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Remember to discuss wages with your coworkers!

We all got some tiny ass yearly raises today and I was talking to everyone seeing how much we all got and discovered that our key holder never got her raise from being promoted last year. They told her she’d be getting more but they only gave her the standard raise everyone else got. She’s been making the same as everyone else this entire time. We wouldn’t have found this out if we hadn’t talked about our paychecks. Remember that it’s illegal for a company to tell you not to talk about wages and that they’ll do absolutely everything in their power to screw you over.

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does anyone know who / if this this is reportable

i work at a fast food chain, and for a couple months now there’s been a leak in the back that just builds up and multiple employees have slipped on it at this point, i know a work order has been put in and they’re just not doing anything to fix it

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New job already sketched out

Just started a new job powder coating I've only worked a couple hours and I like the crew but there's one thing that screams neon red flag. The boss during the interview told me that he doesn't like attitude from workers or overly aggressive crew mates, which I understand everyone wants to feel safe at work, but then he went on to say that he PREFERS to be short staffed because he thinks there's more work that gets done with less drama or some bs like that. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he meant he'd rather be short staffed than work with people who might be problematic but I dont think thats what I heard. As I was working with the crew everyone admitted to being short staffed but not knowing about the bosses preference. The boss also went ahead to say that…

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Boss got on my ass for not coming in today. Texted him last night saying I won’t be coming in because I have to take care of my post-op mother since there’s no one else home. He said he doesn’t like how I manage priorities and has been rude ever since. Am I in the wrong ? Check body for context.

I’m a student and this is my part time job at a local grocery store. I’ve been here for a month and a half. Never called in sick, always was on time and did my job. I texted him the day before at around 6PM, turns out he “doesn’t respond to messages” when he’s not at work, understandable. Key point about this situation: we’re critically understaffed, me and my boss are the only employees for our department. He can call someone in to replace one of us but hates when he has to replace me since I can just “be there” and because it costs him money (?). He started yelling at me in front of everyone else, saying that I don’t even have the decency to text him the day of my shift and that my sense of priority is messed up. Did I do something wrong or are…

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“Chicago man, 98, who works 7 days a week explains the secret to his longevity”

YIKES https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-98-who-works-7-days-a-week-explains-the-secret-to-his-longevity

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Amazing job with work life balance

Today was my first day as a leasing consultant and my managers are amazing. They gave me a company laptop and told me to leave it in the office at the end of the day. I said “so I don't need to check my work email at home or anything?” And my boss looked at me so seriously and said “absolutely not. Why would I ask you to do something like that? Work is Work. Home is home.” Fucking amazing

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They fucked with my money, but were caught off guard by “Fuck around and find out.”

I worked, until today, for a car dealership run on the Peter Principle. Absentee owner sees it as a toy shop. GM pops in twice a week, does nothing to fix abysmal front of house service that just saw another foreman give notice, or internal service which gives us cars to sell with disassembled brakes, shaking from out of balance tires, rattling, with broken parts, etc. I could NEVER deliver a car without a post-sale repair order that cost me money off gross. The General Sales Manager is very good at telling the whole sales team they don't quite measure up and finding fault constantly, appraising cars at 90% of retail and then holding back on his salespeople, and fishing, apparently. I have four and a half years' more experience at my now ex-boss' job than he does, and from the start, I made suggestions to improve ops that he…

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Hospitality sector blames welfare for lack of workers

Here in Australia, jobseeker or welfare is $693.10 per fortnight currently. Minimum wage is meant to be $21.38ph for an adult. It is less for anyone under the age of 21. Not to mention here hospitality is notorious for wage theft, shit working hours and conditions and lack of job security. https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/pull-your-finger-out-restaurant-owner-chris-lucas-slams-ridiculous-jobseeker-increase/news-story/a361a800eee0fc31c5c7f52840934d0e

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Is this toxic?

Today my boss said I’m not thankful for my job and that I expect praise and appreciation. I said that I hadn’t much praise over the course of the job. She said she thanks me frequently and is always advocating for me. I said I appreciate that but had these experiences otherwise. She said that it sounds like the praise will never be enough for me.

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10 hour shifts

My manager keeps scheduling me for 10 or 12 hour shifts and it's really bothering me. And also asks me frequently if I can stay past my scheduled time at the last minute… The first couple times we're okay but it's starting to become a daily thing.