2) should I be concerned with how many other places this owner has got other companies to sign? I should also add that I’m…

5 months ago my brother accepted a lower paying job, for a non profit, for the sake of being able to work remotely and work less, the deal was that the organization doesn't provide equipment (laptop, headsets etc) which he was fine with and agreed to. They also dont provide the phones so hes been using his private cell for occasional communication with the team etc. Now he was told that he will have to start texting some external stakeholders and members from his private cell (we're talking about something like 70 people) and while he has unlimited texts with his plan my issue is with the privacy. Hes supposed to make his private phone number to a bunch people who going forward might start contacting him on that number with work related bullshit. He thinks its not a big deal and doesnt want to be inflexible but I think…

I’ve had a cough for over a week. When the cough started I came into work, because I knew that my job would give me shit for calling out. So, I worked with my GM all shift, coughing in the back between tables. Now I’m a full time student with other obligations: I’m always very busy. So, I only work two days a week as a server. I called in yesterday, because I had been coughing all through the night and hadn’t gotten to sleep. They want a doctors note !!!! My doctor doesn’t want to see people actively sick, and urgent care is so fucking expensive. I understand we’re short staffed, that’s why I came in before, but I don’t wanna be coughing all over my own tables either!! I’m already so tired because i can’t REALLY rest with how busy I am all the time. I’m so over…

Asking because I recently put a post in another subreddit (GenZ) stating basically that a significant portion of our generation are adults trying to figure out how to survive and that we (adults) care about politics because it directly relates to our survival. I got lots of positive replies, sure, but also many people essentially saying that actually our generation absolutely should bury our heads in the sand, not care about what's happening in our country, not vote, etc. I tell these people, sure, fine, but surely you should support organizing with other workers so we can leverage our numbers for the sake of collective bargaining? Now whats interesting is that, a lot of the people shouting to the rooftops that they don't care and don't care about voting for Republicans or Democrats…also reject any proposal that workers should organize ourselves and act together to make society and the labor…

It’s as if highschool never ends! I was laid off this summer and am about to start my new job in an office on Monday. I should be preparing mentally but all I can think about is what I will wear and if I should keep my lunch bag in the car so I don’t look silly bringing it in. Anyone else resort to being a kid again during times like these??

Recently been let go from a job on day 9 of 30 of my initial training due to “unsatisfactory work performance”. Basically I wasn't doing all that I could've, or wasn't conveying what I had to convey perfectly. But I wasn't aware of that, as I had only just started. This seems to be just “how it is” since post-covid. How are you supposed to feel secure and confident going forward if you can't just go to work and do your work without feeling like you are going to lose it out of nowhere? You'd think they'd want their employees to succeed in the hopes that would cost less and make them more overall, but continuing to get worker after worker and stressing both parties out when the conclusion is you throw away someone who you told you were going to develop two weeks ago. Don't fill my head with…

A team bonding that they planned, paid/prepared the food and snacks for, are bringing entertainment, alcohol is not allowed, and is off the clock. My husband won’t be attending but it’s insane to me. He works for a N*stle company so I’m not shocked.

I started a new job in July on a hybrid work schedule and my commute is about 2 hours each way since I rely on the train. My manager very much seems like she got promoted because she’s outgoing, but not based on her knowledge of the job. On my first day I basically had to onboard myself, she couldn’t figure out any of the instructions she was given on setting stuff up for me so I figured out how to install the software I needed by myself. Once I started training she said “oh I forgot to give you a laptop charger” and threw one in my purse that was on the table. It wasn’t the right charger for my laptop and I had to go into the office an extra day to get the correct charger. Now it’s months later, and our company sends us an email every…