He gets nearly $500k cash, a 1 yr leave of absence, a faculty position at $180k/yr, retiree health benefits and other benefits. How is this a consequence? University of Michigan gets apology from ex-president Mark Schlissel; gets job, cash in settlement (clickondetroit.com)
Unionize. It is not your responsibility to sacrifice for your job to stay afloat. Discuss your salary with your coworkers. Call out the bullshit of managers, HR, and owners. Your free time is your time. Look for legal representation if you feel that you are illegally exploited/abused. If a coworker is being exploited/abused, say something. Your boss isn't your friend, you are merely the help. Don't let your employers dictate your salary. Your time is what you alone dictate what it's worth. You don't have to excuse, nor explain, your unavailability on your day off. If something you feel important comes up, your job should fall to the back burner. Please add if you feel i missed something.
Title pretty much says it all. If you’re working class, you’re essentially a slave with extra steps. Sure, employers may not be able to legally whip you or kill you, but by “firing” you, the unspoken threat is to take away your housing, food, and life saving medical care, so do what you’re told or else. Also, we need more slaves, so you’ll be forced to have babies now even if you don’t want them.
You are LEGALLY entitled to discussing your wages with co-workers. It DOES NOT matter what bullshit company policy your company has. You CAN NOT sign away legally protected rights. https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/your-rights-to-discuss-wages Just because you work in at 'at-will' state, it does not give your employer the right to retaliate or discriminate. At-Will means an employer can terminate your for any reason, THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL. Harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage theft. These are daily posts in this group, because nobody knows better. Check your state laws. One-party consent states allow YOU to record any conversation you are a part of WITHOUT the other parties consent. If it's legal in your state, record meetings, coaching, reviews, etc Document always. Take notes. Names, dates, times. The number one reason we are constantly getting fucked by the elite is because the working class in America as a whole is widely uneducated when it comes to YOUR…
I love my parents and many other boomers, but I feel like I am 10X more productive than they ever were from a capitalistic standpoint. Yet they have 25X my wealth. Boomers are also stubborn as hell about very serious issues like income inequality and global warming, and they are responsible for a 30 trillion dollar deficit in the US. They really are fucking things up and are just too entitled to see it.
The branch of the company I work for had the best quarter we've ever had. For some small context, we are mechanics for a very specialized field and we work in very dirty environments and deal with lots of grease. We got an email today asking “what's your jacket size?” With basically no context. Apparently, management decided to buy us all jackets. In mid May. In a color that will be ruined within a week if any of us actually wore it to work. I watch our sales numbers. I know exactly how big of a quarter this was for the mechanics, especially after covid. We are also a vendor for this retailer, so we get a discount. This feels like a slap in the face. I'm so done with this company… (I tried posting a link to the jacket in question. I don't really know how to reddit, so…
Title really says it all. He’s apparently under contract and now on a “two month improvement plan.” Is there any action they can take? It’s on work documents mostly.