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‘They Own the Oil, but the People Are Ours’: Workers Strike at Chevron’s Richmond Refinery | KQED

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Ahh yes all you need is a little hard work and the right attitude and you can be a millionaire too

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I’m leaving quietly

I work in the UK, and have been at my current company for 4 years. Last year we took on some new starters and I was happy to pitch in and help train them on the systems and our processes. Come to find out they’re getting paid about £1k more than me a year (all salaried employees), and even after 4 years of pay rises I’m not getting paid what they are. So I updated my CV, posted it on job websites, and I’m about to start my 3rd interview of the day where that company would be willing to pay me an extra £3k. I’ve got another interview this afternoon for a job with a £5k salary increase. I don’t even mind my current job, I just want to be paid what I’m worth. And if other companies are willing to do that then that’s where I’ll go. Don’t…

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Covid confirmed many jobs can be done from home; The “Great Quit” now confirming they don’t require debt-crippling degrees

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I would get so much more work done if supervisors would just back off.

Give me my orders and leave me alone. Im far more efficient when not being micromanaged. Cant even zone out with music or an audiobook because they are CONSTANTLY around.

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Living wage too expensive

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I want a…

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Employers never give you two weeks notice when they fire you, stop giving it to them when you quit.

Our system is relentlessly one sided. This is an easy change we can make in this job market. Line up your next job and ghost them, they will do the same to you in a heart beat. Stop doing favors for them. We have to change the power structure and if it happens at scale we can force a more equitable job market.

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I don’t know who needs to hear this

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Now I remember, it’s our fault