Just started a new job a few hours ago and I've already had 3 people tell me to try not to discuss wages. (I fully plan to, I know my rights) They've simply plopped me at a desk and gave me some work No biggie, right? ○ I still haven't been told my hours ○ Still haven't been setup for payroll ○ Organization is nearly nonexistent It may be early to judge but damn I've got a really bad feeling about this.
I made a post a while ago about giving notice for my poorly-run job as an outdoor ed /garden teacher. It was so stressful and poorly managed that it made me sick, and my new job is way better paid, has better benefits, and I'm being given more respect. I also feel like someone's taken a melon baller to my chest. It's not just because i miss the kids, or I miss working outside. It feels like a part of “me” is gone cause I'm not working in outdoor ed any more. I haven't had this with any of my other childcare or office jobs, I can't explain it very well, and I feel so stupid even trying. Is this another shitty side effect of capitalism? Is this just something wrong with my brain? I'm genuinely curious what the hell this is, and if anyone else has felt like this…
The company I work for recently switched to daily overtime, where when I hit over 8 hours in a day, I get paid time and a half. However I reached out to my company's HR and payroll about 3 times to see if they can clarify what the new rules mean. I worked a week where Monday through Thursday I worked 10 hours a day, and then Friday/Saturday for 6 hours each. I checked my paycheck and it didn't seem like the right amount of money. Looking at the companys time clock it looks like Friday and Saturday I was paid my regular rate instead of the overtime rate despite already being over 40 hours in the week. I was trying to do some research on what the laws in my state are regarding overtime and it looks like they refer to Federal Laws regarding overtime instead, as there aren't…
So we now have a mandatory hybrid working model where you have to be in the office for certain days. Its just 9.56am and I am already feeling stressed out about being in the office. Seeing obnoxious colleagues that I could zone out in working from home, ignoring office politics that directly impacted me but now have to see those greek play characters in person, too many people talking about irrelevant things. I am just chanting in my mind – I am only here for the money, I am only here for the money, I am only here for the money.
At the start of the new year I left a job I couldn't stand to work with my parents in a business they own. To start it seemed fine but there aren't enough of us to have the time to train me properly. I've done my best to train myself but every time I think I'm starting to get it I find I've screwed up something new and I get chewed out. It seems to be expected that I just know what I'm doing? I thought working for family would be safer and less stressful and I've never been more wrong. This has gone on few a couple months now and I spend all my free time dreading the next day. This was supposed to be something I did so I could finally have a life and I'm more depressed than ever. I'm tired of my job impacting my at…
Happy Birthday to me! I turned 26 last month so the raise my employer gave me (to stop me from quitting because I’m overworked) is basically non-existent since I have to pay health insurance now. Wow, fuck this birthday lol
Used to work for a retail company and every morning they would have all of us gather around and talk about what the store made the previous day and the managers would be all excited when we hit the store goals and clap like trained seals. Others would clap as well but I would never clap or show any excitement. One day one of my managers actually approached me and asked me why I never showed any enthusiasm at the meetings. I straight up said this “Why be excited? not like I am getting any of that money. All your managers get bonuses when you hit goals. What do we get? Nothing. And pizza once in awhile doesn't count.” The look of shock on my managers face when I said that was more valuable to me at the time than any amount of money.
So on Friday was my payday. I usually like to check on it around 12:30-1:00 in the morning. It wasn’t there which was odd. I gave the benefit of the doubt and gave it until 5pm to show. It didn’t. They finally sent out a communication stating that they were going to send it out on Monday (yesterday) and apologized for any “inconvenience”. I was pissed off, but what can I do except wait for Monday, right?? Wrong, checked and checked and checked while I was working getting more and more pissed off as the day went on. Like why the f@&$ am I working when I still haven’t gotten paid? I’ve sent HR an email, but of course they take a business day to respond. Today I wake up, and STILL nothing. I’m so extremely pissed off at this point. HR hasn’t bothered to answer me back. I have…
The UK has a 'hit list' of Oligarchs who it's promising to sanction. So far, that list totals THREE people. In the meantime, the rest of the world's uber-wealthy have time to stash their wealth away in tax havens. Regular Russian people are already facing economic hardship and I'm enraged that those with ACTUAL influence are not being held accountable for the murder of innocent Ukrainians. I really want to establish a thread/community which digs into companies, individuals, and governments who are complicit in propping up Russian billionaires. We've seen endless showboating from corporations (like Disney halting releases in Russia) but there is SO much more going on behind the scenes. idk if people here are interested in digging into this rabbit hole but I figured there could be some catharsis in shitting on crappy employers while also informing us on which warmongers to boycott.