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Executive director put “stop crying” stickers in our bathroom. I work at an animal shelter.

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Asked for a $10K raise, salary, & to work fully remote. Meeting this coming week!

I sent him (the owner) a fairly stern e-mail making my case. He said he “understands times are tough” & that he's “sure we can figure something out” & that we'll “talk & finalize it next week.” He's an old, stern, traditional kind of guy who believes the internet is a trend. I work in his e-commerce department. Use to be 7 people. Now it's 3. 5 quit. The newest guy has been there 6 months, I trained him, he's my boss. I pretty much told the owner I would quit in the original e-mail if I didn't get the 10K raise & I don't plan on budging there either—I'll need it to afford rent. I also plan on asking 10K more if he wants me to continue commuting into work (I'm already partially remote; I was fully but came back to help fill a vacancy that has since been…

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I went for an interview for a company I really wanted to work for I stumbled on a question or two but over all thought it went well!

I waited and finally called to inquire and it was very weird the lady answered said a DM wouldn’t hire me and hung up…I later reapplied in a different position and when I got info that I was placed on a do not hire list by the DM whom I’ve never met or spoken to! The company was going through restructuring so lots of the staff had quit a sales lead who was acting as the store manager for the time being (who was 17) did my interview. I have so many questions as to why the dm that I’ve never met would put me on a list like that! I have no record of any kind I was professional and dressed professionally and It’s really bothering me to be on a list saying for the company to never hire me for absolutely no reason, that I can understand! Would…

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I work at a debt call center ask me stuff

I’ve been working at my current job for the past 3 months, first month was amazing, it was all training, we would be in a teams meeting all day watching training videos, asking questions, basically free pay, i even got to talk to the CEO of the company one on one, It’s a WFH job so that’s good, but once we got to the actual work it was a whole different ball game, back to back calls, we have inbound and outbound, with 15 sec max inbetween calls, we’re heavily monitored, they can see our screens on top of listening to our calls, they can tap in at any moment, constant monitoring, during one of my breaks i was looking at the weather for my city, once my break was over i got a message from my manager to get off the phones and get on video chat with them,…

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You gotta be kidding me

Guys no joke I'm from Mexico (sorry if some things don't make sense, english is not my native language) and I got an interview with a really good company, I'm so excited cus it's a good position. But the damn company literally gave me homework to do on this weekend. Firstly I have to make a pre interview, which I have to respond 18 questions to see if I got a 1on1 interview, fine I did them ( it was all made on video) Then the next day after they review the videos I got a mini interview that wasn't an interview, I had to take time of my work so they can tell us (i wasn't alone guys, the call was with the other people I have to compite for the position) what was going to be the next step Then they tell us what's going to be the…

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Nobody is a “5”

I've worked at my job for over five years. I work hard, I'm not the type to pull out my phone and dilly dally. I care about the clients. I honestly spend all day, every hour, at work doing my actual job. I go above and beyond. I know nearly every client by name. I recently took a promotion, because the company has fixated on a different business model that requires universally trained employees. I have resisted promotions in the past, due to my own past management experience and the subsequent burnout. Plus I have two kids and with working full time, I didn't want to be a manager anymore. Anyhow, fast forward to now, and I'm in a new role for the last while , but staffing issues, like we all know over the last two years, have kept me from being able to fully train or develop in…

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Job hopping is a red flag for a company that is notorious for not offering permanent positions. Hilarious!

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Why Not Seize The Work Force?

What is stopping people here from organizing based on what industry the work in, and starting companies paying themselves the same as top employees, at whatever you decide is really fair, and using the rest of the revenue to expand, invest, and provide benefits/perks, with set plans for climbing wage increases for new hires, or those with less experience (considerably higher than other companies). With a lot of money being used to expand, and the best wages around, you'd start to impact how other companies pay, because instead of consuming an industry you're consuming the work force and in turn getting more work done, the cost of your services stays the same as the rest so I believe you wouldn't be stepping on any toes or breaking laws would you? What is really stopping people from doing this? Why instead of hating capitalism, are you not using it to set…

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Shitty companies can have good bosses, good companies can have shitty bosses.

I started working at my current employer about 3 years ago, Immediately placed in a team lead role.(“lead” as in “does more work but only slight pay increase” not a manager) While I'd like to say my time here was great I ended up under a shitty supervisor. I was expected to come early, stay late, work my ass off to cover the lack of workers, criticised for using all 15m of my breaks. Every day felt like a slog and constantly training new people due to high turnover was draining both mentally and emotionally. To be honest, I was planning to quit but then I was given an opportunity to work under another supervisor in a different wing of the food plant. Let me tell you, it was like night and day. My new supervisor was the polar opposite. From day one joining that crew, I knew I was…

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Can Amazon legally do this?

In November of 2020 I was put on a LOA from having intestinal issues. (Which my doctor firmly believes developed at the warehouse from an injury involving a massive battery falling into my gut.) I was granted short term disability, and eventually long term disability. I had to constantly have them extend my leave, which caused several weeks where I skipped pay, then was paid with multiple “catch up” checks. (Please keep in mind these were paper checks, as this is important to the situation.) One such occasion was in March of 2021, where it took Amazon several weeks to review my medical paperwork and approve my extension from February through April. They cut four different short term disability checks for that month, one of which was a check for $598.26. This particular check bounced after being cashed at the local check cashing institution. This prompted the check cashing place…