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“Is tipping getting out of hand?” Advocate for me to get a living wage then you vampire.

Maybe if I got paid a living wage I wouldn’t care about tips. Maybe if my boss gave a shit about how hard it is to pay bills is while he sits in his literal mansion I’d be okay with people not tipping. The funny part is the biggest tips come from, on the regular at least, other service industry people who get what a pit this life is.

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Day 1 of encouraging people to send random strangers a hug until this world becomes a loving place to live in.

It's a very nice humanizing thing to send to someone. Especially because most of us are depressed, lonely or angry. Imagine you wake up and someone took the time and effort to send you hugs which are words of affirmation. That is love. A person from across the world thought about your wellbeing and wanted to send you a hug. It will make them feel like they're being noticed by the universe and the universe is sending them love. the hug revolution will be unstoppable.

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I can’t do this anymore (vent)

Hey everyone, 23 F here. Starting to have a big wake up call at how much I'm working my life away. I'm neurodivergent and suspected on the spectrum with depression. I'm exhausted, mentally, physically and I'm just very angry at the world. I just finished 7 days straight with one day off, now I'm back at work. I'm getting so tired of working, and for what??? More exhaustion, depression and disappointment? For reference I work in retail and I'm hoping to get back to school to start a career but I'm so angry at this capitalism bs. All we do is work and work and work for shitty pays. I live in Ontario Canada and the economy disgusts me. I make $17/hr right now and I feel so underappreciated, exploited and overworked. Is this all life is? Being an adult is the most difficult thing in my life right now.…

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I fell at work and broke my wrist.

I recently fell at work and ended up needing surgery for a broken wrist. I had a plate and 4 screws put in. I've worked for the owner for 19 years. It's a smal llcl (3 employees). So far I've used my insurance to cover expenses.  He has said that he wants to avoid a workman's comp claim and to let him know if bills arise, he will pay them. He is currently paying me while I'm off recovering however he expects me back at work asap. He wanted me to come in the day after surgery.   I have a few questions, I know my Dr has suggested atleast 4 weeks off. Should I go back to work sooner then that? And should I file a workman's comp claim anyway? Aren't I entitled to pain and suffering?  Thanks in advance for helping me think this out. 

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I only make 43k a year and I pay over a quarter of it in taxes. How is this even okay?

I make $21 an hour (43,680 per year), but my take home pay is only around $2600 a month, which is just over $31k a year. That means I’m paying over 25% of my yearly pay in taxes. Who the fuck allowed this? I already make barely enough to get by and it feels like they take as much as possible and then laugh in my face. I feel like people who make less than a certain cutoff shouldn’t be taxed at all.

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Just fucking chill

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Economist speaking clearly about what is spoken here, how companies need to give bonuses to workers who work hard, when companies grow it needs to be reflected on their workers salaries and calls all this human engineering resource, he says companies who don’t do this will have very low productivity

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Just spent 5 years as an underpaid ship engine cadet/apprentice engineer without getting promoted

I spent 5 years of my life doing some real mentally-exhausting, emotionally-draining, back-breaking labor for 300-500 USD a month as a Marine Engineer Cadet on board a ship. Got good enough on the job that my superiors have already recommended me for promotion to 4th Engineer multiple times on different ships and contracts. Some 3000 USD a month would have made it all pretty much worthwhile, while having a prospect of future promotions to 3rd, 2nd, heck even all the way to Chief Engineer at a salary cap of around 15k USD in about 10 or more years of working in the industry ​ Unfortunately, our office has denied me of this promotion multiple times, sometimes on grounds of that they have already lined up a 4th Engineer reliever on board so I'm unable to act as the reliever by promotion, or that I don't have the required certificates and…

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Why are people that work in offices so annoying?

I just started working in one and let's just say I'm really adjusting. They want you to talk and be happy all the time. Some lady bought in a lava lamp for her desk and they were offended that I didn't jump for joy. For crying out loud its early in the morning calm down.

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TAX. THE. RICH.