Category: Antiwork

So I’m in Canada and I work as a Senior Software Developer. I’ve been working on Company A for more than two years. Last year I worked on an internal project for them, and by November they outsourced me for Company C through another company called Company B. Last December my visa status changed, so that I could finally visit my family in my home country. Then I asked for vacation and was told that it would sound unprofessional asking that right after starting on a new assignment. It wasn’t really my problem, but we talked it out and decided to formalize the vacation request after three months of outsourcing. The three months expired, so I asked for vacation again, and happens that Company B is not replying emails anymore, neither answering phone calls. At this point I’m already extremely pissed off and considering buying the tickets to visit my…

Maybe this doesnt belong here. Fired from my last job for no reason. Ive worked as a manager in the grocery industry, I can drive ANYTHING, I know Apple/Adobe/Wordpress in and out. I am smart, healthy, teachable and easy going. But I am on misdemeanor assault probation. The system isn’t helping me. I want to work but don’t want to be abused or work for peanuts. I can’t even get an interview in grocery. Any thoughts?

Starbucks announced during the initial push for unionization in Buffalo last October that pay raises for tenured partners (one of the major goals for the movement) would come at the end of January. I, a long-time shift supervisor, couldn’t wait for my $1.50/hr. It doesn’t seem like much, but that $160/month was gonna go into actual savings, into car repairs, quality of life improvements. And it didn’t come. Today, I found out through an email left on our store printer, and not through my store manager (as one might expect) that because I make slightly more than “market value” (meaning $1.50 above the minimum starting wage of a shift supervisor in my area) that I was already earning what my experience and years of dedication through some pretty rough times was worth to them. I’ve reached out to other spurned tenured partners in my area, and tonight I start learning…

My ops leader wanted to talk on my day off. I asked if I was going to be compensated for this talk, he said no. Told him that I was unavailable on my days off. He asked why is was unable to set aside some time on my days off. I told him unless I was going to be compensated for this talk, I’m unavailable. Verbatim “I dont talk shop on my days off.” He asked what days I worked so he could set up a meeting to which I told him your the ops leader you have access to the scheduling. It’s been two weeks and have not heard a peep.

My employer has posted mandatory over time, a minimum of six days a week since last Christmas. They are now saying we are going to have mandatory 56 hour work weeks on top of the regular over time and if you don't fill your hours, you'll be written up or even terminated. A friend of mine works in a different department at the same place and she's basically the only person on that department right now. She's killing herself working for the company and they won't lift a finger to help her.

Mostly just the title. I live in a small town (