Category: Antiwork
FL USA. We were all in the office and the topic of what we were being paid came up. I noticed everyone had either started lower than me or was currently paid less than me. I mentioned it and I guess someone told our boss and today i was sent home early “indefinitely” until they can figure out “things.” Also because i wasn't wearing Scrubs when the order they made for me for scrubs never came in. They want me to dress “professionally” to be a labor worker around dirt and ash. Everyone else wears jeans and a tshirt. Idk whats wrong with what i wear when its the same as everyone else. This scrubs thing is extremely new. My co worker only got hers yesterday.
Genuine advice needed. No flaming, no politics, no hating, no kicking a girl while she's down, please. I (34F) have various non-visible disabilities. I have a compromised immune system (which has caused me to catch covid 3 times despite being triple-vaxxed and very careful with masks and social distancing… my savings got consumed by the ICU), fibromyalgia, severe rare gastric problems that cause me to be chronically underweight no matter what treatment I do or what doctor I see (no kidding, the Discovery Health Channel scouted me for a “Mystery Diagnosis” episode years ago, as my case is so rare and I'm one of few survivors), as well as depression/anxiety as a result of various childhood and relationship abuses prior to meeting my wonderul husband (35M). Aside from actually neeting to USE my sick days unlike others in this workaholic country of the USA (using PTO seems to be deeply…
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Unlimited vacation isn’t unlimited
I worked at a tech company where they did not track or have accrual of vacation hours (for full-time, exempt employees). Commonly, people refer to this as “unlimited” vacation. It's even advertised this way in many job postings under company perks. One time, during a quarterly company town hall, someone asked the CEO (who's also the company founder) the question, “How much vacation can I REALLY take even though it's unlimited?” CEO says, “There's no unlimited vacation. You take what you need. That's our policy.” This led to a wonderful back-and-forth between the CEO and other people in the audience around some people taking a lot more vacation than others, some managers allowing more or fewer hours, some jobs are too busy to allow for much vacation, etc. The CEO showed expertise in dodging all the questions and never giving a straight answer other than, “You work it out with…
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They see us as nothing but capital
The Problem: For many of the problems on this sub, a simple answer is put forward – it seems like your workplace needs an union! This is often a fantastic option. Legally recognized unions are able to collectively bargain for better working conditions, which are desperately needed, and in ideal circumstances they can empower and embolden their members to do things that they never could alone. This is all wonderful, and absolutely true – in ideal circumstances. However, now and again you'll hear the odd story or two about someone's union failing to represent them. Sometimes the leadership is in the bosses' pockets, or the steering committee is out of touch with the union body. This is far from accidental; union laws in the United States were practically designed with this end in mind, and unions that posed the idea of radical democracy, such as the IWW, were prime targets…
The kind words and empty promises we were given today mean nothing this late in the game. We are strong and united. We want real change. It’s our time – Workers at 2712#petsmart #ufcw #anythingforpets #Toronto #union pic.twitter.com/K6OLPdVDSM— PetSmart Workers United (@PetsmartUnion) February 8, 2022
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forced hours
I do IT as my career and often get reached out by recruiters. I used to be “yes sir/maam”, because I wasn't sure how much I was worth so I didn't know how much I should ask for pay. I am by NYC area and they passed the bill where employers need to be transparent about pay and now recruiters tend to be funny about it. Earlier today I was contacted by a recruiter and he told me the firm is a Leading Global firm. I asked him how much the pay was and he came back with. “what are you asking for since the range is broad”.I replied with “$110k?” and dude come back with “thats Very high!!, how about $90K a year?!”. and then he calls me right after that email he sent and said “well, would you do $85?”. Then I told him off that even though…