Author: Olivia
Before the plague, I worked for a treatment center. I’m a recovering addict and really wanted to give back. I joined a brand new company and tried to help the owner. They said they were open to ideas. My ideas were mostly surrounding keeping everything safe and legal. I’m in CA and we don’t really fuck around. The place was not ethical, did not train anyone, had no procedures in place. I told them they needed a system to keep track of punches. They insisted they could just changes the punches my hand. I told them they need procedures to admit or discharges. 24 hours after our first client, she went into the backyard and retrieved the drugs she stashed. She used in the bathroom of her room. They fired me for being unprofessional. Truly they felt I was insubordinate. They didn’t pay me that day. I told them they…
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These are delightful!!!!
From McSweeney's: HONEST OFFICE HAIKU FOR THE IMPENDING RECESSION “We Need to Synch Our Agile Framework with Our Projected Workflow” Okay, listen up. I don’t know what you just said. Am I getting axed? – – – “We’re Instituting a ‘Return-to-Office’ Mandate to Improve Company Performance” What saves you money, And would help prevent layoffs? No more offices. – – – “Is This a Realistic Timeline for This Project?” Absolutely not. It’s the work of three people, with no overtime. – – – “Do You Have a Minute to Talk?” Oh no. This is it. Hold on, you just need a file? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? – – – “Happy Employee Appreciation Day!” Are you kidding me? We know layoffs are coming. Thanks for the free pen. – – – “Be Grateful You Have a Job!” I am overworked, underpaid, and have no help.…
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Am I being pay discriminated?
I have been working for more than four years for my company. More than 6 months ago I was “promoted” to shift lead. This position is normally just a babysitter job to keep the machines running. There have been at least five people that have been in that position since I have worked there. One person who still works there is paid three dollars more an hour than I am and he has been in and out of lead positions as needed. The person who I took over for had to do the babysitting and some programming but most of the programs were made by another person. I was sorta trained on how to program but I also have CAD experience from school so it wasn't a giant leap with the niche software. About a month or so in they haven't given me a pay raise. I thought that maybe…
I am a newly hired W9 contractor who works from home, using my personal computer. My trainer just told me they want me to download a time tracker that can monitor my work. I also log in with a CRM dialer that tracks and records my phone calls to the clients, and keeps track of my calling stats. I have no problem with the CRM, but I think it's unnecessary and intrusive to install a tracker onto my laptop. I'm there to work, not waste time. I feel like they don't trust their employees. Tomorrow when I log in they will expect me to download the tracker. I will refuse and tell them why. Has anyone else had this issue and what did you do about it?
My sister was hired on as a temp a few months ago. She tested positive today and did the right thing by calling in and notifying her manager. Manager told her to stay home today and tomorrow, and they’ll follow-up next week. An hour ago, she received a phone call from the staffing agency that her assignment was cancelled… Is this even “legal”? Anyone have a good options or recommendations on next step? Fuck Ablenet.
I interviewed for a new role in the company. I'm hired as “helpdesk” but now I'm responsible for a full launch of a new software suite that if it goes wrong, will tank a huge contract with a client. So I have to work full time over the weekend to get it running because they changed the deadline, and went from a test phase Monday to a full launch. Pretty sure I won't get the promotion no matter what I do. I'm just really angry I'm losing my weekend to this shit. And I have to run tutorial sessions for our employees Monday morning as well. Don't let them do this to you. If you're ever given work so far outside of the scope of your contract for the “chance” at a promotion, don't do it if you want your sanity. /Rant
I haven't really read anything on this topic, or studied it fully, but it's just a thought I've had. So, imagine a restaurant. The owner pays for a building space, and all of the necessary equipment to run the restaurant, and then decided he needs to hire 10 employees to keep it running. What if the owner made a deal with all of the employees where a certain percentage of profits would go toward reimbursing the owner for his initial investment until he was fully reimbursed, and a certain percentage of the profits would be placed in a savings account so that the restaurant could save up for future renovations and new equipment and things like that. But, all of the rest of the profits would be divided equally between the owner and all employees depending on the number of hours that they worked. Would this be a sustainable business…