Apparently if you use a computer for the majority of your work but don't have unnecessary papers lying all around you, you're a lazy POS. I work in a typical office (cubicle style while bosses get enclosed offices). My boss walks by my desk fairly often and occasionally makes a comment “jokingly,” sometimes not jokingly, that I need to put something on my desk otherwise it looks like I'm not working. I've explained to him I'm using my computer so don't need papers, but he insists, especially if guests visit the office. It's starting to get on my nerves. I placed a single binder on my desk and moved my water bottle over and it seems to have worked for now, but I just find it to be so stupid and trivial. I get overwhelmed having a messy desk and don't understand the insane amount of printing offices do on…
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Written up 2 weeks into employment
This one's old, but I just thought of it and cringed internally at the stupidity. I was working at a sandwich franchise owned by this mid-50s couple. The woman was the only one I met because by this point their marriage only survived because neither wanted to split up the businesses in a divorce. I had worked at a different location before, but under a different owner. When I started, this location was sharing a store manager with another location and owner made her full time at the other location and expected me to just run things, without asking me. I was the only one over 18 and I had a food safety license and store manager experience, so she just decided I'd take over (at minimum wage!). One day right after I started, owner comes in and says “[other location] needs change” and takes $60 in rolled coins out…
I come from nothing. No parents, no real family, no assurance. What happened to my family? Lots of premature deaths, overdoses, repeating generational issues, the whole poverty experience. I was the sole survivor of my original family by 12. That made life very difficult as one would imagine, but I have somehow managed to get my life in order all these years later. With barely a high school education and no degrees I have worked my way into a position that pays me what I believed to be a decent living wage without requiring me to break my back. Yes, I deal with some unpaid on-call bullshit and the likes but I am able to afford my own place, a car and food in my stomach. For a long time that was a pipe dream. Now I’m pushing 30 and the housing market is actually insane. I work with a…
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Unlimited Time Off
What Is Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)? (With Pros and Cons) Updated March 10, 2023 Unlimited paid time off (PTO) is a structure in which employees are not assigned a set number of paid days off at the start of the year. Instead, employees are provided with the freedom to take time off when needed as long as doing so will not disrupt business. This provides significant flexibility as an employee and rewards productive use of work hours. Has anyone heard of this? This is from Indeed. If a company tried to do this, how would it even be possible?
With job agencies they send you anywhere. Im a good worker. I rock up on time to work. Pretty simple. When the same agency says im not required after 2 or three weeks with a company I want to know why. Was it me, basically. But no feedback…heres a new job at a new plant…rinse, repeat. Too afraid to spend money because who knows what situation is next week? Anyway, 3rd job in 4 months with a major chain offers an induction while Im being interviewed for an actuall full time job. I took the full time job. The Agency recommended Employer and an Agency official called me personally to chastise me. They complained that me not wanting to be effed around hurt them.
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The true cost of the pizza party.
You know they're not paying you enough, but they're also getting deals on their incentives.
It’s pretty much the standard to have to work EVERY OTHER holiday, especially as a new nurse to a job, but every single holiday for the rest of the year?? I’ve never heard of something so cruel. Also NEVER have I ever had to work a holiday during orientation because there is truly no need too. Your not counted as a full employee yet, so you don’t help in the “numbers” (aka even tho your there, you still need to have another experienced nurse to follow you, so your not helping the unit at all being there). I’m not the OP but I seriously hope she quits this job before she starts.
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Worth seeing a lawyer?
TLDR: Minnesota teacher looking for advice on a law firm to reach out to regarding unpaid wages and what kind of evidence to collect for them I'm a teacher in Minnesota, USA. For those who do not know, to get full time pay teachers need to work what is considered 1.0 FTEs. If you work more or less, your pay goes up or down accordingly. At my school we have a 6 period day, and a full time FTE is having a class 5 of those period and a prep hour the other part of the day. A teacher that teaches all 6 period would earn 20% more than their base pay. The last 4 years I've taught in a program within the high school that has lower class sizes and to help the program grow the administrator in charge convinced me to work 6 class periods, which would normally…