Month: November 2023

I'm a unionized worker at a university. We don't have a super great union local… outside of bargaining and dealing with grievance processes, it's mostly inactive (no social engagements or mobilization). I've attempted to support mobilization in the past, but found our local president to be both disorganized & controlling, and that I couldn't really contribute much because of this. I also get the impression that we don't have a ton of support from our union's central committee; our staff rep is constantly reprimanding us for not being mobilized, but doesn't ever offer support or suggestions. We have been bargaining for nearly a year now, and we just voted no to ratifying the employer's “best” offer, so we're moving closer to a no-board and potentially a strike. Lots of our members are very freaked out about striking which makes total sense given that our union doesn't have strong social connections.…

I have worked for this company for almost a year. I originally was part time, but about two months in I switched to full time to have access to benefits. The company standard is you have to average 30 hrs a week or 130 hours a month to be eligible. My scheduling manager overhired a couple of months ago and everyone in my department had their hours significantly cut (I’m talking 5 shifts to 2-3) for about a month and a half. I had to get a second job to make ends meet during that time. I emailed my manager during that time and told her a.)this is not enough money and b.) if I am only being scheduled 17-25 hours a week I will lose my insurance. I asked if I could pick up shifts in another department to make sure I didn’t lose my benefits. She assured me…

I let them know I would be taking the afternoon off on friday (an interview at a new job but obviously I didn’t tell them that) and they are now barring me from travelling on a work trip I was supposed to leave for on Sunday. Tickets already paid for, already registered, all that. Scheduled my time off with more that the required amount of time according to the handbook. I work at a small startup and so much sits on my shoulders that four hours off apparently means that the world is crashing and burning and I need to be punished for taking an afternoon.

Hello! This is my first post on Reddit, so let me know if I’m not doing it right. For background: Recently, my company has started to restrict our ability to telework after having flexible telework for 3 years. I developed a condition 2.5 years ago where I’ve used telework to help manage my condition at times. Since the company is making this change I inquired with the onsite physician to see if/what the process is for requesting telework as an accommodation. Since inquiring about the process, I’ve been placed on 4 work restrictions. My condition has not changed or worsen in the last 2 years, nor have I formally requested telework accommodation. I genuinely do not think I even need an accommodation (I never have), but I still wanted to confer with my doctor given the big change. I have in writing that my work restrictions are because I inquired…

Hi, this is more of a worker's rights question than anything and I'm not sure if I'll get the relevant answers here but I wanted to try and get some perspective. My company sent out an e-mail today saying that salaried employees are eligible to switch to FTO (free time-off) vs the original PTO. FTO is, essentially, unlimited time off, but I wonder if this form of time-off compensation takes anything away from employees that the structure of PTO provides. The e-mail says FTO employees will stop accruing PTO time and FTO employees no longer have to worry about the amount of hours they are taking off (as it is unlimited). I imagine this would obviously be within reason at the discretion of your manager. They are saying they are moving to this because they trust salaried employees to get their work done (most salaried employees work from home and…

I am 24(M) who has been in full time work since I was 18. I have worked as a retail worker, electricians mate, assembly operative and labourer, I am now currently a maintenance technician. Despite me learning a lot from each job and gaining numerous amount of skills, none of them ever gave me passion to really want to do it. The money that I got from all these jobs were decent but I have never believed in working just because a job pays well. I have believed do something that you enjoy doing to the point that you are not thinking about the money. I have a passion for music, entertainment, movies and sports. To anyone who has escaped the 9-5 rat race can you please tell me how you managed to do it also what you are currently doing now. Also what do you suggest I do to…

I work for a company that has a contract with a social media company for moderation. I’ve been doing it for 3yrs, it was mainly WFH and they made us go onsite. The job itself is easy but man the mental exhaustion is too much. The company let go of a lot of people and because of that we are always “all hands on deck”. They removed our Spanish language incentive and switched me to just English moderation. The job itself is easy, we just check for any violations in the content. However the high school drama in this call center setting is just too much. The support is bad. They just hit you with “do your best”. On top of that they removed our Spanish pay which sucks. I know I shouldn’t quit without another job lined up but I’ve just had it with this place. Every morning I…

I am quitting my job soon. The manager is in his own bubble. He is very ignorant of staff. He is in his own happy bubble. He ignores all my requests. I will be gone soon.