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Why don’t you unionize?

I’m from Europe and where I live there’s a lot of unions, I’m not in them and i dislike them. But in the US there seems to be a dire need to unionize to get proper healthcare etc. what feels weird is that each union seems to be company specific in the US? Why don’t this sub just get together and unionize together? Put 1-2% of your salary into some bucket and use that whenever there’s legal trouble? That’s how it works here.. there’s not a ‘blizzard union’ but rather a ‘tech worker union’ or a ‘retail worker union’

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Flsa question

So I work a normal salary job with a schedule that’s weird. Simply put every pay period (2 weeks) I am paid $30.3 hour for 74.7 hours not 80. That’s normal. I do work overtime (45 ish an hour) and do get paid times and a half. This pay period I worked 36 hours of overtime at times and a half and that was reflected on my check. But also I saw FLSA for 164 dollars on my check. What is this? I’ve never seen it before. Last pay period I worked 31 hours overtime and it wasn’t on it and the check before it I worked 35 hours overtime and no FLSA.

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Threatened with termination

I apologize about the th3 story being long. It irritates me to this day and i need to share it. My previous job was a manager at pizza hut getting paid 12.50 an hour. I decided to quit bc I wasn't making enough. I am not a cashier at target making 15 an hour. So getting into the story I always arrive 5 minutes before my shift bc I can clock in 5 min before and it adds up over time. Breaks where started as soon as you got off the register so I was always irritated by that but I never complained and was always taking the right amount of time. One day I went on lunch and the manager didn't tell me to go. A coworker at guest service did bc they are able to do so when a manager is busy. I get clock out at 7:02…

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UPDATE: manifesting my resignation

UPDATE: I posted the below about a month ago. I am happy to share that I accepted a fully remote job for 22% pay increase. I put in my resignation notice this morning via teams. My boss’s reaction was as expected: cold, short, and quite obviously pissed off. She even said that I “it’s not all about the money” good lord. I said it wasn’t personal and we ended the call. It does hurt my feelings as I’ve done a lot for the company but life moves on and I’m excited to start my new job. Previous post: I love my job but I cannot stand my boss. She micromanages, gaslights, and speaks to me like I am a child. I am a salaried employee with a job that requires little to no oversight. She got worse since COVID because we moved to WFH and she lost a lot of…

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Year End Bonus…Hell Yeah!!

After a long year of working many 60 hour weeks, our project management team expressed their gratitude to the team by giving us all $100.00…credit…to the company store. Don’t get me wrong, I needed some new chip clips, but seriously WTF? And yes I know it’s better than a kick in the pants.

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Years ago I made a linkedin acct and the current interactions….jesus

I get emails about “opportunities”. Never pay. Their perceived perks. Past 6 months i decided to respond Li recruiters( from now on referred to and LIR): 1a. blah blah lead hook blah job skills and other requirements when can you meet? 1b. It is partially remote but requiring relocation. Or 80%travel. Me: either 2a. Reply 1 week later bc im not in a symbiotic relationship with my personal email that is mainly spam. And no response 2b. Thank you for reaching out. I am currently seeking employment that accommodates (does not require re location/remote)- usually thank you for your consideration no elaboration just a response withing 5 min 2c. This sounds like a great opportunity id love to learn more. Please provide salary range (or equivalent) and any additional information pertinent.. no response. Recruiters and talent folk piss me off. Talk to the fucking company. Or give me something. Im…

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This is what CEO of the best place to work for company said

I remember listening to an interview of CEO from 5 years back. Forgot the company name but it was in top 3 best companies to work for. He was asked what makes your employees so happy when majority of companies can’t. His answer:- For our management our employees are customers. If we keep our employees happy they keep our customers happy. He said we don’t ask employees to work overtime at all but they do just as a favor because they are treated so well. If you treat your employees well they will go way beyond to complete their work. It is a simple maths we keep our employees happy, they keep customers happy which in turn generate good revenue so investors are happy. He also said managers are happy. Happy employees means happy managers. Such a basic concept yet 99% of companies fails to understand it

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Apologies for my recent post + appreciate janitors more

So I just posted a screen cap of this tweet to the subreddit and it did cause a bit of a stir. The more I watched arguments unfold, the more I realized how harmful the discourse I had brought was. It caused infighting, doctors v janitors, and a minor community divide over who “deserved” more. It was one of those things that just distracted from the bigger picture. I'm making this post partially to bring attention to that, and similar posts. I'm also making it to say appreciate damn janitors. Cuz wow. There was quite a crap ton of disrespect and undermining the work that janitors do. They do more than just mop. They risk their lives to save yours, I hope you all realize that. The shit (literally) they're exposed to and expected to clean all the time, the way they're heavily overworked… It's not easy. I saw a…

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So I got paid 36 hours out of 46 hours, 6 of those lost hours were overtime

The comments on the last post I made were right. I just scammed 10 hours of work 6 of which were overtime. So I lost 242 bucks and that's a lot for me (16). What should I do know? What can I do?

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Influx of “I got fired for” but no real details or names but source: Trust me bro.

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/spm1fx/i_was_walked_out_of_work_today_because_i_said_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Is a good example of this. New account, huge spam of posts in the same day. And not even really responding to people other than “Thanks” “yes it’s true” “I found another job already” This feels like another wave of the karma farmers who know what the sub gets riled up for, and just keeps flooding the feed with nonsense