Hello, red flag. But the pay is so much better than where I am right now, I have to take it. I have bills. So, advice? How do I survive in a “family” work environment? I just wanna do my work and go home.
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Author: Olivia
So roughly once a week the guy that works in the cubicle across the aisle from mine will say some racist or prejudiced comment. Most weeks it will be about the younger generation, but it will occasionally stray into sexism or racism. He recently spent an afternoon upset about reparations to the black community for slavery. During that conversational tantrum he said things that made me embarrassed to be the same species as him. One of the lesser offensive things he commented was about how “they would spend the money on liquor and drugs.” What are some options for how to handle this? I’ll mention I’ve tried questioning his comments to oblivion (“why do you think that”, this upset me more, so I am trying not to engage with him directly). I’d prefer not to be the whiny young member of the small office (
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No Cover Letter
How do I politely say- I don't write cover letters? If you want to know about me read my CV. A potential employer reached out to me to say they liked my CV but want me to write a cover letter stating why I want to work there. I want you to pay me for my work, decades of knowledge, and experience.
TL; DR – management has no idea how to properly engage with remote employees and they are too lazy to figure out how, so a fancy consultant who helps business “future proof” their operations gets to say it's because people aren't in the office full time. Riiiiight.
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Back to the future.
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Unions Safeguard Workers’ Sweat Equity
I was laid off with 38 people and 0 days notice about 4 weeks ago. I was making 75k a year with benefits. I had a high title in my industry. Now I am getting offers for senior level roles for 50k, 45k, and even 35k a year where I live. I live in one of the most expensive places in America. I keep getting lowballed over and over and over and calculated that I'd make the same on unemployment that I would with the shitty underpaid job. Plus then I'd have to do mind numbing work I don't even enjoy. I enjoyed my last job a lot, and want to look for something like that. I know if I pivot into this other job that is not in my industry (it's marketing) my resume is going to start to look weird and like I have no experience. I'm also…
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2023/why-is-there-a-labor-shortage-ask-workers