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Ableism at work

Hi I'm 18 mtf as well as autistic and basically I thought I was doing good at my job, my coworker who also works their told me they were pissed at me for messing up putting away lemons and not cutting brownies properly. I was called the R slur by the manager and was told I was put on dish because that's the one thing I won't fuck up. The other manager said I can't do things correctly and I mess up everything.

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Boss is passive-aggressive to me

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my boss shortened my hours to not give me a break

i usually work a couple hours a day and cant have more hours due to the nature of my job. my boss found out last year she was supposed to give us a 10 minute rest break so we all got breaks. this year she essentially told us “sorry guys, but if you dont work a full four hours you dont get a break” and took away our breaks. i pointed out company policy is 3.5 hours, not 4. instead of just conceding and giving us a break (which really doesnt impede anyones work at all) she shortened my hours so i dont need a break. now i get off 15 minutes early with no break. shes been starting to obviously dislike me for standing up for myself at work and im sure im not the only one who thinks its a dick move to give breaks and then take…

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Another obstacle in the work force

With the cut to federal funding I’ve realized there’s now another obstacle to me reentering the workforce. Finding childcare I was fired when I gave birth (former employer is currently being investigated) Even though I’ve been job hunting since January I realized this week I have another hoop to jump through on top of this BS market and that’s finding childcare. Which thanks to recent cuts by the federal government is now going to be even harder 2K care centers are anticipated to close in my state due to lack of funding I’ve been worried about child care to start with but didn’t take any concrete steps because it’s this whole chicken and egg scenario I see parents on that subreddit talk about how long wait times are and now I’m just at a loss of what to do Because in order to pay for childcare I need a job,…

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Is it retaliation to be passed over because of an evaluation I gave?

I was passed for a leadership position at work and a reason given was because I evaluated the company as performing low on its goals on a non-anonymous survey. Is that retaliation? EDIT: to clarify: it was not anonymous in that they knew the scores I gave for various goals, but this was an internal survey.

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Didn’t get the promotion

I work in this silly backwards cafe. But I really have been working hard there and I have tons of cooking experience in many professional kitchens. I thought I was going to get a promotion for lead but then they give it to someone else who is not as experienced and skilled. He probably got it just because I’m pretty much always depressed and it effects my day to day shit. But I know my value and the skills I’ve learned. The natural ability for me to learn on the spot. They don’t see me and I haven’t even gotten a raise when I asked they just put me off. What should I do? Quit today?

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Micromanaging – AKA How to lose an employee in a few months

tl;dr; – Switched jobs to work for a micromanager my wife warned me about… switching jobs again because my personal life has been fully infiltrated by constant micromanaging. So, time travel back 6 years, I worked for a company that did consultancy software development. I was hired on as a senior software engineer. I was tasked with working with a client directly for a period of 1.5 years. During that time, I had a good relationship with the CTO, however, he was a serious micromanager. He loved to be on meetings together, co-working together all the time, cutting into my own dev time. Even the simplest tasks, it would be time for a slack call w/ screenshare. I'd be on the call 'Hey, where's the video?!'… 'Hey, what are you doing, can you add screen share so I can look along'… I put up with it because they were the…

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Are there any real serious organizations fighting against capitalism that we can join?

I am from Vancouver, Canada, where most of local organizations focus on poverty alleviation, instead of fighting the root cause of the problem that is late stage capitalism. Thanks

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I feel guilty for relaxing most of the time while WFH

I WFH 99% of the time. There are days where I don’t have tasks to do so I end up watching training videos or webinars on the product that I manage. During these down times I’m often horizontal on the couch with my laptop in my lap, but most of the time I’m scrolling Reddit or doing things not related to work (like right now). I still get work done when something comes my way, but I do feel somewhat guilty that I’m essentially getting paid to goof around. This is a fairly new job for me and my previous jobs have been more task-heavy. But since I’m managing a product now, I don’t have as many tasks as my previous individual contributor roles. I think I just need to get used to having a lot of down time and not feel bad when I goof around because I do…

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Manager didn’t believe I was sick.

Back in the 1980s when I was a teenager, I worked at a popular fast food chain. I had a stomach flu, but the manager didn't believe me and told me to come in or I was fired. After about 1/2 an hour working in the food prep area… I felt the nausea building, so ran up front and (in front of all the customers) vomited all over the managers front side. I said, “I told you I'm sick.” Half the customers left and the manager said I could go home and rest.