Author: Olivia

For some background, Im a 22F and started working at a local restaurant a little over a month ago. Today I was called into the office over a “suspicious question” I asked the manager on duty. I asked this guy what time he ends up getting home and also what time the restaurant closes. Honestly I didn’t think much of the question I asked, but it was a huge red flag to the manager, who then accused me of having intentions of robbing the restaurant. I was so shocked I didn’t know what to say, so I had to explain that I didn’t mean anything negative by that question. Its not like I asked him what’s the code to the safe or where he keeps all his keys. I just don’t get it and I feel like I could just be getting discriminated against. Is there anything I can do…

I run a small business, and I wanted to share some numbers with you. My wife and I are pretty liberal, and we pay our employees pretty well. I have about 3 full timers, 2 of which are hourly at 19, and the last at $22 (MI). There's a reason for the difference, and it's not important to this discussion. The rest of the employees are 17, 16, 15, 14, around that ish, and there is about 16 of them. At that pay range. 2 of whom needed health insurance, which I am subsidizing because 2 people isn't enough for a group plan. Each shift is 6 hours long, and since the teenagers have school during the day, some of them only work half shifts to bolster the busy times, so imagine the average 16yo employee works 3 3-hour evening shifts and 2 full weekend shifts. I'm giving you all…

I was an assistant manager at a gas station. At the end of my shift one night I had bought my roommate some nyquil from work when he was sick, but we realized he needed dayquil instead, so I went back to refund it and buy the right medicine. When initially purchasing the nyquil, there had been damage to the packaging, and the GM had discounted the item prior to my shift. For proof of discount, we put a little pricegun sticker on damaged items. So there was a sticker denoting the new price on the nyquil, specifically for any cashier to see upon refunding. But when I came back to refund it off the clock, the employee running the register that night didn't see the sticker, and just scanned the item, hitting the refund button and giving me the msrp amount back instead of the discounted amount. A note…

These are juggernauts. They have been set in motion like a freight train where not even the engineers can slow it down or change its direction. It powers toward profit directed by a set of Corporate Minutes which makes it illegal for corporate directors to do anything other than put the financial interests of the corporation first. Not even a CEO could get in its way. They become an entity unto their own. Germany found success by limiting their corporations. They realized that the economy performs exponentially better with a multitude of smaller companies than with a handful of juggernauts. So they developed Rhine Capitalism, where when a corporation is looking too big for its britches, the government builds another corporation to compete against it and then sells off the shares to the private sector. They regulate and tax corporations heavily and i suspect they would do more to limit…

So I went to work – my boss is awful he’s in charge and has work experience. He gets paid more to make sure people like me do our jobs. He’s such a dick cause he’s always telling everyone what they have to do. I think it’s bullshit that someone like a boss can tell me what to do. Im I not entitled to just show up and get paid? Why do bosses even get paid more? Just cause they have work experience and more responsibilities is a bullshit reason. I’ve had this job for almost a month and I should get paid the same as my boss, we both have to work full time. Why don’t I get paid for my commute to work – not cool. It’s definitely something that should be law. Works is a waste of my time and I want to sue my company for…

As the title states I’m in the process of starting a business in the beginning I will not have employees but at some point hopefully I will. I already plan on paying significantly more then most other companies who do the same thing ( commercial cleaning) but I want people to enjoy working for me and have a feeling they would have a stake in the company being successful. I have worked for other company’s and I know what I would want but I’d like to hear some ideas from everyone here. We are obviously not going to be a huge company in the beginning so what could we do even if we can’t afford to do a lot? I’m thinking incentives and pizza parties in the clock so everyone is still getting money while having a nice dinner yearly profit bonuses when feasible. I know this may seem a…

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My wife has a decent job but has recently started exploring other opportunities. I guess while discussing this, her friend who owns a restaurant mentioned that she's always looking for cashiers. Wife: I asked her what the pay was and she $7.25 an hour! Me: Well now you know why she's hiring cashiers. I can't believe any place would offer that kind of pay in 2023