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PTO Pool – What is a reasonable amount?

Starting a new job soon and want to start off on the right foot. This will be the first place I've worked that has one pool of PTO for everything – holidays, vacation, and sick days. They are offering fewer days overall than I've had in the past (3 weeks vacation & sick, 2 weeks holidays), but if I'm not sick very much I could have more vacation days than I've had before. If you have one pool of days, do you like it? How many days would you ask for? Info: based in USA, PTO days accrue semimonthly, earn one extra day per year based on years of service

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UK HELLO FRESH EMPLOYEES – What are working conditions like? Looking to talk to people for a story?

Looking to hear about peoples experience of working in Hello Fresh warehouses/distribution centres in the UK. I know in the States the working conditions have been reported to be pretty bad, and want to know if that's the same in the UK.

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Which company boycotts have been successful recently?

I see a lot of “xyz company did a bad thing, here’s how we boycott.” I’m curious how effective this is. The Kellogg’s boycott seems like it might have helped negotiations maybe? I often see the “xyz date is don’t buy from Walmart day” or something like that. Curious if these boycotts actually work and what some examples are.

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Upwork Client with little to no hours?

Last week I was directly contacted thru Upwork, which I'm on, about services needed. I interviewed on MS Teams, and it seems a previous employee quit or got fired. They asked me about my skill sets, I'm fairly local which helps, and it seemed a fit. I asked about timelines and they wanted things pretty quick. So, the next day, Friday, I log on, awaiting insight. I also did research into the platform they used since I wasn't very familiar with. Kinda like asking an accountant who uses Quickbooks to learn Freshbooks, or Wordpress to learn Squarespace. (Personally, I think I should bill for that). I sent an email off saying I'll do my research, and send along any info & details as they come. I get a response saying they're working on it. 2pm comes, and I was done awaiting. I sent a nice email, saying I'll likely step…

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Ohio unemployment compensation suppression

Ohio unemployment compensation has been restructured to make it insanely hard to get benefits. I believe they are doing this to discourage people from obtaining benefits. As a union construction worker I have used ohio unemployment for the last 20 years while between projects. I have never had the issues that I have experienced over the last 15 weeks. First off was a extremely hard Identity verification process. If requiring a ID to vote is voter suppression then requiring a certified birth certificate, drivers license, w2s, proof off address and bank account verification is most definitely unemployment suppression. The second issue is supposedly the claims analyst are working from home so they have no access to any of your information they basically only have the ability to read to your unemployment correspondences not to help you address them. Then when you finally after several hours waiting on the phone they…

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Kind of a different post. I got into making music lately and wrote a song about investment bankers. It’s my 2nd upload, so don’t be too harsh please haha.

https://soundcloud.com/rook1010/investment-banker?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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My company sucks

Thought this may be the best sub for this. I've just clocked into work. Been here for almost 5 years now and got a unofficial verbal warning from my manager. Our area manager had complained to him that I was late pretty much every day last week. However instead of asking why he simply said that I needed telling off for it. If he'd have asked why he'd have found out that my dad had just left hospital due to cancer and then the following day had a stroke. Planning on quitting soon anyway and sending a nice email to HR about all the issues they don't see.

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My friend thinks I’m being disrespectful to my new boss!

Background: I’m temporarily living in a suburban area, & because I’ve lived in cities all my life, I don’t drive. This lowers the already the meager job opportunities in the area because I will have to take a lyft or Uber back and forth. I have an MA in literature from a prestigious university, 10 years of experience teaching — students from elementary to high school as well as 5 years at various universities. I decided to apply for a position at a tutoring center, and the director was excited to meet me because of”my experience.” In the interview, she tells me that I will get paid $14/hr, although she “likes to reward hard work” and there is a possibility for a raise…eventually. And she ca give me 20 hr/a week. I accepted because I feel desperate, only to realize later when I got home that I would end up…

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Questions to bring up in class

Hi all, I will be attending a class in two weeks that is ceentered around a good work-life balance. Per this class, I am to come up with 3-4 questions (as broad as can be) that should be brought up in class. I am curious if anyone has any quick-minded or improtant questions that they would like to see answers to. ​ Extra info: I am a 24 year-old (birthday today actaully) Science Doctoral Student (Ph.D.) and the presenter is a professor that is in charge of post-doctoral admissions.

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Shouldn’t I be able to cancel this months insurance after quiting?

So I recently quit my terrible job (Sunday the 6th, yay!) and I get this in an email. 40 hours of accrued vacation will be paid out this week Your insurance will terminate 3/31/2022 A total of $139.08 will be deducted for insurance premiums to cover the remainder of the month You will be offer COBRA through the mail to extend your Medical, Dental and/or Vision benefits at a higher premium (watch for a plain white envelope) Life Ins and Critical Illness can be extended as well, if interested call CIGNA directly at 1-800-362-4462 We were able to collect all equipment issued except the metguards, so we will deduct $35 from this week’s check.  If you have them and return them, we would reimburse that $35.00 ​ Shouldn't I be able to cancel the insurance for this month? And get that money back? I tried looking on the DoL website…