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BE A ROBOT, DON’T COMMUNICATE “That’s unsurprising, since many of us think venting will make things feel a little better, whether it’s complaining to co-workers about a micromanaging boss or airing frustration with your partner and kids.”

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Which underhanded practices have you seen companies employ to stop their employees from resigning.

The title says it all. For context, I went for an interview with a Multi National Company in India when I was a student. I remember the company asking us to sign a notarized paper (stamp paper it's called here) saying we would work for a minimum of two years and not leave otherwise we would have to compensate the company by paying three month's wages. What other deplorable acts do you know of that companies use to make their employees stop leaving

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Days before I start a new job, can the pay change?

I accepted a job that pays decent at $16.50 an hr, with 3k hiring bonus. I already signed the offer letter and 99 percent completed the onboarding process, and I start the job in 4 days. Can I still ask negotiate the wage? 16.50 was the offer and I didn't negotiate because at the time of my interviews and signing everything I was desperate with no other offers.

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Do employers really check references, or are they just for show? Like, can I lie on my resume and put a friend down as a reference and get them to pretend to be my manager?

Applying for a new job and I've heard of people lying on their resume to get into positions/promotions and etc. Do employers really call and check your references? Can any employers confirm?

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How do you delete this sub from the popular feed

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What is the best way I could go out “in a blaze of glory” in my current shitty job? *Best suggestion wins.*

More context. After several problems with HR not doing their job (check my first post) & now even more problems with my supervisor demanding i do my job, though i am not able to due to him not making sure all my equipment is working. On top of this several of us workers have come together & started talking about how multiple times people have been promised raises for getting CPR training, & other personnel training, but never once has it been followed through with. On top of this, we all signed contracts with corporate saying we would get reviewed in the first 90 days of work & none of us have (multiple of us has worked here for less than a year) I am on my way out the door after this next paycheck. Give me your best suggestion for what i could do to get the attention of…

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Making a Stand Today

Next week I will be the only manager at a small box store. We were already short one manager before corporate moved our store manager without replacing them, and our other manager is leaving due to health issues. Today I'm calling the GM for a raise and, more importantly, demanding a promotion for an associate they've refused to promote. There is no reason for their refusal to promote this person other than, I suspect, a personal vendetta on the part of our GM. This employee has been training me since there is no one else available or even capable of training me. If they don't give this employee a promotion then they won't have any managers at all. I'm not very confrontational so I'm a little nervous but I have nothing to lose, either I get the help I'm demanding or I never have to think about this place again,…

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So when’s this strike happening?

Seen so many posts about how everyone wants a living wage, how to unite and strike from labour and show them we hold the power, but that's all I'm seeing – just words. When's the action happening? Are people going to give up after starbucks starts paying 25 dollars an hour or can we fight for some real results? Not meaning to be demotivational but something needs to happen and soon.

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I’m on a sinking ship

Update from https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/t7aln9/my_new_boss_is_a_joke/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share 7 people in our department (not included: new boss). I am one of 3 project managers. The 2 others have already applied for other jobs, 1 told us today she got the job, the second one will know by the end of the week. I feel fucked by the CEOs poor decision-making. I don't want to leave this job because it's really good work-life-balance-wise and I don't want to let down my project team, BUT I am on a sinking ship, right? Fuck!

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Crude oil is now cheaper than 2011-2015