Author: Olivia

I can't think of a single industry that hasn't been abused by the ownership class in the United States. And everywhere I turn, a new group in some industry is either unionizing, or striking. And while it's a step in the right direction, it's well past time we get together and make a more powerful show of our voices.

Hello, So here we go 🤦‍️ okay so I just got a new job and I left my last job due to it being a call center. Luckily this job there’s no phone calls however the micromanaging is going to be an issue I see . I don’t like working in an environment where’s there’s so many managers and sups trynna train you and then someone else comes in and tells you to do it another way. I had this happened today so I been in training for about a week and just had a sup or whatever teach me their way and tell me to do it that way when I learned it another way. Keep in mind just got told the way this sup wants it down and because I wasn’t moving fast enough it became an issue lol like I just learned your way wth!!! I’m tired…

Disclaimer: English is my first language and I'm not on mobile, I'm just a bad writer smh ​ For context, I (21f) am a barista at a local coffee shop chain. There are 3 locations in my city, and one about an hour's drive away. Right now, I am paid $9.50/hr plus tips. I've been working at this shop for nearly a year now, and I learned one of the new hires was getting $12.50/hr. Naturally, I set up a meeting with the person who oversees pay and all of the locations in my city. This person, who we will call Isabella, does not work at my store, but instead at the main store downtown. The meeting went decently well, and I was offered $12 after an evaluation with my manager, and $13 after a month of “good performance”. Now for the actual story: Today, I was talking to one…

Hi, I’m looking for advice on how to proceed with this. I accepted a new job and at orientation we were required to download three apps onto our personal cellphones. I immediately felt like something was off since they mentioned nothing of providing work phones or compensating employees for data usage. I asked what their compensation plan was for using our personal cellphones and the presenter brushed off my questions. Two of these apps have geolocating and all aspects of the job are tracked through these apps (time cards, checklists, task summaries, incident reports, etc). It’s very obvious that a cellphone is a requirement for the work. I’m not comfortable downloading geolocating on my phone (especially if I’m expected to do it for free) and letting them track me wherever I go. How do I get that point across?

I work at a parts store currently, it's my first job ever and I'm moving soon. How do I quit my job without being a dick? My manager and coworkers are great so that's why I'm trying to be nice