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So I have a bad boss and he’s had it out for me for awhile now it’s a long story tbh. but anyways wondering if y’all could help me out finding a good app that will record phones specifically from him automatically and also without it notifying the person calling. Preferably free. Need concrete proof

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Corporate values… Have you ever noticed all corporate values seem to be the same?

Have you every notice that corporate values seem to be the same for most organisations, just worded differently? Make good words Don't be a dick Be safe Don't be dodgy and steal stuff Be on time. One that used to be important but has been removed: Some variant of “We employ the best people.” But is rarely a core value anymore because “We employ affordable people” doesn't look good on a poster. Context: I had to do an electronic reference for a friend applying for an entry level position, and they asked 20 questions of which 15 were the same three questions about the 5 core company values. How does the applicant score on expectations for “insert corporate Value”? How have they improved in “Insert corporate value” as you've known them? What's an example of their “insert corporate value”? When in my opinion the other 5 questions were more important.…

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A Message for Y’all

So glad to be part of her local community. Wurk

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I started my first retail job and already hate it. Last weekend the store had a bunch of employees call out, so they reached out to me. Knowing I wasn’t scheduled to work, I had other plans. When I went into work next, the manager made a couple snide comments and now I do not get any hours, 0, nada!

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Social Problems

If you don't have a job solving social problems, you probably have a job creating them.

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I put in 2 weeks today

Remote Job I put in 2 weeks today and was happy to finally do it as I have been wanting to quit for a while now. When I told the manager they said you can always email for referencing whenever you needed. I said thanks. Then manager called back to ask me to stay till the end of the month because people are on vacay and they'll be short staffed. What should I do? I really just wanna leave in peace and not be put in an awkward position I didn't tell them reason I'm leaving or if I have or don't have anything lined up. Why ask someone to stay so you can further use them when they clearly wants to just leave?!

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Retainment epiphany moment

I just realized employers are basically practicing the same mentality as Comcast’s customer retainment culture. There’s been a mass exodus to “unplug” from cable tv (which has already occurred) because they treat new customers better than old customers: sure we’ll give you X, Y, Z to join plus incentives and deals. Fuck the existing customers, we’ll double their price next month. New employee: I got a signing bonus of ##K!! (Plus likely higher wages… but we can’t talk about that) Existing Employee: I got a $100 gift card last year at Christmas time… Pretty obvious why there’s a mass exodus of employment….

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This belongs here: “The Trauma of Work – a painted video essay”

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Can you guys please help me establish boundaries? My company *doesn’t* treat me like dirt, and it eats me alive.

A bit of background, grew up in a red-ass small town. My first job was at McDick's when I was 15. Broke my collar bone biking to work, you could visibly see bone protrude through the skin when I would rotate my arm. My manager at the time said, “You can't take aisprin and clock-in?”. For a while I had nothing but abusive jobs. So, naturally all of the /r/antiwork rhetoric I subscribe to and you have my full support. I've always been very good at setting my foot down and telling garbage employers to pound sound. I've had a lot of jobs because of it. Mostly blue collar. ​ Fast-forward to now, 'bout to graduate with my engineering degree. 8 years of sleep deprivation, malnourishment, fight or flight, and paying tuition out of pocket. Started an internship at a company a year ago. I am hourly, I am remote.…

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Employer says I need to be “perfect” at my job

Gonna vent here… So short story, been stuck at this job for some time. Horrible company but I need to buy time while I’m out interviewing. Till then it’s my responsibility to do my job, but everyone is giving me their job because they are super lazy. I told them I was being overwhelmed so to “buy” me some more time they took away my lunch hour so I could focus more on their job. When I got burnt out and decided to look at my phone for 5 mins, since I have no breaks, they yelled at me and told me how overwhelming their job is and how this is a never ending job. In addition, I was told I need to be “perfect” which means zero mistakes at what I do. Yet, the moment I improve in a task they add more to my workload stating that I…