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IBEW electrician here. I cannot tell you how many people I talk to or hear about on a daily basis that are severely underpaid and the only connection between them is that they live in the Southern US states. Your companies will try to tell you there is nothing better. They are lying sacks of shit. If you have the means, and you want to make an actual career is a skill trade, Get The Fuck Out Of The South!. The further North you go, the better. Get out of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and especially fucking Texas. Fuck Texas.

Hey y'all! I'm applying internally to a different department at my company (that I have no experience in, but have always wanted to migrate into) and I've also been contacted by a recruiter for a pretty big name in an industry I worked in for about 8 years but left a little over a year ago. Both have requested an updated resume. Problem is, I'm pretty sure the resume I have (that doesn't include my current job as I haven't updated it since being hired here a year ago) is pretty crap as is and I've always been terrible at resumes. It's funny, because I'm very well spoken and I've been told my emails are so professional I've made people in administrative roles with degrees for that stuff question their own capabilities. But for some reason trying to quantify what I bring to the table on paper is nigh on…

To be fair before people start, it is state mandated training for the position. I can't start until I have consumed a set amount of training content hours and passed an exam. I really want to pay attention to the videos and learn what they are saying because it's important, I want to do well at my job, I want to learn, but after the first two hours my attention is shot and by the last two I'm going insane. It's not like school where there was different subject and participation and walking to classes. I'm sat in a room, given a tablet, and there I sit all day excluding a 30 minuet break. If I don't look like I'm paying attention obviously that makes me look bad. I can't open another tab on the tablet or the training video stops. They require you to hit next slide about every…

My last post regarding this director ​ So, for some context, I live in Illinois and I work at a daycare. Last Friday, a baby had covid and infected all the infant room teachers and most of the youngest children. We were already short-staffed before the exposure, and now with so many teachers out, we are even more understaffed. I'm sure many people already know that according to Illinois state guidelines, if an employee works a 7.5-hour shift, they must have a break no later than 5 hours into their shift. Since I open the daycare at 6:30, that would mean the latest I can take a break is 11:30, if my math is correct. Well by 10am, I knew I wasn't gonna get a break cuz my director had me join a zoom meeting for training that lasted 10-12. By the time the meeting ended, I was just about…

I work in a small wood shop with only 4 employees. The shop is a mess, my boss is always stressing everyone out, and the pay sucks. I got a job offer with much better working conditions and significantly better pay. I accepted the offer and now I have to put my notice in tomorrow. My boss can be a little volatile, and when he calms down, passive aggressive. He’s not going to take it well and my coworkers are probably going to take on more stress. Any suggestions on what to say?