Author: Olivia

A minor irritant but it's hapoened a few times. If you work out of the home, the Amazon person leaves it on the doorstep and you get notified. If they can tell that you're in, they gesticulate wildly through the window, knock thevdoor 7 times etc. Wavibg back and giving thumbs up does not deter them. You carefully disconnect your laptop and carry it to the door while still trying to follow an important meeting, wondering what your partner ordered that needs a signature. They say “there's your parcel”, hand it to you and walk off 🤣

After reading a LOT of the latest posts where employers or managers or bosses threaten employees if they ask for days off, or they change their salary rate after they give notice or generally crappy work environments, I decided to use both ChatGPT and Google Bard to see if I could craft response letters or emails to some of the crap I've seen bosses do here. They are of course not legal advise, but they are an excellent resource to get clear and applicable information for specific situations. ​ Let me tell you, they are a spectacular resource! The main thing is to ask the question or write the prompt using natural language. Here are some examples of what I've been crafting to test their capabilities: ​ Q: my [State] employer is threatening to reduce my pay after I gave my 2 week notice, write an email detailing why that…

As much as it is helpful to hear the horror stories of modern work, i think it can be equally helpful to learn more about one of the best ways to advocate for yourself as a worker, which is to unionize or join your local union. Unions are responsible for just about every work benefit we have ever acquired – weekend, 40 hour work week, etc. Additionally, union pay is routinely 20-30% more than their non-unionized counterparts. Power to the people!

Current wording in the contract *2. REMOTE WORK New letter or agreement confirming that virtual work is voluntary, can be initiated by the employee, and that arrangements will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The letter of agreement also provides for the creation of joint union-employer departmental panels. Employee rights around virtual work arrangements will be protected through a grievance process and grievances that were not settled prior to the final step of the grievance process may be referred to the joint union-management panel for review. The Employer also committed to establishing a Joint Consultation Committee which will be co-chaired by the Public Service Alliance of Canada to the review of the Employer’s Directive on Virtual Work Arrangements.* They followed up, that agreement means nothing to them and they will require all employees in the office 2 days a week and that will not be changing for any reason. So…