Author: Olivia

Hi Comrades! Okay so I work at a tourist destination that runs boatlines, pubs, and a few shops. They've informed us that unless it's for bereavement or documented medical appointments we have to be available every day this summer. That means no ability to plan your life, no summer sports, and literally zero chance that my days off will align with my friends. It pays $17hr which is slightly above average around here and cost of living is low. I guess what I'm asking is do you think it's right/legal to blackout an entire chunk of the year from time off requests? Should I consider taking less money to find better employment? The best part : They tell us not to worry because in the fall they will lay people off so they can go on EI, but they will still give you like 15hrs a week. “You'll have all…

I’m looking for some advice from this community, as I’m a little bit baffled on both the response from management and how to move forward with my own reaction: Long story short, I took on a new job that required some in house training. You know, some examples include WHMIS, defensive driving, etc. To be clear, these are requirements for this particular position. I complete the training in roughly a work days worth of hours. I submit my training and hours for compensation and am off-handedly told they only pay a half day for training. I made it clear that it took me an entire day and no further debate from management was levied my way; so I assumed that the dispute was resolved. My first pay stub comes around and I see they have shorted me a half day of pay; of which I assume is there ridiculous half…

I fix airplanes. I work for a company that does maintenance on commercial aircraft for different airlines. BIG company. Several hangars, several planes at a time, a different crew for every plane, 400-odd mechanics in total. A while back, a guy on my crew, another bottom-of-the-ladder mechanic like me, was passing through a different hangar and saw the crew of that plane kinda leaning of their toolboxes, shooting the breeze instead of working. He took a picture of them with his phone and emailed it to their manager. I think about it a lot. I've never been able to understand or sympathize with people like that, who like… take on the perspective of the company as their own. What is the motivation? Competition? Some deep seated evolutionary hatred of the lazy that affects a portion of the population? Lofty philosophical ideas about the “virtues” of constant hard work? With the…