Author: Olivia

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…