Author: Olivia

Sorry for the format. So I manage a tire shop and recently I stirred the pot about wages which caused an uproar that my area director drove down to my store to chew me out. The issue, my guys keep asking for raises because I encourage my guys all the time to fight for what they are worth and he was infuriated that I would do such a thing. Of course I played stupid because one thing I learned is always play stupid till you figure out what is going on. So my punishment is that I have to transfer my position to another store next town over, which I refused and asked to be demoted instead to a store next door to my house because it be more convenient for me. They have been arguing with me that I not going to be demoted I HAVE to run the…

This was a “zero hours” (minimum 4 hours per week) part time job straight out of university (I’m from the U.K. for some context) in a shop called sports direct, basically a sports wear shop that mostly sells trainers and some other tracksuits etc. I’ve just applied for and “got” the job alongside 15 other people, this kind of business is one that has a huge turnover of employees like myself at the time, people fresh out of education and needing something to get by, the turnover is so high also because the job itself is awful, you have to work in a shop heaving with shoppers who are all snapping at you to get things they want, from start of the shift till the end, you never stop being balls to the wall busy To make matters worse the “management” consists solely of people who were like you a…

What: THE GENERAL STRIKE ™️ When: May 1, 2022, and continuing Where: Oceano Dunes National Preserve, California, USA. Who: Proletariat, working class people, non workers, hotdog eaters, non-hotdog eaters. Why: 1. To Advocate for Workers Rights & Better Workers Benefits, 2. It’s a Beautiful Place with a lot of space, 3. “Someone” donate a couple thousand hotdogs (free food). 4. Why not. How: How is this possible? Idk. We will be at the dunes for May 1, 2022 to approximately May 14, 2022. It’s a good spot. Bring stuff to contribute like music, food, water. What you do, be safe and have fun.

“This is Gertrude, my fiancé. I missed our wedding, honeymoon, and divorce. She died cause of loneliness…” In my 26 years, like Montgomery Burns, I lost 4 friends and 11 buddies, woman I loved, my aunt, uncle and grandma’s funerals due to hard working. It wasn’t a big deal, I have money and paying all checks, will call them later. For now, none of them will answer my call. Someone just hate me, someone is dead. Greed. Greed is good. But it’s cold deep dark void that drains you and later you starting to love it, because you don’t have anything else.

So I work in a halfway decent environment, not awful but also not where I wanna be. Anyways turns out one of my colleagues and (retail fwiw) has apparently been telling associates (we hold lower management rolls) that I said something to make him so mad he hates me. I’m not bothered by him hating me, but I am bothered he’s involving more severely underpaid employees that have no business in his personal drama, an associate was the one to tell me about this. I have no idea what I could’ve said to make him hate me, nor do I care, he should’ve taken it up with HR if it’s that bad. What actions am I able to take in order for him to realize that what he did was unethical? Would it be within my rights to bring this issue to HR? TLDR: Not sure how, but made someone…

Can one send in a two weeks resignation letter when on days off?

I’ve been loving this sub since I joined, it’s just so validating and encouraging knowing that there’s so much people that thinks the same way and is tired of the abuse. However, will this ever go beyond feeling bad for ourselves and looking for self-gratification? I get it’s great to get moral support from each other and share our experiences, but we aren’t changing anything important this way. We need to take action if we want things to be different. Are there any movements pushing for a change or any intentions to protest at least? I’m asking genuinely. It’s crazy that in a few days antivaxxers have achieved so much more concerning a questionable cause, yet we aren’t doing anything to fight for stuff like universal healthcare, affordable housing, decent working conditions, etc… It’s frustrating kinda.

tldr: Just gonna cut to the chase I left work without 2 weeks notice thanks to this sub and it is the best I have felt in a long time. HIGHLY RECOMMEND First post on reddit don't know if I am doing this right but for those who are interested here is what happened: I started of naive and believed that working lots whilst at college(UK, different to what Americans call college) would give me a head start in life. I was seriously wrong, I began work at the end of October at McDonald's with a open mind and working four shifts a week. Soon enough this took an effect on my mental health however I tried to push through it. It was about around December time when I found this sub and was liking the confidence that you guys have to stand up to these companies. Truly inspirational. I…