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Losing interest in giving a two-weeks notice…

It's late Sunday evening and I've just checked my work schedule. For reference, I have been working as a leader/camp counselor at a before and after school program/summer camp for 5 months now. The schedule showed the name of a person who, last Friday, slapped a 12 year old boy on his arm after filming the boy's behavior and threatening him with calling authorities (he was pretending a stick was a gun and refused to stop). Being that I am a leader and not a director or even an assistant director, I called my higher-up to explain everything that happened, asking what the next steps are. He said not to worry about it and to have all the kids gather for a meeting to clean up… What does that have to do with the kid who was just physically assaulted by a staff member?!? Overwhelmed, I let three of my…

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Is it just me or has it been super hard finding a job??

I started applying for remote jobs for a few months, that obviously didn’t get me anywhere. I went as far as applying for jobs that paid $15/hr (I used to make about $40/ hr) and I was getting nothing. I started thinking well obviously this must be becuase remote work is extremely concentrated and what not. I started applying for onsite and hybrid roles, literally from customer service to what I was doing before I was laid off, but I’m literally not getting anything. Im also noticing entry level doesn’t really mean entry level, u need 2-3 yrs of experience in that field and that’s so confusing. So is this just a me thing?

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What is UK Healthcare like for someone with a chronic illness?

This is kind of a reverse post as usually I see this question about USA Healthcare. I have a possible opportunity to move to London for work in the near future. However, two things I am hesitant about is that my salary will be significantly less and needing good healthcare as I have a chronic illness I need to be monitored for. I am not familiar about UK Healthcare system and would like to learn more. I have it good compared to others who post here regarding health insurance. My insurance only costs me $130 a month and my out of pocket is nominal. The most I will spend a year is $3500 and that is only if I need a surgery or am hospitalized. That money is also set aside each year in a pre-tax account so I never have to worry about coming up with the funds. I…

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After someone submits writing for a request, here’s what you probably shouldn’t say:

“What is this gibberish?” “How do you make the words sound so appealing like that?” When asking someone to submit a design for a digital project, here's how you shouldn't respond: “I don't like it.” (They didn't provide much instruction to begin with on the direction of the project) “That's what she DIDN'T want” (They didn't tell the designer what kind of graphics they should stay away from or what the larger vision was) “I'm going to send this to xyz person (who you are not familiar with) to see what they think.” “I forgot to tell you I asked xyz person to also submit designs for this.” “I think I'll have you work with this person on this project. We're having a hard time gaining customers. Maybe you can help.”

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Working conditions in Canada?

Hi everyone. I've come to this sub-editor to ask a question about people who I hope can give me a decent perspective: I have the opportunity to move to Canada to work from the UK. My husband is a scientist who has a good government job here (environmental sector) with good government benefits including around 30 days of paid vacation. His hesitation about moving to Canada and working there is that he may have to work in less favourable conditions. Are there jobs in Canada where be can work where employees get good working like this? The government? I'm interested in all answers. Thanks.

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What are reasons to quit my work?

I have to give them 1 month resignation before I can quit. What reasons should I tell my coworkers that I quit? The real seasons are so I can get other job. Originally I plan to quit once I get a new job but the longer I stay the more I feel mentally drained. Staying at home with no job is also mentally drained too, but at least I can use my free time to prepare for other jobs freely. I don't want to tell them that reason though.

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Another dangling carrot post in IT rant. Please give your opinion.

Before I started working at my company, I was promised to get more responsibilities and a new job title after a short period of time. What I lacked was mostly knowledge of their products. I started working there mainly because of the future function that I should get. I wanted to make everything specific in terms of dates, objectives etc but it was not really possible for them. I accepted it and started working hard. After a year I got a function that is in between from where I started and the function I should get. I worked for some time in that “in between” function and in a meeting with my bosses they let me know that I am doing good work but lack experience that is why they will fill the function with someone else. I expressed that I am not happy about that but I did not…

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My ex Employer overpaid me. Do I have to do the work for them for the to get the money back to them?

Cross post from another sub. This was relating to an employer which I have resigned from nearly 15 years ago. We left on good terms, gave them plenty of notice and they paid out all my outstanding leave etc. But about 1 and a half month after I resigned they still continued to pay me. I was on salary and I get paid fortnightly. So I calledy ex manager to let them know. They had a look and they noticed that they screwed up my resignation paperwork so they kept paying me. She told me they will let payroll department know and correct it I told them no problems as I knew there was an issue and I didn't touch the money they paid me incorrectly and it's still in my bank account. So the next day I received a call from payroll. They told me they are emailing me…

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I’m having trouble with Texas’s largest grocery chain. LYANNE A. GUARECUCO wrote this Jan 2018; the last article that I could find written by her was March 2018. What happened to her???

I worked at HEB where I faced discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Hostility, gaslighting, unfairness, manager-caused injuries, and more. Google the company and find court cases that are not trivial (not slip-n-falls). It's not just me; they mega-coerce, lie, and most likely bribe themselves out of trouble. This company is bad; they're buddy-buddies with what seem to be corrupt politicians, crooked cops, ill medical practiotioners, and even seem to have some government officials in their palms. Management all the way to corporate doesn't care about people, being fair, just, or good; look at their leadership example. I'll be posting more info if you wanna add me to tiktok/twitter/youtube (@corruptiontraps).

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