Author: Olivia

I work in a field where one needs to constantly update their knowledge, and it definitely helps to get certifications from reputed institutions for credits and better employability. My boss, a veteran in this field conducts workshops about certain topics for her employees and sometimes allows non employees to enrol as well. It’s nice that they like to share their knowledge in a world where people want to keep trade secrets and only care about personal success. However- the majority of the employees are seriously underpaid (the pay is based on our educational experience, the highest pay someone with a college degree (the entry level qualification) can get is 220 rupees per hour (that’s 2.93 USD). These workshops cost around $80 approximately and are held every 4 months. The management makes it sound like it’s completely optional, like it should be; but they constantly ask us to pay for it…

I have recently graduated with a degree in anthropology (I know). I’m working odd hospitality and retail jobs right now because every time I go to look for something better paid I get so angry that the role is just some stupid title that has to do with selling people crap. Marketing, advertising, analyst, consulting, it’s all just figuring out how to most effectively and efficiently push products. I hate it. Is there any modern (attainable) jobs that don’t require me to go back to school and contribute to the capitalist propaganda that pushes people always needing more things, new things. Help!

Like the title says, I work for a tiny business in Denver, Colorado. Can’t name&shame cause I currently need this job and it’s small enough they’d know exactly who posted this immediately. Anyway, my boss consistently makes antisemitic remarks at work (ex. calling a Jewish colleague a hypocrite for enforcing mask mandates, comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust, accusing a client of lying about being in dire financial straits because “he’s a Jewish guy in New York, he’s got money,” etc). I’m not personally Jewish, but it still bothers me a lot and I’m not sure what options I may have to do something about it. It’s a family business so HR is a joke, and going to higher management also wouldn’t work because they’ve known each other since before they started the company together. Should I just quit? His attitude bothers me so much.

So i joined a new company not long ago, fairly small and in the tech industry. My boss’s hard rules + what he has done recently. No working more than 8 hours Don’t email customers after hours If you need a break go take a break All mileage for cars if visiting client is paid for no questions asked Went to bat for our team when client was being rude, told them if he ever got in anyone’s face ever again, not only won’t the project be done but there will be consequences. Approves all vacation days 0 micromanagement I have been sick a few times, always says “your health is your number 1 priority, don’t need to ask anyone, if you need rest, you need rest.” 15% salary increase right after probation finished If i even actively try to work more than needed or occasional weekend from my own…

After speaking to a number of current and former Bank of America employees I’ve pieced together the following: Employees who quit over a year ago were automatically paid for their unused vacation time. Employees who left within the last 6+ months were not paid for unused vacation or sick time. BofA’s HR department says they do not withhold your unused vacation and sick pay, but you must file specific requests to get paid for those unused hours. They appear to have taken the stance that if you don’t specifically request YOUR MONEY you must not want it so it’s ok for them to just keep it. What’s worse is a lot of the current managers do not know this! They don’t know so they don’t communicate this requirement to employees who are leaving. No doubt the bank is keeping thousands upon thousands of dollars that their former employees are entitled…

As the title says we should create that to shine light on the gaps in pay and reveal the crappy things businesses do.

I'm from Hungary, so it may not apply to all countries. I'm 31, I have learned software development. Yet, I barely worked in the field. In my country there's also a supposed lack of workforce in that field. How could this all be possible? Even weirder that the IT coop did take me in almost immediately. Currently it's more of a time sink with occasional money, but it's pretty much the only way I can get a decent income and get out of Hungary's own poorhouse program of communal work (which means I do minimum wage job below minimum wage, because “it's so easy”). Then I remembered that when I got to a job interview I failed when I needed to speak. I'm on an infamously bad medicine (Convulex, sold under the name Depakene in the US), and it causes me to stutter and have to think for words from…

So, I have been working at a company for almost 4 months. They offered me well above my requested starting salary. Now, after several raises I'm making nearly twice what I wanted as a starting salary. I looked online at national averages and I'm making higher than those, not by an excessive amount, but by about 10%. I'm mostly happy about my work. Yes there are a few things that annoy me,but that's true for anything. Nothing is perfect, and the things I don't like aren't nearly as big as the things I love. They keep giving me different small bonuses as well, such as gift cards to restaurants and AMEX gift cards. They really give great work/life balance as well. Like, I'm really happy at my job. Is something wrong here? Every job I've ever worked at before this has been a total dumpster fire of a company. I…