Author: Olivia
I don't know about elsewhere, but in the UK it's standard practice that when you start a new job you give a contact number to your old place of work so they can recommend you. I worked my last job as a graduate, promised if I started on the minimum wage (8.91/hr) part time, there was opportunity for me to get promoted/pay raise/ more hours. It was hard being minimum wage, especially as I was the only person in the company being paid that little. When my review came along, my boss told me they were looking to keep me on minimum and reduce my hours. She wouldn't even concede to giving me a title only promotion. I was frustrated, but I said nothing and worked till the end of my contract and didn't renew. I legally, didnt even have to quit. My ex boss was mad, told me I…
If someone tries to tell me it's an employee's market again I'm going to imagine them sitting at home, scratching their head like an ape, eating cheese puffs in combat boots. This is not the state of things. Maybe in some industries, but as a whole, I don't believe it. I was comparing notes with a colleague. We discovered in our industry about 70% of all the “employers” out there hiring or fishing with hiring ads do NOT respond at all to applicants after the application has been submitted. Not an email. Not a text. Nothing. And when you call, they get so triggered they are like “REEEEEE don't call here REEEEEEE REEEEE wear your mask on a zoom call reeeereeee”. This number would be closer to 76% if the applicant does nothing to follow up. I don't even know what to compare this to in business. It's just plain…
I work for a very large aerospace company. Absolutely hate it. Dog shit culture, shitty management, shitty business decisions that result in public deaths. It is unorganized. Morale is very low and attrition is at an all time high. Disrespect is shown at every opportunity. Seriously. Fuck them all. I hate 99% of the little union shop floor employees like myself too. Almost everyone is insufferable. (Maybe I’m just a douche, idk) With all that said. I have pretty great benefits and use the fuck out of them. Free college is the main benefit I use. In my 11 years with this shitty company I have acquired a bachelors in business administration, MBA, and a master sun criminal justice. The only reason I did all this was: 1- it’s free, full tuition paid for and 2- this dumbass company gives me 100 shares of company stock for each degree conferred…
I currently work at a pizzeria and our boss has made our lives a living hell since she bought ownership about 3 months ago, micromanaging, cutting all of our hours so we can’t pay bills, trying to steal our sick time (we threatened to go on strike). I landed a pretty sweet gig recently and start in two weeks, so I have made it a priority to piss her off to no end. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do? I have her kind of backed into a corner right now because if she cuts my hours anymore I can accuse her of retaliation for the letter of demand we sent her.
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Back when I was interviewing around for jobs, I interviewed at a big name hotel chain. On top of having had to wear a suit everyday to work to a job that I know was going to pay minimum wage, I decided to ask a question or two, even though I knew I was turning it down. Talking to the manager, I asked what their benefits were like. He said that most of the employees made little enough pay-wise so that they actually qualified for Medicaid and Food Stamps, so that was like having benefits. I wish I had a witty response, but I just shook his hand and felt terrible for the woman working the front desk.