Author: Olivia

My friend works in walgreens in Massachusetts, apparently there has been sewage backing up since Saturday, no bathrooms, no running water and smells like shit. Front of the store is closed, but they're keeping the drive through pharmacy open. This seems illegal, any thoughts? Figure you folks are pretty knowledgeable on labor laws, especially the lack of a bathroom (they're being told to use the gas station across the street)

We just laid off ten percent of our workforce. Come work here! It’ll be grand. Talk about unaware dissonance.

I quit a very stressful career of 15 years (executive sous chef) 1 1/2 years ago and since then have been working for myself. I’ve been applying to jobs and taking my time to make sure I find something that’s the right fit for me but the money I’m making on my own is only just enough to pay my bills so the past few months I shifted to looking for something more entry-level and low stakes in addition to my own work so I can have consistent income and health insurance again (with my short term goal being that I can make a little extra to save towards emergency expenses and the education I need for a career change). I interviewed with several people at a company for a lower-level hourly supervisor position and made it clear that I was happy with taking the significant pay and title cut…