Author: Olivia

At my job, you get a point every time you call off, no call no shows are 2 points. Now, it used to be at the supervisor's discretion whether or not you were pointed. This was changed at the beginning of the year, and all the supes were told they had to point every calloff regardless of reason why. This is all pretty standard for a lot of companies, right? Well, here's where it gets tricky. Not only did our previous supe NOT point anyone for calling off (again, supervisor discretion so he didn't have to), HR is now going to comb through everyone's hours to see who called off and when so they can be pointed. Can they even do this? How can the employees be punished over our old supervisor following workplace policy? So my question, if not obvious, can they do this? Can we be pointed for…

If I have one of those pen recorders people use for lectures in college, can I use that to catch my boss in his BS lies? Or is recording someone illegal without their consent? Edit: I'm in Georgia in the US

I got a job offer as a amusement park worker in charged of cleanup but the only drawbacks is that when I was speaking with the interview, they kind of made it a point that I would be on call and expected to come on all days. If I have any prior engagements I should reconsider them. Thing is, I have school so that’s that only issue. I’m definitely Not going to skip it for sure since my classes end on June unfortunately. The interviewer implied I’d have to choose the job over school to. I’ve never had a full time work before except for internships so do you guys have any advice? My friends said that the company wanting me to choose them over school was a red flag but the job would be way easier than having to deal with fast food work plus it’ll be close to…