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Wanna hold your newborn? Pay up

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At first I was excited when I heard there would be an incentive program

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Have you ever called out sick to try out another job?

Im in this situation because hr never sent me offer letter and they have start Date Monday. Verbally we have agreed on $25 and I don't recall signing even for my i9 forms how much I would be making. So here I go monday

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Today I was offered a promotion..my boss’ face dropped when she learned…

that I knew the pay scale the last time they hired for the same position, and that my offer was $12,000 less than the low end of the pay scale. She then said about nine different silly excuses including “most people aren’t being paid market value here, and I didn’t get what I wanted either..” as if that was supposed to make me feel better. Basically I would have double the responsibility including managing employees…all for a $6,000 raise. Do I just outright refuse leaving them more scrambled and start job hunting, or accept and be waayy busier but have a better title to have on my resume? ETA – I’ll be looking elsewhere regardless, more wondering if I should pass to let them know how insulting it is and to just have an easier workload, or take it and have less energy to give to the applying process..but have…

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This type of rhetoric gets me really annoyed

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“Playing City” vs Generosity

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Fucked over one last time

Today was my last day at a job I've worked for 12 years. I'm 31 and worked at a factory since I graduated high school. I gave this place my knees, my wrists, and a marriage. I gave a two weeks notice, as for as long as I've been there the rule was if you give two weeks you'll get the rest of your vacation time paid out on your last pay check. The rule changed and no one was I formed. Not only did I give them a useless 2 week notice, I found out any vacation you used over a certain amount get TAKEN OUT of your last check. Having worked there 12 years, I've accumulated 4 weeks of vacation that renews every January 1st. I had 2 weeks left, which I was going to use to take a week off and pad my bank account with until…

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I went from “successful” corporate employee to facing homelessness in 2 weeks.

(Apologies for any formatting issues with this post I’m on mobile and very stressed out.) Im 25 and I did everything they tell you to do to be successful. I went to university, got good grades, secured my bachelor’s degree, and started working in my field right away. I felt secure in my career so I even saved up my money over the course of a year and bought my first home. A few months later there starts to be talk around the office about money problems and people potentially being cut. Then last Tuesday I get called into the bosses office. Im done. Buying my house cost me my entire savings and I had just started replenishing it. No emergency fund either. I immediately applied for unemployment but haven’t received anything in the mail or heard anything back yet. I also put in the application with my lender to…

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Quitting my shitty job was the best thing i ever did, because now I got my dream job!

Quit ur shitty job, fucking do it. I used to work grocery store in the worst part of Town, worked there for 6 years and it fucking broke me. I quit. I couldnt handle getting anymore deathtreats from psychopathic alcoholics Now i have been unemployed for about a year and 9 months, i have gutten some small offers here and there during that time. Things like a Coffee bar, hotel bar, door security for pubs, 40% work at whole lot of different shitty stores. I fucking refused. I refused to go into another shitty job where i can never evolve, where the Company ensures im payed little enough to make sure i come back the next day. After a ton of searching, i have finally found a little corner of the world where i can work. When I was a kid the only thing i liked in school was the…

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This is pretty applicable