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What to do when boss makes inappropriate comments?

Typing from mobile so apologies for formatting. My boss often makes comments about the food I am eating, has asked me multiple times what my daily calorie intake is, and often comments on the clothes I wear. I work in a mid size office where there is no HR or any intermediary. What is the best course of action?

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Employer tries to negotiate my raise request

I have a story I thought people might find entertaining, since I enjoy reading about others shitty employers and how it backfires. About 6 years ago I was working as an IT Manager at a local manufacturing place. I was the only IT person in the department as the owners had recently gotten into a tiff with our MSP and the MSP killed the contract. So, just me overseeing everything. Our networking and server infrastructure, software, all levels of support, custom tools, etc. I’m basically doing like three jobs and I’m making 65k. I managed the workload well, no complaints by any other department and special projects always finished on time or before, so after a few years of dedicating my time to this place, I feel like I can successfully negotiate a raise. I put together a document outlining my experience in the industry, what I have done, my…

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Break up letter to job courtesy of ChatGPT.

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Obstacles filing an unpaid work lawsuit

Need some help here, I want to file a lawsuit against a former employer who required me to arrive before my shift to avoid a tardy while my company pc booted up so I could punch in to the digital time keeping system. I've spoken to a couple different law offices about this and I keep having my case declined. This is/was a practice at this company that affected over 100 employees for years. I myself experienced this for 5+ years, a smaller lawsuit was filed and settled by my former employer in Sept of 2022.

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i’m gonna quit fr

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Yet another background check

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Employers aren’t really hiring

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Last night in Lyon France following the French protests

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I work in healthcare and it sucks the soul out of me. I have since written this song and produced it with my band. Here’s to everyone out there grinding. (Theaudacity.band)

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Getting a little Orwellian in remote work…