Author: Olivia

prices go up but wages don't go up. oh they got stock market gains, ok but now stock market stopped going up. so…..

So I work for a company that does phone sales in Walmart. Myself and my store are the number 1 stores for sales and has been since I started. I moved up to a management position, but stepped down after I found out they only paid a flat $200 for gas. I was driving to a completely different state daily, which was over 100 miles a day. So I'm completely against traveling and have turned down the same promotion and others many times now. Flash forward to today, I was told by my manager a little while ago that since my store hits goal religiously, that I would be required to travel to other stores that weren't staffed to help hit goal. I said I didn't sign up for that and didn't want to do it. She said that I'd get my hours cut if I didn't, because she needed…

The other day I found myself watching Disney's Gravity Falls. It's a cooky show with absolutely nothing strange about it. Ok, who am I kidding, it's entire premise it built on the weird and paranormal. Anyway, in one particular episode, one of the main characters is asked by the ultra wealthy family up a hill to help them get rid of a ghost problem before their annual super fancy party. He agrees on the premise that his sister and friends can attend the party, something the common folk of the town aren't allowed to do. In the end, he is successful in capturing the angry spirit of a lumberjack, who explains WHY he is haunting the house. The family, 150 years prior, asked the common folk of the town to build them a grand mansion atop the hill. They were promised it would be a service to the town, and…

I'm sure employers of all kinds are watching this sub by now. So let me break it down for you. I have been striving to understand all aspects of this great resignation. Covid is certainly a catalyst of change, but the real truth is businesses are failing miserably to realize their competition. Entry level jobs with entry level pay like fast food are no longer just competing with each other. You are also competing with Ebay, Fivr, YouTube, tiktok, Etsy, TeeSpring and a thousand other ways people can earn $1500 – $2500 a month. There is also a chance their channel or brand goes viral and makes them millions. Your jobs offer no such future. But it is even MORE than that. They can do it comfortably from home. They can do these other things as they feel inspired to do so, not in a rigid militant schedule. They can…

My boyfriend's boss tried to gaslight him last week by saying labor costs were too high, despite staffing levels being at bare minimum. So basically implying employee wages were too high and discouraging workers from believing they were owed more. This comment about labor costs was made shortly after employees had brought it to attention that they were “accidentally” being paid 50 cents less per hour than agreed when they were hired. I am not buying these coincidences, so I tell him to ask for the data to back up their claims that “labor costs are unsustainable at 51% of total monthly cost to operate”. They got back to him with the numbers and apologized that they had calculated them wrong, labor costs were only at 30%. These owners also refuse to accept customer or employee feedback to improve the business and left the heat broken for all of January…

UPDATE Not all faith is lost in the unemployment system. My claim was approved despite my previous employers many mistakes and trying to say I quit. No hearing was even needed. I'm so happy I could cry. I'm thankful that finally something went right. I have a little less stress the next few months. I submitted more paperwork as recommended by everyone. Thank you all! Reasoning and Findings The claimant's leaving work is determined to be involuntary, for urgent, compelling, and necessitous reasons. You were unable to return to work following the expiration of a medical leave of absence. Consequently, you lost your employment. The claimant's leaving work is determined to be involuntary, for urgent, compelling, and necessitous reasons. ORIGINAL POST My previous employer fired me while I was on medical leave following a major surgery. As requested, I was regularly supplying letters from my surgeons office that explained I…

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