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Yes! After months of successfully working remote our management sent out this glorious email

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We should not glorify overworking and treat workaholics as having a mental disorder

My manager is a self proclaimed workaholic, who puts in 50-60 hour weeks and usually works on weekends. Our work culture isn't like that but my manager imposes alot of pressure on the team and she's burnt herself out before. There are fewer deadlines this month, which would be the perfect time to allow herself and the team to take a break. Instead, when the topic of Easter break comes up, my manager wants to come in to work during the holiday and use the quiet time to be “productive”. I've made it clear I have no plans of coming in to work, during a public holiday. I don't consider it healthy to be overworking and being a workaholic is an addiction. There's nothing to be proud of being a workaholic or spending all your time working. I want to spend time with the people that matter to me and…

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MIT Graduate student workers vote 1785-912 to form Union in historic vote

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Phoenix Airport at 4PM. No hot food served anywhere in the terminal. When I asked why, I was told they had no employees. I told them they needed to pay enough that people wanted to work for them.

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A ti, a ti, a ti capitalista!

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That about sums it up.

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They think they’re slick when they say “competitive salary.”

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Fired today after advocating for ventilators and respirators in a highly toxic open carcinogenic chemical vat area yesterday

Filed complaint with OSHA. Ask me anything.

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Wanted to share a small win from my mum, who works in residential aged care and was expected to act up without a pay increase.

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this belongs here…