Interview with Angelika Maldonado, the twenty-seven-year-old chair of ALU’s Workers Committee. ” There are a lot of different types of people who work at JFK8; it’s really diverse in age, race, and where people live — people commute here from all over. But one of the main divisions was age. Keep in mind that the average age of an ALU organizer is about twenty-six — many older workers tended to be more skeptical of the union. The culture at Amazon is very intense and intimidating, so when a lot of older workers first saw a bunch of young people trying to organize something so big, it was hard for some of them to grasp that we actually knew what we wanted and that we knew how to get there. “ “we overcame the age gap mostly just by being relatable and personable — honestly, that’s how we won this election.…
Last paycheck…
TL;DR: I believe that we in the US have been brainwashed to glorify productivity and villainize laziness, and it's led to a cancerous growth of business and capital I'm sure that I won't articulate this the way I want to, and I worry that this is going to come across as more of a chaotic rant than a well-structured argument, but I just wanted a place to vent about my frustrations with capitalism and its influence on our moral intuitions as a society in the US. I grew up in a fairly diverse community in Los Angeles that included people from a wide range of ethnicities, religions, socioeconomic statuses, and political beliefs. But basically everybody – rich and poor, liberal and conservative – agreed that there's no such thing as a free lunch and that you'd have to work hard to survive in this world. The idea of…
Interviewer 20 minutes late
I had an interview today at Lowe’s, showed up 15 minutes early. The associates went to let the interviewer know while I was sitting in the room just reviewing the job description. It becomes 15 minutes after the scheduled time so I let it slide for another 5 minutes until I walked out. He didn’t even come in after 20 minutes after the interview time. The associate who let him know I was waiting apologized about how this is a terrible first impression and I told her it isn’t her fault. Why don’t interviewers value our time as well? If we showed up even 5 minutes late to an interview, our chances of getting that job are slim to none. Super disappointing.
This is what a hero looks like.
So a bit of back story about my previous employer. When I joined the company it was a super chill place to work, nice projects, no fuss about getting some days off, no complaints if you didn't want to work overtime. And then management decided they wanted to make more money. I didn't get a single holiday in the past two years, overtime was downright mandatory, if you didn't work overtime they would retaliate by putting you on the worst possible jobs. Nobody got an increase to their salary no matter their performance. I even had a colleague who couldn't make ends meet (while working 60 hours a week) and asked for a minor increase so he could live paycheck to paycheck. They told him he was allowed to work more hours if he needed the money. Two months back I decided I had enough and went looking for something…
Here’s How We Beat Amazon
For the life of me I don’t understand. I have a bachelors degree, including 8 years of managerial experience when I managed a Hertz car rental branch. Yet, interviews are scarce. Then I read things like this: “Job openings totaled nearly 11 million in December, more than 4.6 million above the total unemployment level, according to the Labor Department.” I’ve applied to hundreds of openings. My success rate to get an interview is 1/7. After the interview it’s 0/35 that passed the first interview to go on to the 2nd. I don’t believe it’s me, because I’ve never had a difficult time getting a job before. In addition, when job seeking in the past, I ALWAYS heard back, either a decline or an accept. What’s interesting is that out of the 35 interviews only ONE came back no. Nearly all are ghosting me and I have no idea why. Why…