My friend works 60 hours at a plant and last week they announced that if anybody works over 60 hours then those hours will be moved to the next check. Then they were told to keep it a secret from the people in payroll. This seems illegal. I'm also curious why it is over 60 hours and not 40.
Author: Olivia
Hello Antiwork – I've been reading with occasional shitposting in here, but it's gotten me thinking quite a bit, and I realized that I don't really have any economics theory education (never took Econ in highschool, none of my college work touched on it outside of brief mentions in history or polisci). I decided to familiarize myself with some of the more prominent authors of economic philosophy and try to read them in historical order while taking them in context with the historical and political perspectives of the time and people. Mostly, I'm interested in the development of economic and corporate philosophy post-WW2. What authors should I specifically target? Books owned so far: Marx: Das Kapital Keynes: The economic consequences of the peace, The general theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, A Treatise on Money Friedman: Why Government is the Problem, Capitalism and Freedom Drucker (Included as a predominant management…
I really felt like I needed to vent and share this horror story. I have a coworker who is severely ill and has been in the hospital for an extended period of time. He is the only person that handles a key role within my team and despite our boss knowing this and being told for several months how this was a bad idea, no one was ever caught up to speed to do what he does. We continue to get lots of requests for things he does and I am doing my best to fill in despite the stress of large amounts of money being involved in mistakes. This makes me very uncomfortable and despite my protests, it's being forced on me with no other resources to fall back on. However, the disgusting part is that my boss continues to harass and bug my coworker while he's in the…
I work in the office headquarters for a private Millwork estimating company, and I just recently noticed something going on here. My office is kept at a warm 72-74 degrees pretty much at all times , summer to winter year round. Which is great, comfortable and allows everyone to be productive. The bathroom however, is always FREEZING . Meaning no heat on in the winter, maximum AC in the summer. To the point where taking longer than 5 minutes in the restroom is seriously uncomfortable. My job is very time and deadline sensitive and we are pretty often all hands on deck grinding out projects. My theory is that the bathroom is kept this way in order to deter employees from hanging out in the bathroom on phones or whatever else, to maximize working time. Is my theory realistic or am I just overthinking this? Has anything similar happened with…
I work in a hospital. I got a serious contagious viral infection for two weeks and had to call out. I also unfortunately had a sinus infection the week before, so my callouts added up quickly. When I get back, I find out that, since I’m still in a 90 day probationary period, that it’s being extended 30 days and I’ve failed due to my absences. They also said that if I call out again, I’m fired, which does not adhere to the hospital’s actual policy. Another call out would only mean a write up according to the policy. And as a “business decision”, aka punishment, they took a day off my schedule. Acting like I’m some flight risk because I was genuinely sick. I came in and SHOWED them that I had pink eye in both eyes, I showed them notes from my urgent care visits, but apparently I’m…
