Author: Olivia

AP News: “Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college”

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Post date March 11, 2023
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Just saw this article in my news feed, and am deeply conflicted about it. On the one hand, speaking from my own experience, I want to believe that a four-year education can help some people figure out what they want their career path to look like, while also providing opportunities to meet other people from different backgrounds and learn new things about their communities… On the other hand, there are aspects about the higher education industry that are, to put it mildly, out of touch at best… or, at worst, morally and ethically repugnant. When I was a student, I was REQUIRED to live on campus for my first two semesters (what, so I could “prove” I was “serious”?), which was an extra $25,000 on top of my incredibly expensive tuition and my over-priced meal plan – and while it was nice to get away from my family and try…

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How to deal with those toxic – I have no own life – co-workers?

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Post date March 11, 2023
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I work as a software dev for 20 years in various different office settings. Now that everyone had being working remotely in their home offices you see mostly two different kind of people. Half of the people want in person work experiences with everyone coming in every day for every hour and then there are the other half who are absolutely fine working from home and simply doing a good job and getting stuff done. Those people that want everyone to have the in-person experience are usually second line people from management, HR or mediators (like scrum masters etc). The worst experience I had was a 40+ woman demanding everyone switching their camera on all the time, pushing actively for out of work team experiences (of cause unpaid) and all the other stuff. Reason is simple, no family, no kids, no partner, no pets, just boredom beside work for her.…

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mother and daughter about to make me quit

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Post date March 11, 2023
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I work as a cook in a nursing home. The mother is a resident here, and the daughter is a nurse. Last week, I made something the mother didn't like, and she threw it at me. I got in trouble for this, was given a final written warning, and am trying to move on from it. Since then, now over a week later, she's refused to eat anything I make, and the nurse hasn't spoken to me. (Aren't there supposed to be laws about not being able to work in the same place as a family member?) Today, I told them that I'll still have food ready for her if she changes her mind. The nurse said “she won't”. I said “it'll still be there, just in case. I'm not going to poison it, if that's what she's afraid of”. And this woman, twice my age btw, screamed at me,…

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My job wants me to quit my other job, so I can be more available for them without actually knowing I will work any of those days.

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Post date March 11, 2023
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My supervisors pulled me into the office and said my other job is interfering with my job performance. I’ve been saying I can’t come in as I have my other job when they call me. Mind you, it isn’t even a shift I am for sure given if I leave my fixed schedule job. They have the days I work my other job for over a month now. They don’t know when they will need me. They want me to be on-call to say yes to the shifts when someone calls out. They hate when I say I can’t.

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Legal to withhold pay for non-attendance for surgery?

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Post date March 11, 2023
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So, as the title says… my colleague has anxiety, she clashes terribly with my boss, think old-school misogynistic alpha male / mid-level sales manager, and he moved the 'team meeting' twice. She works remotely and has already changed the time for her day surgery to accommodate her. She sent him an email stating she won't be able to attend, explaining she has already rescheduled. He threatened to withhold her pay if she doesn't attend. Now, this isn't some necessary thing, it's just a team meeting. Easily accomplished via Zoom if required. There are two of our sales team that work remotely on the other side of the state. I'm curious – isn't that illegal?? Thanks for your help.

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