I come from a pretty old school area (western pa) of the us. Growing up i learned the value of a hard days work, and that if you gave the right effort, and respect, youre job would take care of you. My grandfather like imparting pieces of wisdom like “if a man pays you a dollar for a job, you give them a dollar tens worth of work.” When i was in high school i went to a trade school to study masonry. I thought it would be a great bit of security, after all people always need houses. I then graduated in 2008 right when the housing market had collapsed, and no one was building anywhere, let alone in my impoverished chunk of appalachia. Finding myself with a worthless degree, and nowhere near the grades (because of tech school) needed for any kind of scholarship, i found myself with…
To be clear, the cameras are inward facing, watching us. No one above my supervisor has ever even been on sight. We already have a camera in the office watching us 24/7. There hasn’t been a single incident warranting cameras in the vehicles. Can’t wait for them to fire a bunch of people for unprofessional behavior and the inevitable guy jacking off.
Categories
Don’t be like me
For 10+ years after graduating from a miserable graduate program, I worked 70+ (not OT pay) hours in a rural ass town for several jobs. I wad made to believe that I should slave away at my job, and be grateful for the shit pay. While my friends were getting married and starting families, I gained weight (300lbs) I had nothing, just work. I was too tired from work and the toxic environment that I had no energy to meet anyone in that rural town. Now Im in my mid 30s and live in a big city. Ive rarely dated. Ive lost over half my weight but I feel incredibly ugly, and Im awkward. I feel too old for everyone and everything even though I feel in college. Its like work has stopped my social maturity. I don’t know how to get a date even if I tried. I’m going…
Categories
Thirty Two Hour Work Week Act
There's a 32 hour work week act in the works. It makes overtime pay come into effect for any hours worked after 32 hours in a week. It's supposed to make the 5 day work week turn into a 4 day work week. Supporters say it will increase take-home pay and improve worker conditions. Opponents say it'll cut workers hours and not increase workers pay. I think it's a good idea and it'll help improve work conditions. But I don't think it'll increase pay. I think what will happen if the bill goes into effect is that most businesses won't increase pay. And workers will be more selective of where they'll work. Businesses who don't increase pay will suffer from lack of workers. And businesses who do will strive. In the end some businesses will increase pay to help attract workers. And some businesses will close and will cite the…
Categories
He an’t wrong
Today we had a call with some upper level management and one of the topics that came up was hiring new employees. They said they have a generous referral reward( which was slashed by 33% from previous reward amount) and they are ready to hire a ton of people. They were like we have those benefits, generous packages, we work for this client and all that BS jazz. And then I inquired since the market is so hot what are they doing to retain talent. All I heard was crickets. They didn’t know what say. For all the experience and degrees and shit this so called top level management knows jack shit about retaining employees and this is the case across all industries. Management fucking takes employees for granted and does not attend to them first and are ready to bust out $$$ for some random person who they interview…
