Author: Olivia

As the title states, my company recently put a camera that also records audio on top of the cubicles that my department works in. There is no doubt that they are recording our movements and audio as we work. It is literally about three feet from my face as I type this. They put this camera up over the weekend with no explanation, and still have not addressed it. We already know that they monitor whether or not our computers are online, but now also this. My department recently moved upstairs to a new part of our building. We needed more space to do our required work. We had to build our cubicles ourselves. The move went smoothly and everything has been great for the last month and a half or so our productivity even skyroicketed , but now we are being watched. No other workspace is fitted with cameras,…

The title says it all. My job, grocery store employee (unionized), has given me a suspiciously generous raise that I only discovered this morning when viewing my check stub. Knowing my company I’m sure it’s an error, but I definitely don’t want to lose it. How should I proceed? I was thinking about addressing my HR rep and getting the Union involved if they decide to revert my pay, but any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. Relevant info: I printed in triplicate relevant information for my employee portal regarding the pay. I am reviewing my Union contract for any loopholes or similar to allow me to keep my raise Finally, probably gonna call my Union to explain the situation. If y’all have any advice, suggestions, etc. let me know.

Context: high cost of living state. I make barely over minimum wage. I felt so embarrassed sitting there being told to budget better, start an emergency fund etc. Why would they even do this?! No raise given and the company/people know I make nothing It was humiliating How could anyone think that was ok? Or is it just me?

So, I have this client who works for a huge American bank. I am supposed to “assist” him for a couple of hours at 10$/hour. He is a contract employee. The tech stack is Java, Scala, Parquet, Hadoop, scd TPYE 1 ,Python etc. Required knowledge is Intermediate level but the dude needs answers right away, there's no I will get back to you type stuff. Is this rate right? I checked and I see it is about 25$ for such jobs, but there is no definite way to ascertain this. What do you guys say?

I work in a restaurant and one co-worker in particular is known to harass and be aggressive to many of my other co-worker's yet my GM or DM refuse to do anything in regards to his behaviour, he's an older gentleman probably about 70 and he doesn't do his job in the slightest, if he does have to do his job it's not without plenty of insults to everyone. He has gotten physical with my friend by throwing dishes at him because there was a bit of cheese on the cheese pan despite him wanting to be on dishes, he will leave his station to come harass me and say I'm not doing my job right but gets aggressive when I say “no manager is saying I'm doing my job incorrectly.” While we're trying to close he will sit in the lobby saying he wants to go home and doesn't…

Like if you think I'm gonna bust my ass harder than necessary when you pay like shit, you're a fucking moron. Any boss who thinks this is an asshole and is only looking out for their well-being, not yours. Not to Mention it's literally proven those who make more money have more motivation to work harder. That's why I don't blame any people in fast food or retail for being “slackers”. Because they don't make enough money to deal with Karens and/or asshole teenagers all day with unfit bosses on top of all that who work them to the bone. Fuck that.

I've begun treating and thinking of myself as a small business, and the mindset has offered me a bit of clarity and empowerment. Let me explain. American culture has conflated the value a person offers a job and the value a job offers a person. The expectation seems now that people need to be grateful for the opportunity of a paycheck, instead of a company being grateful for employees producing profits. Each and every one of us is a business, and the product we sell is our labor. We sell our labor, and companies buy that labor, and convert it into profit. Don't trick yourself into diminishing the value of your product and don't sell it for cheap. That's simply bad business sense.

When I was 15, my older sister told me the restaurant she served didn’t have a dishwasher that day. I was under the legal 16 yr-old state minimum to work, but agreed with the manager to be paid cash for the shift. After the shift, the manager asked if I wanted to start working 4 days a week (I turned 16 the next week) and I accepted. When she was explaining I would have to cover my own shift if unable to work, I asked if I could tell her right then that I wanted every weekend off to go deer hunting 6 months in the future in November. She said that was not an issue since I was telling her 6 months out (and I was using it as leverage because they needed a dishwasher ASAP). Fast forward about 4 months and I transitioned from dishwashing to cooking and…