I work for a hospital which happens to be the largest employer where I live. Every department is incredibly short staffed, and my department specifically is incredibly underpaid. Almost all of my co-workers have a second job. The company sent an email this morning notifying us of their super bowl ad, and when it will play. I guess I see where their priorities are, happy Friday!
The minimum wage. And a lot of these businesses want us to think that the fact that they're FINALLY offering $15+/hour is some big favor they're doing. The minimum wage in 1968 was $1.60/hr. Adjusted for inflation, that is $12.93/hr in 2022 money. Which means someone making $15/hr today is barely making over what minimum wage was 50+ years ago. ($15.00/hr in 1968 money is $1.86) And let's say you had a good job back in 1968. You were making $20.00/hr. (Which is barely a livable wage these days). That's $161.58/hr in 2022. People really don't realize HOW MUCH MONEY these employers are stealing from us. And they've programmed so many to be GRATEFUL for the little bit they still give us. Why should we work for less money than our parents/grandparents were able to make FIFTY YEARS AGO? That guy from Sweden the other day was right. We should…
Just for some information, I’m a multi-skilled maintenance engineer that includes electrical, mechanical, programming and fabrication. My one rule for my career was I would never work on toilets, no matter how small or trivial the job was. I recently left my job because I was asked (quite rudely) to fix a toilet. I declined multiple times because my job is to maintain the machines, it does not state in my contract I have to do facility work, plus I’m not a plumber and I have no idea what I’d be doing. He told me that it would be a problem, I simply said if it was then I would pack my tools and leave there and then, he backed off and told me I would have a formal meeting about it. Turns out that formal meeting was a disciplinary. Just to clarify he had asked other engineers and they…
I work in insurance, claims to be specific. I have been with my current company over three years. I put in my two week notice after I accepted a much better role with a 30% increase in pay at a competitor company. My boss asked who I was leaving the company for, out of her curiosity, and went on to say that at her last company, employees were not allowed to continue for their last two weeks if they were leaving for a competitor. I lied and said I was going to be leaving the insurance biz indefinitely. Who knows what would’ve happened if I told her the truth, but I’ve got one week left at this place
So I work for a company that builds gaming pcs and repairs electronics and I'm like 90% sure there is a tech here that just kills time walking around the building throughout the day. He is in a different department, doesn't talk to anybody, has his hood up all the time and my coworker and i see him in different parts the building multiple times a day. We've taken to calling him “laps” because all he does is walk laps around the building all day. Good for you laps, may you never be caught.
