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Company Towns; Corporations owning the housing and food supply

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A rising tide lifts all boats.

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What’s my next move?

There’s been a “conflict of interest” at work. I’m very good at my job, but I’m also just a technician’s assistant. My boss (corporation) and district manager are giving me the option to be demoted and travel 30 more minutes to a different location (demotion sucks. No fulfillment whatsoever + pay decrease), or.. I guess find another job? I’ve been looking around, but what’s the right way to go about this? It’s a shitty situation to begin with, and I really just want to cut my ties and go, but it also seems so very personal.. I’m just stuck Edit: spelling

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Update on 0 hour issues

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/10avujo/need_advice_on_0_hour_issues/ Developments; I have been reduced to 0 hours, still don't have another job, applying to everything I can think of, I have a docs appointment to maybe get meds for adhd so I can do art again since that pays decent money, but as of right now, after paying rent/utilities, I have £180, need to pay most of that for hormones for the next 9 months, then pay for the adhd prescription if I get one. I've applied to 10+ jobs this morning, from cleaning to amazon to administrative positions. I have been applying for months, I live in a resort town and the nearest jobs are 3 cities away. I hate that I'm having to choose between being able to buy food or medication, I have yogurt. Other than that I'm having to sponge off food my family makes. Do I have to file for benefits?…

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This is really the way some folks think

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Job Requirements these days…

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My exact feelings after suffering through remote job interviews

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A quick note about terrible statistical arguments for raising the retirement age:

(I am using Canadian data – that's where I live, but this should be true generally) Sometimes you'll see the argument about how we need to raise the retirement age, because when they first came up with “pensions” the average life expectancy was only 69 years. Today, life expectancy in Canada is nearly 80. The logic behind this argument is that pensions used to only have to pay out for 4 years on average, but now have to pay out for 15. Hence the need to raise the retirement age. One part of this argument is technically true – “Average life expectancy at birth” was about 69 years in 1965 when the Canada Pension Plan was invented today it's 79. There's just one problem – THAT LOGIC IS UTTERLY WRONG. Figures about “Life expectancy at birth” are TOTALLY IRRELEVANT to the number of years the average retiree is going to…

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Job not willing to accommodate my school schedule

I work overnight stocking frozen food, and I recently signed up for a college class after being out of school for a few years. Currently job has me working 6 days and 42 hours. I asked for them to cut me down to 36 hours to accommodate my school schedule but they refused, saying what I do during the day has nothing to do with what I do at night. The only thing they were willing to accommodate was letting me go 2 hours earlier on school days, meaning instead of getting off at 8 I'd get off at 6 so I could catch the bus to my 9:00 class (also have to take care of my dog when I get off) which brings me down to 40 (off one of the two school days)but they could just add 2 hours to another shift. I tried explaining that I needed…

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Abusive managers are everywhere. Why are there so many?