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Working is so Disheartening
Just need to vent for a bit. I got laid off last September from my remote technical writing job. The job itself was very dull and not enjoyable for me, but I loved working remotely and the pay was decent. So when I started looking for work again, I kept applying for similar jobs with similar pay (or higher pay because I have more experience now) and have only gotten rejections and ghosted (basically, cowardly rejections). So, I've had to keep lowering my standards, and I'm just applying to whatever I feel I can feasibly do without going crazy, and it just feels so bad. I have one prospective job right now, but the pay is much lower, it's just a three-month contract with no benefits, it's on-site, and sounds boring as hell. I feel like such a failure. You're supposed to keep climbing up and making more money with…
This is a major hospitality property in the US. I have a contract that says i should get it. No dispute there. But It’s coming up on 3 months of waiting for answers/resolution. They communicate with me, but told me what i wrote in the title above. With which U S government office do I have recourse? And what might happen? Edit: I have filed for my pension. Edit 2: 1. I’m in a union and am discussing a ‘defined benefit plan’ that any new owner is required to participate in if they agree to be a union house, which each owner has. 2. The payments missing are 2 years from 1st owner and a few months from 2nd. Property is now on its 3rd owner. 3. I have older copies of the plan and summaries, but will request the latest one. 4. I’ve long known about the missing years…
“We’re making inroads, but at this point, it’s a matter of educating employees and getting management to be accepting,” Soto said. “[We] had an issue with a supervisor a little bit ago who was not that welcoming [to labor]. But when he called his U.S. counterparts [in the Defense Department], he was told, ‘What’s the problem? AFGE is all over the place here.’”
Trying to tell myself her urgency isn’t my emergency. These notes aren’t even that important, and are actually ones SHE HERSELF is supposed to write.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the latest monthly payroll data for the U.S. economy. Total employment rose by 175,000 in April. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9% from 3.8% in March. That came in below estimates of 240,000 jobs for April. The softness in the jobs report was greeted with some positive reactions. Stock futures jumped after the news. Concerns about the U.S. economy have been focused on overheating — whether inflation will continue to rise and force the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates higher in an effort to slow the economy and bring rising prices under control. Jason Furman, who served as President Barack Obama's top economic advisor, said on CNBC's “Squawk Box” that it was a “goldilocks” report, showing an economy that could be headed to the soft landing of reasonable inflation and low unemployment. “The bottom line is this report is quite reassuring,” said Furman, who now teaches…
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The final day of my 2 week notice
So this happened nearly a decade ago but thought I'd share this story of a terrible company with terrible management. I was working at a place that preyed on people who were poor (think “finance here” auto dealers). I was a loan underwriter, hated it. Weekly meetings would turn into people literally screaming at others, after my first few I would never speak up again and just wait for the fireworks. I had finally had enough and put in my 2 week notice. I was heading to a different job (different sector even) even if for the same crap pay, I wanted out. I had mentally clocked out well before my 2 week notice, but I was now doing less than the bare minimum during it. On the final day of my 2 weeks, I decided I should leave about 5 hours before closing. I wasn't going to do anymore…
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Company is not realistic
I work for a company that they derive hours given to their cashiers based entirely off of the amount of people that their cashiers sign up for the discount emails they give out every so often. My percentage hasn't been that great lately because, every customer has said “no” to me. I used to get about 30 hours per week. Now I'm getting maybe 1- five hour shift per week. I asked why and the management told me that the amount of customers I had signing up for the program was “less than satisfactory” and that in order to get more hours I have to show “improvement in getting customers signed up that are eligible to be signed up”. Our schedules go out nearly 2 and a half weeks in advance. For the next four weeks I am expected to work one short shift and “meet satisfactory” on “how many…