Author: Olivia

Current Perspective: wastewater treatment operator, night shift, 12hr shift, work 4 days off 3 days and repeat Past History: about 23 jobs that I've bothered to track; general labor, retail, military (army/air force ROTC), office desk (once was a temporary transcriptionist for the CEO of AccuWeather, tank top and chewing tobacco amongst cubicles of suits and business skirts was a unique experience), customer service, outdoor adventuring (think high ropes courses), and a few under the table jobs, hello bouncer community. With all that out of the way, what's wrong with sleeping at work? Nobody, except perhaps one of the former mods of this sub, haha meta joke, will argue that sleeping at a work place and ignoring work that needs or should be done is a good thing. Also nobody will argue that they should be able to sleep at a job that requires their constant attention, like food service…

Psa: Refusing to work will end the forces that allow America to oppress not only its own people but much of the world population. Since America exists only by oppression, this will end the American empire. Keep up the good anti-work!

I’ve worked at a lot of places mostly service industry working in kitchens and it seems like most employers will post notice that you can only call in x amount of times before you face termination. Why not just call these sick days? Most countries require a certain amount of sick days where most employers here expect none. Why not just classify these “call-ins” as sick days so we can at least get a few days off if we feel like shit from being overworked

I’m from Europe and where I live there’s a lot of unions, I’m not in them and i dislike them. But in the US there seems to be a dire need to unionize to get proper healthcare etc. what feels weird is that each union seems to be company specific in the US? Why don’t this sub just get together and unionize together? Put 1-2% of your salary into some bucket and use that whenever there’s legal trouble? That’s how it works here.. there’s not a ‘blizzard union’ but rather a ‘tech worker union’ or a ‘retail worker union’

So I work a normal salary job with a schedule that’s weird. Simply put every pay period (2 weeks) I am paid $30.3 hour for 74.7 hours not 80. That’s normal. I do work overtime (45 ish an hour) and do get paid times and a half. This pay period I worked 36 hours of overtime at times and a half and that was reflected on my check. But also I saw FLSA for 164 dollars on my check. What is this? I’ve never seen it before. Last pay period I worked 31 hours overtime and it wasn’t on it and the check before it I worked 35 hours overtime and no FLSA.

I apologize about the th3 story being long. It irritates me to this day and i need to share it. My previous job was a manager at pizza hut getting paid 12.50 an hour. I decided to quit bc I wasn't making enough. I am not a cashier at target making 15 an hour. So getting into the story I always arrive 5 minutes before my shift bc I can clock in 5 min before and it adds up over time. Breaks where started as soon as you got off the register so I was always irritated by that but I never complained and was always taking the right amount of time. One day I went on lunch and the manager didn't tell me to go. A coworker at guest service did bc they are able to do so when a manager is busy. I get clock out at 7:02…

UPDATE: I posted the below about a month ago. I am happy to share that I accepted a fully remote job for 22% pay increase. I put in my resignation notice this morning via teams. My boss’s reaction was as expected: cold, short, and quite obviously pissed off. She even said that I “it’s not all about the money” good lord. I said it wasn’t personal and we ended the call. It does hurt my feelings as I’ve done a lot for the company but life moves on and I’m excited to start my new job. Previous post: I love my job but I cannot stand my boss. She micromanages, gaslights, and speaks to me like I am a child. I am a salaried employee with a job that requires little to no oversight. She got worse since COVID because we moved to WFH and she lost a lot of…

After a long year of working many 60 hour weeks, our project management team expressed their gratitude to the team by giving us all $100.00…credit…to the company store. Don’t get me wrong, I needed some new chip clips, but seriously WTF? And yes I know it’s better than a kick in the pants.

I get emails about “opportunities”. Never pay. Their perceived perks. Past 6 months i decided to respond Li recruiters( from now on referred to and LIR): 1a. blah blah lead hook blah job skills and other requirements when can you meet? 1b. It is partially remote but requiring relocation. Or 80%travel. Me: either 2a. Reply 1 week later bc im not in a symbiotic relationship with my personal email that is mainly spam. And no response 2b. Thank you for reaching out. I am currently seeking employment that accommodates (does not require re location/remote)- usually thank you for your consideration no elaboration just a response withing 5 min 2c. This sounds like a great opportunity id love to learn more. Please provide salary range (or equivalent) and any additional information pertinent.. no response. Recruiters and talent folk piss me off. Talk to the fucking company. Or give me something. Im…