Wife's company wrote her up because she had to call in sick with a back injury. She brought them a doctors note and they couldn't care less, just saying “you went over your available sick time so that's a write-up” When did so many organizations lose all compassion?
Been at my office job for a year. A coworker started around the time I did. Coworker has worked total of 3 months of last year. 3 months off fmla, 8 weeks vacation, regularly calls in sick with a variety of excuses (none related to fmla reason) and schedules about 8 -12 hours worth of appointments during working hours for self and kid he only has every other weekend. Multiple people have complained to boss about coworker inappropriate behavior, usually aggressively telling people off. We've lost business because coworker refuses to attend meetings (all remote). Boss tried multiple times to make coworker attend meetings. Coworker started attending meetings from his phone (after a year…) even meetings where there's no point in attending if u can't see the screen. Since the beginning coworker only attends meetings from computer with video if boss is in meeting.acts like a totally different person when…
I'm so tired of working 40 hours a week and literally not being able to afford my bills! Is there a way for me to work from home but for a company in Europe or somewhere that will appreciate me and pay me enough to live? Will I need to pay taxes to the us? Is it even possible to work from overseas for a company full time? I'm not going to post my whole sob story on Reddit but the way things are going I just don't know where else to go…if you know of someone who would hire me or if you want to give me a chance please let me know what I can do!
Context: Union graduate student workers were rallying for a living wage by writing messages in washable markers and chalk. Many departments are hiring grad students less than 50% (50% is equivalent to 20 hours a week) to avoid implementing the full contract that included pay increases. To those who are unionizing, about to strike (UPS!), or implementing contracts, stay strong!
I need some advice. I work as an accountant for a corporation and the situation has deteriorated quickly. I NEED to get out of there but don’t have the money to quit without another job. I did get another offer for significantly less than I’m making now. Do I accept and keep searching?? I need money to eat. I feel like a scumbag if a better opportunity comes along a month after working at this new job. I don’t know what to do at this point as no situation seems to be a great option.
I was just thinking that it isn’t reasonable to blame an entire generation due to them being beneficiaries of a particularly prosperous period of time. It’s true that they have certainly benefited but seeing as the standard they enjoyed is what we are striving for, why would we begrudge them being afforded the opportunity to enjoy it? Additionally, using generalisations to disparage an entire generation is inherently anti productive as the narratives are often all encompassing and defeatist but success in my opinion success is found in the nuance.
I was just thinking that it isn’t reasonable to blame an entire generation due to them being beneficiaries of a particularly prosperous period of time. It’s true that they have certainly benefited but seeing as the standard they enjoyed is what we are striving for, why would we begrudge them being afforded the opportunity to enjoy it? Additionally, using generalisations to disparage an entire generation is inherently anti productive as the narratives are often all encompassing and defeatist but success in my opinion success is found in the nuance.
Just a rant… I applied for a job similar to the role I have now – actually less pay – and got a phone interview scheduled for 5/31. The interview went well and I was asked to come to the office for an in person conversation which I did on 6/8. That interview also went well as far as I was concerned as I had some specific skills they were looking for and I was told I would be a great fit. It was explained to me that there were a few additional candidates that were scheduled for interviews for the following week but that they would be in touch. I hadn't heard anything after that following week so I sent a follow up email directly to the controller (who interviewed me) just wanting to see if they had decided to go with another candidate – if they did, no…