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should i be concerned for my safety

i will be quitting my job next wednesday, no notice, after 3 years. i have handwritten pages of illegal and abusive instances that have taken place over the years committed by the manager against myself and clients. there are clear signs of embezzlement. these pages will very likely completely ruin the managers life for the foreseeable future. he will lose his job and possibly have to have his brand new home and luxury car foreclosed on/repossessed. i was speaking with my parents yesterday about my plan to exit, and they are in full support of me. they asked me if i though the manager would do anything violent. i did not think about that prior, but now see it as a very real possibility. he carrieā€™s a gun and i have seen him lose his temper and scream on countless occasions. i am trying not to freak out about this,…

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Why is it legal for employers to lie about who and what they are?

just got back from an in person interview that I've been eagerly awaiting since last week. Mind you, this is the first in person interview I've gotten in almost 4 months because the job market it shit, shady, and broken asf lately as we all know. This company i was interviewing for was a small, privately owned, new delivery company. I read their indeed profile, looked at reviews, went to their website, everything i could to learn about this company. They said they paid 18-20 an hour, had every insurance under the sun, 401k, and pto. sounds h e a v e n l y . i was ecstatic. Tell me why i pull up to their stablishment… and it was a facade for fucking amazon. It was a fake ad, for a company that was bought out by amazon. i wouldn't have even been working for the company listed…

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We are all this chicken at the job interview

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Who else had to go in to work today while the air is full of smoke?

the entire northeast of america and canada is full of smoke, and our boss still made everyone come in today. I wish we could all refuse to be productive when the results of corporporate pollution are hazardous

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No Loyalty!

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It feels so wrong to ask for a raise every year for at least the inflation percent and owners are more willing to fire you than give it to you if you ask. But companies do ask for a raise in what we pay every year and some of them go for the “I know I can get more money out of you, 40% increase”.

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There is a big PR problem with strikes and protests – when people are inconvenienced, these days they blame the PROTESTERS, not the greedy business or the callous politician or whatever. How do we direct that anger where it needs to go – to the people that causes these protests in the first place?

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A billion dollar hospital is issuing threats over coffee filters.

I mean, really…….?

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It seems like the whole point of Mods is to enforce Centrism in the face of fascism.

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How I learned the value of life-work balance!

I was told to crosspost my comment in another subreddit here as folks may appreciate it here. Got a solid response with the folks talking about an a-hole boss demanding an employee work over a pre-booked vacation. I'll add a bit more context here, but this was about 12 years ago when this all went down. Since then, I went back to work for a previous employer where I was unceremoniously let go for reasons (maybe another post), but have since been working for almost 10 years at another company (folks of this subreddit are not a huge fan of them but they have probably treated me the most humanely and respectfully as I've ever seen). That said…on with the story! In 2010, after the wonderful failings of the job market leading to salary freezes and sub-par raises, I had gotten my 3 year performance evaluation at my employer at…