Author: Olivia

Anybody else get this? Warehouse job with “productivity index”

Remote company treating everyone as 1099 subcontractors even though they have set schedules, “pto”. Don’t care about burning them. Which option(s) work best? A.) Anonymous Department of Labor complaint B.) Anonymous IRS report C.) SS-8 IRS classification judgment D.) Ask Employment Lawyer

Standard Disclaimer 37M Autistic. I can't be the only person who, while at work had an impossible situation where there are very few ways to circumvent/circumnavigate your way around it or out of it. One I will never forget was at my former work, where we had to ship our product internationally, using DHL, and we had been taken over so many times, that my new company just outright, refused to pay DHL on time due to budgets, or at least according to their scheduled payment strategy, so DHL cut us off, and wouldn't pick up from us anymore, until they got paid, but the workers still got negative reviews because we couldn't meet our orders on time, even though our company didn't pay the bill on time, but that fact didn't seem to matter. And it keeps going around and around. I told that story to say the latest…

That’s it. That’s the post. I cannot believe it’s legal to schedule people like this, & I live in a state with some of the best labor protections in the country, & I’m scheduled to work a full week straight & I’m already feeling burnt out. Theoretically they could schedule me to work 10 days in a row (Sunday & Monday off, then the next week Saturday & Sunday off) & it would still be 1000% completely legal. This is absolutely garbage, complete trash.

Inflation solutions proposed by the Fed are ignoring the needs/pain of average workers, while the media “experts “ and many economists blame the same ppl (i.e., the majority of us who aren’t wealthy technocrats and politicians). The new episode of “The Problem w/ Jon Stewart“ captures this unfair moment quite well in 30 minutes if you can watch it. And wow it’s good to see someone in the media at least trying to talk about this. It’s on Apple TV but should be on YouTube in a few days.

Issues: The American Government treats its citizenry with contempt. It always has. The Department of labor doesn't care because they don't have the funds to staff at the proper level, and they risk having their funds cut even further. Talking to a lawyer is usually futile. Employers have paid for too many employer friendly laws. At-will employment skews the balance of power to far toward employers. Non-compete agreements lock people into jobs that pay under market. Binding Arbitration prevents people from having a Jury Trial and setting a record of judicial precedent. Class action lawsuits are prohibited. Go ahead, try and sue your employer. You'll likely lose when it goes to arbitration, and no precedent will be set. Healthcare is tied to Employment HR is not your friend. The Chamber of Commerce is not your friend. The people can't elect people to US congress, the senate and state governments because…