Hey there, after 3 years of freelancing. I am thinking of moving abroad to work for a small design agency. Unfortunately, I still have lingering thoughts of “what if I end up hating it here?” My past jobs were toxic, no boundaries, snobs, with mental gymnastics and all that. Idk if I have gained enough mental strength to go through that again. How should I go about this? I think I’m just ready to work with a team.
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Hey there, after 3 years of freelancing. I am thinking of moving abroad to work for a small design agency. Unfortunately, I still have lingering thoughts of “what if I end up hating it here?” My past jobs were toxic, no boundaries, snobs, with mental gymnastics and all that. Idk if I have gained enough mental strength to go through that again. How should I go about this? I think I’m just ready to work with a team.
Last year, the UK Conservative government passed a law allowing companies to use agency staff to cover for striking workers. The UK courts have ruled today that the law was…well, I think the judge put it best. ” However, the high court judgment said that Kwarteng showed little interest in evidence or consultation and “his approach was … so unfair as to be unlawful and, indeed, irrational”. It also said that Kwarteng committed to changing regulations when “the advice to him was that it would be of negligible short-term benefit and probably be counterproductive”. ” Hey. Hey. Anti-union right wing government? Go fuck yourself. Edit for source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/13/strikers-agency-workers-high-court-verdict
I'm asking for a friend. He started a new job and he gets paid holidays. He went in on 4th of July for some OT pay. Today he found out that because he's on probation he doesn't get holiday pay and if he wouldn't have worked they would give him that holiday pay eithet. I have never heard of such a thing. Does this sound legit to you?
Hey! We usually get 8hrs of personal time per year for our birthdays. This month is my birthday, and when I checked my PTO I had my normal accrued sick and vacation time, plus 40 hours of personal time. I just requested half a week for my birthday using the personal time, I’ll see what they say. Do I have any right to keep these hours now, even if it was a mistake?
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Mistreatment at elderly home I work in
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I've been lurking here for some time, figured I'd share this story with you guys. About a decade ago, I walked out of a health insurance job as I had had enough, they called later asking if I quit, and I said no, I'll just come in when I feel like it (learned this from Office Space), so they sacked me, I got my termination notice and was able to then claim unemployment. Having always worked in an office up until that point, I got a job in a factory making products related to fire retardants. Anyway, there was no regard for safety at all, the dust extractor didn't work, so I puchased my own mask much to the amusement of the other guys working there who were breathing that shit in on a daily basis, same deal with glues and other chemicals, they were basically huffing that shit all…
