Author: Olivia

Let's start this off with saying that this will be a longer one. I'm 28 and been in the roadside and towing industry for almost 8 years. This means I started very young in the industry, most companies have problems insuring driver's under 25. I got around this by sub-contracting as a roadside tech. Then took that experience to major companies fleet who was less limited. And subsequently took that experience back to my current company, which started to evolve into a tow company itself while I was gone. Now I tell you this only so you can understand that I have worked hard for a long time to get where I am, I'm experienced, well trained, the most senor driver and frankly I'm very good at what I do. I'm very proud of all of this. Why? Because through all of this I was able to help grow the…

My first post on here!!! TLDR is at the bottom, but I really would appreciate anyone who reads the whole thing. I’m trying to be as nonspecific as possible because a lot of my coworkers are the types to be on this subreddit. For some background: I (21yo black femme) have been working in a large chain food service establishment for about 3 months now. I kind of like it, but I have 1 major issue. I applied for, and was hired for one specific role in the kitchen that’s pretty integral to the service. I was told that I would be doing some cross-training so that when we were busy and/or low on servers I would be able to fill in, and I was fine with that. But in the 3 months that I’ve been there, well over 50% of my shifts have been serving shifts. Maybe even 75%.…

Just need to let this out… worst week of life. Not that life is great. I work remotely for a pharmacy and i call their stores to troubleshoot with employees remotely. We have an attendance policy that says a day called out is 1 occurrence, half day is .5, and consecutive days are 2 for one occurrence. I’ve reached my limit of 5 due to other real life obligations. Tuesday i came down with debilitating but non productive cough and Severe Head ache. i figure i’ll call off as i’m not usually sick often and it’ll mostly blow over. Total hours of sleep that night 4. Wednesday comes, i now have no voice, cough continues. Okay this is still one occurrence. I’ve got 90+ hours of paid time off saved. 4 more hours of sleep. Thursday comes, i work through the coughing, fever, and chills after boss insists i will…

Title. It was bad enough that they wanted a credit check as part of a background check during the hiring process, but now it's been announced that these background checks will be annual for all employees, specifically criminal record and credit report checks. In their lukewarm defence this requirement came from their lender clients, many of which are major banks, but why the fuck do the banks care about the credit score of the engineers making the software? Are they so scared of the working class that they don't want “filthy poor people” touching the code??

Hello everyone! I’ve been a part of this sub for about a month now and I’m learning more than I ever thought I’d need to know about my rights as a worker! I originally felt super weird about being here as I am active duty military and couldn’t really sympathize with the plight of the average civilian worker. I working towards release from the service and this sub is helping me realize that I have a worth both inside and outside the military. Believe it or not service members go through some similar shit just with more red tape and less escape/negotiation options. I describe it to my family as “take your orders and deal with them” no matter how unfair, unrealistic, or outright outrageous those orders are. I could tell stories all day about how messed up things are from this side of the fence. Thank you all for…