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Starting to feel like it’s a cycle

In late 2019, I've had started to pull myself together. I was a broke college graduate with crippling debt and video game addiction. I made the biggest u-turn in my whole life and I am proud of it. Sold my computer, got a part-time job in a fast-food chain during COVID, worked for months while applying for 150+ jobs until finally, I got a year contract job in a bank. The job had 70+ applicants, 3 screening processes, but only 4 vacancies, and I managed to beat the odds. It wasn't a secure full-time job and wasn't really aligned with my field but the pay was slightly higher than the minimum wage that I previously had so I just sucked it up. They said that being an entry-level worker is the hardest point in your career, but once you've gotten up the rank it'll be much easier. Everyone expects you…

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How about a livable wage? Nope …here is more nonsense.

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Had a chance to quit, didn’t take it, feeling hopeless.

I'm gonna keep this vague, but I almost had a chance to walk out of a job I don't like and I chickened out. I don't normally break down at work but something happened to a point I started crying at work. I walked out, sat in my car, and immediately called my co manager to tell her I needed the day off. Co worker took mercy on me and came in after I asked. Got a text from my boss saying she appreciates what I do etc, etc. I work part time and don't make a lot for what I do. I'm too scared to find another job out of fear of it taking a toll on my mental health, but this job has been making me miserable for the last year. I have debt and I can't just walk away from this. I feel trapped and I feel…

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Is this legal? (TX)

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As a new dad, I just want to say thank you.

If it weren’t for people standing up for workers, making their voices heard, paternity leave would not be a thing. Sadly it’s still not a reality for many new fathers, but I believe we are making progress. I also believe that the new wave of workers demanding more freedom and autonomy was what made my company change its practices this year and offer paid paternity leave. Because of us, because of you, my wife and I are able to be full-time parents. And yes, we’ve both averaged about 4 hours of sleep for the last week! Another cup of coffee wouldn’t hurt…

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Company made me do four technical interviews and after i passed offered me a lower salary. Now they’re asking if i want to retry the selection.

Not going to provide screenshots since they are in my native language, but in november i got contacted by an IT company for a software developer position. We discussed salary in the first call, and they made me a great offer (more than i had in mind) and promised full remote work. After four technical interviews, which i passed, they actually sent me the contract, and the pay was actually the same i already had..plus i was required to come to the office at least 3 times a week. I comunicated the discrepancy, and i was told that they would “rectify it”, then never heard from them again. I sent the contract back, unsigned. Today, the same company and recruiter contact me to tell me they had made a mistake, blamed it on some corporate shake up, and asked if i wanted to try again. I didn't ask, but it…

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Bit of a rant but conditions at our workplace are getting worse and worse, as in things are literally falling apart yet DHL, a company that made 81 billion in 2021 doesn’t want to dish out extra cash to fix the problems we have at work.

We have a very tight and organised system at work. We traditionally have 5 working docking bays, something like 15 HGV 18 ton and 8 Electronic pallet trucks. We're a very small operation and work in a small part of a much bigger site being the co-op. But over the years things have slowly but surely been going to shit and rather than investing money to fix the problems we're facing they're throwing more agency workers at us, it's not an issue of man-power. It's an issue of working equipment. We repeatedly stress this point and frankly we don't have the time to be training new workers. 2 Working dock bays have been broken for a good month or so, Electronic pallet trucks are falling to pieces and at times are borderline dangerous to use. Our wagons which have an excess of 1 million miles on them are in absolute…

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My State doesn’t require employers to give breaks of any kind, regardless of shift length. What are some shitty anti-worker laws/statutes where you live?

Like I said, my state doesn't require employers to give a break of any kind. I would work 10+ hour shifts at my restaurant and still get in trouble for sneaking in the back to sit down and eat for a second. The only exception is for minors or women breastfeeding. A lot of people don't believe me when I tell them this. What are some shitty or unbelievable laws in your state?

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This crap showed up at my feed today. What a bunch of crock…

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I’m Pregnant-Am I Obligated to Tell an Employer?

I’m pregnant and my baby is due at the end of September. This is my first child. I will be a stay-at-home mom for the first five years of my child’s life. However, I want to find a summer/seasonal serving job to work from now until around my due date. I have worked as a professor for the past six years but I used to work as a fine dining server and I loved it! I did not work as a professor this semester because I was quite sick in my first trimester but not I am feeling totally fine again. Am I obligated to tell my potential new employer that I am pregnant? Do I disclose this in interviews?