Author: Olivia

I totally understand my job wants all of my employees to know what to do in a certain situation in response to alarms and stuff, but it just seems it's full of trick questions or maybe I'm not cut out for the job despite me being a hardworker who gets stuff done. I recently failed the test and I feel downright stupid. Not jsut that, but also discouraged and I'm having thoughts about quitting for someone more smarter or educated to take the position. Then again, they won't hire anyone to replace someone who's been with the job for almost a year. What I'm most worried about is word spreading in uppermanagement and then my co-workers that I failed the test. It's happened before, and I'm just worried they'll percieve me as stupid or that I might get a write up. I've been doing my job and sometimes above the…

CEO’s make far more than they’re worth to just alienate a workforce. How did we get here and how do we get past it?

I could take time off from work to join a rally, perhaps, if there was one in my city. (Goes off to look for one.)

I work at a school and my co-worker got tired of our work place since we can't do all the things we're supposed to be doing, so she's been hired by another school. She's working full-time, but will be replaced by someone who's going to work 75%. Together with our third co-worker, also working 75%, we'll be 2,5 full-time workers, working with 40-60 kids aged 6-12. The school breaks will be the hardest (it's kind of a daycare kind of thing) when we have to fill the schedule with so few working hours. I've already told the co-worker who's leaving that I won't be working for 1,5 person, I'll work for one person like I've always have, and if they want more, they'll have to hire someone full-time. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for. I've applied to universities since I want to go back…

So, long story short I have worked for someone for over five years, and this person has hired me four times and fired me four times. Each time I asked for a raise, they denied me and said I got one when the minimum wage went up. They did give me a dollar extra when they rehired me for the 4th time, but that was hardly an increase considering that the amount of work I was doing for them was almost equal to the entire job – as in, I basically did almost all of the work for them and was basically the only employee they had. All of the work entailed keeping in touch with old clients, gaining new clients, answering all emails and voice mails, doing the sales reports, helping with the tax reports to a degree, cleaning up their main office, doing all paperwork needing aside from…

So we've all read about companies treating people like shit in here, but the question has to be asked, what company policies would make an acceptable workplace within the constraints of the capitalist system we find ourselves in..