Author: Olivia

I have a 17 year old CHILD. She works as a hostess. She seats people at a restaurant. This establishment also serves alcohol. Older men come up to her after a few drinks and have tried to talk to her, have squeezed her shoulders, and put their arm around her. She escalated this to the hiring manager and owner of the restaurant. They both said there is nothing they can do about this. When she put her notice in to quit, the owner offered her an extra 50 cents an hour to stay. Lawsuit? She's now being extorted for cash if she stays. This is a small small boro and the owner is the richest guy in town. No one dares to cross him. Thoughts?

I know that people worked a lot back in the 20th century and before that but it seems that people promoting the idea of working 12-18 hours a day without sleeping or taking time to rest or enjoy themselves is something unique to our times. For example, my maternal grandfather (who passed in 2021) lived a life which he worked hard to support my mother. He worked at a canning factory named Libby's during the 50s and 60s and he had his own neighborhood restaurant back in the 70s. But, he still enjoyed himself. He still went out on Friday nights to the tavern and played cards with his friends. And when he was on his deathbed, he had no regrets about his life. And many people lived the life he did back then and it was not seen as taboo. Now today, if we were to live like my…

I live in rural NC and it is genuinely impossible to find a decent job, if it doesn’t have god awful working conditions and mandatory overtime, it pays $8.50/hr. It’s ridiculous that I can’t get a decent job with a wage that can support me without selling my soul, is there even a solution to this?

“The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the first of two cases regarding a little-known law that shields platforms like Google, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits over third-party content posted on their sites. The final outcome of the case could have far-reaching repercussions for online speech and content moderation.” “This week, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on two pivotal cases dealing with online speech and content moderation. Central to the arguments is “Section 230,” a federal law that’s been roundly criticized by both Republicans and Democrats for different reasons but that tech companies and digital rights groups have defended as vital to a functioning internet.” “If that happens, the Court’s decisions could expose online platforms to an array of new lawsuits over how they present content to users.” “One of the law’s architects, Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, has said that without Section 230, “all…

Work in the accounting field, have been with this job for well over a year. Wanted to point out that yes, aggressively looking for a new job , however I still have to stick up for myself while being employed We just switched over to a new ERP (Enterprise resource planning) and its been two weeks now switching over. Because its a new system and yes its alot slower than what I was using before. My bosses have been wanting me to update them when every single task is done. Basically over the last year i have never had to update them on what im doing on a hourly basis, do i just give it a few more weeks until they see this new system were on is well and isnt giving us issues, they tell me its for communications. Oh and now they want to schedule my break, which…