Author: Olivia

So my partner was told today that their employer wants to 'let people go' so that they can give employees raises. They don't mention that they are trying to cover shortfalls from another division or bother to talk about how everyone is already extremely busy/overworked. They seriously want their employees to band together to cut their colleagues out on the 'promise' of more wages. This is so not OK on so many levels.

I know this subreddit is about anti work, but I feel we should sometimes recognize good, quality employers so people know what to look for. I work as an IFT EMT, essentially we do transit between hospitals, doctors appointments, and dialysis appointments for the elderly. I’m not going to say what company just in case of legal issues, but the company I work for really is top of the line in terms of quality of service, and how it treats employees. I injured myself on duty while moving a patient. Not only did they make me end my shift that day to prevent further injury, they scheduled an appointment the next day to get me checked out. Turns out I had a pulled muscle in my back. They scheduled me for “light duty” where in essentially they add an extra person to our truck so that I don’t have to…

I work retail and have for over a decade. Fell into it due to life circumstances not worth getting into here. My education is media related, two college diplomas. When I say I'm unhappy with my career and how little I make after 10+ years' career growth, I'm often told “just get a desk job – you'll make more and work less!” I have not come across a single “desk job” that would not require a full re-education. None of my skillset from media to management would apply to any of it. Why do people act like M-F desk jobs (or WFH) are just hiring any old joe off the street? Am I missing some entire sector of the work force? Or are people giving this advice just ignorant?

I’m pretty sure that’s the reason people apply for jobs. It’s to acquire money but apparently employers don’t like that so they sugarcoat things to make themselves sound inspirational. Like that dumbass “interview hacks” article I found on LinkedIn. This whole “beat around the bush” shtick is dumb. It’s been about the money, or else we wouldn’t do it so why is that mentality going frowned upon?

Hey all, thank you to whoever reads. I really appreciate any support or insight any of you may have. In 2020, I was offered a job at a startup COVID testing company that specializes in film/tv testing. They were offering $50/hour (which is crazy, I know) to work for them as an independent contractor in CA, however the work wasn’t super consistent. After a few months, they offered to bring me on as a full-time salary (60k) employee and send me to New York for 6 months as a transplant to train people — they would pay for my housing for 6 months. Considering I was 21 at the time, I was, and still am, young and impressionable, and I thought this was a generous opportunity. Which, at the time, it was. They encouraged me to permanently move there, but ultimately it was up to me, and after 6 months…

Just like the title says. We receive verbal reprimands if we select “no” and have to give a reason and it “looks bad” to higher management. Like most hospitals, we are short staffed and if we are able to eat lunch at all, we just scarf our food down when we get a moment because we have patients. I can confidently say nobody on my floor actually sits down for 30 minutes a day and eats lunch, yet we are coerced into saying we do and have the 30 minutes docked from our paychecks. I tried to look up laws and regulations but it's a bit overwhelming for me at the moment.. just looking for some fire power to bring to my supervisor and coworkers so we can unite and be honest when we clock out, and get paid what we work. Thanks in advance!