Author: Olivia

I find the recent layoffs in tech and other sectors troubling for one reason, these companies for the most part all grew revenue YoY and are still profitable. It seems to me that the real reason behind layoffs is to put fear back into the American worker and shift power dynamics back into corporations hands. Enabling them to enforce RTO and reduce pay scales…again.

i know this doesn’t technically belong here but im posting in work related areas hoping someone can provide insight on this bc i hate arguing with my boss over this and i just don’t have enough experience to know. so i’ve been going back and forth with my boss(sales manager) about this issue for a while now. the product that we sell has a manufacturer issued rebate that changes every month. he always gives the customer the sale price, then has me check for rebates and call the customer to tell them there’s a rebate and then add that money to their price. i don’t fking understand how that makes sense? a rebate is supposed to be a “discount” kinda no? so if we are charging them for it, they’re just breaking even. i’ve always found this to be a shady scam and i “forget” to do it i am…