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Employee appreciation week

It’s Employee Appreciation Week at my job and the way the company decided to “show their immense appreciation for all the hard work we do” was to draw 15 random employees’ names from a hat and give them $20 to the company webstore. Why bother? I’d rather have a pizza party or nothing at all lmfao

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Evidnece for hybrid/remote?

Boss wants three days a week in the office. I need to show the benefits or remote or hybrid, and the disadvantages of office work. Need high-quality references (e.g. Peer review, trusted sources), not Medium/Linkedin. Please help.

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contemplating quitting

I just got my paycheck from a 47 hour workweek and I make 10/hr so I should have a decent paycheck one would think but I only got 64 dollars and 83 cents for my work, my boss is refusing to give me my paystub until next week and says I only worked 6 hours. the only thing she's telling me is that I have to wait but rent is due today. any advice?

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Weekend Work Inches Up in Era of Layoffs, Out-of-Office Shifts

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The Nonprofit Meat Grinder

I went to college and got a professional degree from a top 10 university. At the end of grad school most of my classmates went to work for think tanks, consulting firms, or get a PhD. I decided the first two of those didn't align with my values as a socialist and I was burnt out on the academy. So I decided to work in Development for medium-sized nonprofit serving refugees. In some ways I did find what I was looking for, my work for and with some of the least among us does give me a sense of purpose. I work hard not to enrich a some owner I don't know but to help the people in the community I see every day. And yet, the greatest lesson I have learned is that work, as it currently exists in America, cannot be saved by purpose alone. In the year…

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Looking for a job before moving to a new town? Too bad, you don’t live here now so we can’t consider you

Saw a post that reminded me of this experience when I was trying to prepare to move states with my partner a few years back, and my partner is starting to experience now. My (24f) partner (24m) and I moved from one state to another in July of 2021 after graduating college. He was accepted to a masters program and the new town had a lot more opportunities for me than the old town so I decided to move with him. I wanted to be prepared and have a job set up for after we moved so I started applying maybe 2-3 months before we anticipated moving. And let me tell you, applying for jobs in a different state, even with giving an explanation that you’re moving to that area on a set date is impossible. I would write in the application and cover letter than I was moving to…

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Can my employer establish a pattern of “chronic/habitual” lateness? Do I have a disability claim? Or just better luck next time

I was fired today for a company that I worked for 8 weeks. I was late a total of 4 times and worked 5 days a week as a part time employee in the US. First day – January 9th, 4 minutes late, was getting food. Second time – January 12th, 35 minutes late, had traveled an hour and a half for therapy with a family member, called ahead to let them know I would be late Third time – February 27th, 3 minutes late, don’t recall reason. Fourth time – March 2nd, 2 minutes late, missed exit on highway I was on time or early for every shift between January 13th and February 27th. I have a documented history of ADHD, Depression and social anxiety that sometimes affects my ability to get to work on time, and could easily provide if needed Potentially related, My manager also was unprofessional,…

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My manager threw me under the bus in an email over something I didn’t do. I feel like I’m not being treated the same as other employees.

I am a bookkeeper. I started at this company I work for in November. The other day a client that is not mine had ask for their bill for filing 1099s. My manager who I’ll call Tom, decided to CC me on the email. The client has two different companies and my manager sent him the wrong bill for the company. So instead of sending him the correct bill he decides to say “ My apologies for this confusion, Sarah (me) our new bookkeeper was doing training for bookkeeping billing and made a mistake. This is just an honest mistake, and we will fix it here shortly” So then he realizes that it was his fault and sends a follow up email saying “ Team, I feel like I need to apologize. Upon further review is that is is a bill for Real estate group and not a commercial group.…

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New System Must reapply for job.

So the company I work for is upgrading its outdated transportation software. Everyone beside management will be put into a workplace hunger game. Department consolidation and getting rid of overplayed staff is basically the just of it. They would not tell us when the change would occur or if we would have to take pay cuts. I've never hit apply on so many new jobs in my life. The whole mood has changed in the building among non management. I don't see this playing out well.

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People often think emploers have an advantage bewcvuasse they can afford legal fees when there are disputes… they can afford more than that…..

Private Investigators cost about 500-1000 dollars per day. Recording equipment can cost thousands of dollars. One method used by private investigators is to collect ecidence illegally, and then they know what eveidence to collect legally, or what issues to pursue. Workers should find out what they can legally record and collect in the work place. And collect recordings out of habit, not before something happens. Often you made not know an employment law has been broken until after the fact.