hi everyone, i live in Italy, and recently a news article has come out talking about how a store manager found a period pad on the floor and not in the trashcan and demanded her female workers to openly declare wether they were on their period, and in case of refusal she threatened to “pull their panties down and check for herself”. this obviously summoned a lot of criticism and shocked reactions, as well as SO MANY testimonies of workers who had to deal with many embarassing and humiliating situations because they were denied a bathroom break. As I'm very interested in social issues and writing I'm collecting the experiences of the people who shared them in order to bring light to the terrible inhumane conditions that workers have to live in. Does anyone in the rest of the world know of any similar circumstances and cases? if so I…
Will there ever be a revolution?
What can we actually do to put an end to this capitalistic hell hole?
I just wanna afford life you know?
Is this too much to ask to be able to afford things through life? I just wanna have a small house I can call home, a decent car, healthcare above all.. like not going to the doctor and be in debt for 20 years? Be able to afford one or 2 of my hobbies… and like have the free time to enjoy them Please?
Well.. corp isn't exactly accurate as I work for the government. I'm only at the bottom though, :in the office doing the admin. Fresh out of university and this is my first 'professional' job. I'm getting lots of experience and I'm thankful for it and the pay isn't too bad (it still sucks though). I definitely can't see myself here long term, but I'm thankful to be able to actually afford food and to finally rent my own place. I was struggling for over a year to find a job that would give me enough to survive. I can't help but feel often that I'm doing the devil's work. Like I'm not a monster, but I work for monsters. My parents were telling me I'd be a fool if I didn't take the job. Thing is I was working for the devil before (working for a big multinational fast food…
I don’t even know where to start with this. I feel so desperate and frustrated. To start with, I started a new job six months ago. Nothing we discussed has been delivered in terms of direction, workload, and continuous improvements. I have no work to do and am incredibly bored all day so I’ve been actively searching for a new job. The person who has been training me has apparently decided that I’ve been here long enough and she doesn’t need to be polite with me anymore. She yells at me, talks over me, and doesn’t listen when I speak to her. It’s obvious because she will ask me to repeat myself three times and not look at me. She gives me contradicting information and then tells me that my attitude is making her job hard. Which, yeah, I’ve had attitude but I feel like anyone being berated and spoken…
A month ago I started a new job working in the deli at a health foods grocery store making $11/hr. The place is desperately short-staffed, so much so that after just three training shifts I was scheduled closing the deli all by myself. Last night we had an hour-long meeting and I got indirectly called out. I don't know if I'm overreacting but I already feel burnt out and done with this place. Basically, life is pretty hectic for me for a variety of reasons. Most days I'm cutting it close trying to get to work on time. Usually my routine allows me to shower right before work and I let my hair dry in the car on the way there. Once I arrive I go straight to the bathroom to put my hair up, put my apron on, and wash my hands before getting to work. This takes maybe…