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rant: Under Minimum Wage, AND They’re Covering their Asses

I work out at a very popular studio workout chain, and they’ve recently had a changing of hands. In my city, minimum wage jumped up 30 cents in the new year, yet somehow, we were still getting paid the 2021 minimum. After i reached out to new management, they tried to say ‘Well, city law states small businesses (due to franchise BS) can pay less than minimum as long as they’re paying X amount in medical benefits.’ Benefits that no part-time employee (which most of us are), are eligible for. Upon being pushed to explain what benefits I’m getting, they peddle back and say ‘well, with commission you make minimum but going forward we’re going to pay everyone the standard minimum just to make it easy’. I didn’t make anything in commission this month. I’m calling the labor board. The backpay they owe isn’t even any money, but the fact…

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Ghosted By Potential Employer [RANT]

I just need to rant… I was in the running for a specific job and was very excited about it. Did 4 interviews over the span of a few weeks and I got along great with everyone. No word from them for a week, and then they email me to update that they're “extremely interested” in me for this role and will be sending next steps soon. Weeks go by, I send a follow up asking about the status…nothing. Another week and a half goes by and I send a final email asking if the role was still open (Knowing I probably wouldn't get a response). THEN FUCKING TODAY I see they reposted the job listing on linkedin. I am more than pissed, I spend weeks waiting and hours interviewing with this company and they can't even give me the courtesy to respond to my emails/let me know I didn't…

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Deaths of Despair on the Rise in the United States, but not in other wealthy countries

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Question: Should we all start sharing salaries on our LinkedIn Feed

Seeing how much your connections make could be one way to push forward pay transparency. Of course, Twitter is another way….. https://preview.redd.it/nf3efbk8lgg81.jpg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65a199266f3129878ccadd1c3196030bd67c7ce5

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This message needs to be heard by the whole working class. We have the numbers, we have the power if we rise up. Time to unionize.

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Oversee all IT functions. Pay starts at $500/month

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School just teaches you to be a worker. Not to be independent and free. I learned more in life from games then school itself.

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They are capping wages to stop us from asking what our labor is worth. They are starting with nurses, but it it works they will come for the rest of us as well.

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The illusion to think that real change is possible in our current system.

Some may be familiar with the idea of in-system versus out-system activism. In-system activism utilizes existing avenues of political, legal, and economic influence seeking, ultimately, policy change. In-system activism doesn't see the structure of the system itself as a problem or at least it doesn't act like it does. There is no shortage of activists out there writing books, making media, and holding events surrounding the idea of system level change, talked about all the time. But if you look closely, that's not actually what they're proposing. What they call system change is just the add-on of more regulatory patches or policies. In fact, the very term has become a terrible misnomer thrown around with no distinction, even here on this subreddit. Everyone likes to drop statements about how this “system” we have is corrupt, or incompatible, or wrong, or inhumane yet virtually no mainstream activists that say these things…

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Need some advice

So I plan on quitting my job, because the department I work at is such a mess and the pay “raises” they offer are truly insulting. Would anyone be able to provide some resources to find another job. I have a BS in accounting with 4 years experience in Revenue Cycle Management. I know this doesn’t exactly fit this sub, but I do enjoy working, but my organization is so terrible that they have robbed me of my enjoyment. Any advice would be helpful