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Why is my boss surprised that my job has a high turnover rate?

I work midnights at a factory as I’m currently saving money. It’s not that god awful but it’s not great either. My boss will be surprised when people quit and say nobody wants to work anymore. It’s literally midnights in damn manufacturing of course people are gonna quit.

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Health insurance in America is trash

I've been applying to jobs that are full time and look at the benefits and not only are the premiums expensive, but the deductibles are outrageous as well! As a younger healthy person, I'm honestly just thinking about enrolling in vision (for my contacts) and just not having any health insurance for a year or two. I have too many bills to pay and the amount taken out of my paycheck will be just too much. It's absolutely insane.

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Job application at Bengies Drive in Movie Theater. Who would ever want to work here?

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This is why people leave companies. I’m not even in the office on Wednesdays, like many others that are remote. I put in my notice last week, seriously…

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$11B Startup uses bizarre equity plan that will likely cause its employees to become personally bankrupt

Valued at $11 Billion, Bolt is hoping to make just $50 Million in revenue this year: https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2021/headless-commerce-startup-bolt-eyes-14b-valuation/ The company has been valued that much because investors (BlackRock and others) wrote a cheque which valued it that much. The problem is that if it turns out it isn't worth that much then the investors have agreements to get all their money back before anyone else. Its too long winded to explain here. Anyway, the 27 year old founder and CEO yesterday announced to everyone that “We rolled out THE MOST EMPLOYEE-FRIENDLY stock option program possible.” https://archive.fo/fSCWX#selection-627.41-627.113 Effectively the plan they have outlined means that if the employees go through with it, they are personally liable for paying investors if the company is not worth $11 Billion. The employees who go through with the plan may end up outright bankrupt, losing their homes and everything. Read the comments in the replies (and…

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I asked for a raise and I’m leaving if I don’t get it

Short background stories. I work in a bank, as a loan officer, somewhere in eastern Europe. I've been working there for a year and they just gave me a new, permanent contract without a raise. It's a high stress, high pressure job, with targets that keep getting bigger and bigger and crazy high rates on loans. And salary is miserable. After the yearly conversation with my superior (who is nice), I've asked for a raise and since he is not the one who makes that decision, he asked me to give him 2 months and he'll get me one. I accepted but I've already started looking for other job. If I'm working under this much of stress then I f***ing wanna be paid well for it. If not, then I'm leaving and I'll find less stressing job for the same salary at least. This kind of life can't be all….…

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A sub for sharing salaries

I have created a new sub called r/SalaryShare in which I invite everyone who is sick of being unfairly compensated at their job to openly discuss their compensation. There we can discuss what we make and where we make it. Through doing so we hope to gain strength in salary negotiations and create a work environment in which everyone is compensated fairly. We have all been screwed by corporate greed or witnessed someone being underpaid based on who they might be or where they might come from. Hell, most of us have been personal victims of it ourselves. Everyone deserves more and a chance to live a life free of worrying about how you will pay for groceries and keep a roof over your head. This is one way we will make a measurable impact. Please help grow this community and keep it moving in a positive direction. It is…

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why we have to pay for snacks in the break room now

when i started this job in november, there was always some sort of snack for everyone in the break room. sometimes it was a gesture of appreciation from management, other times just something from a generous coworker. nothing fancy. i didn't always take any but i liked the culture around it and contributed some baked goods at christmas time. my job is minimum wage but has this whole bullshit thing about raising money all the time. it's not even like it's our idea and it's for a seriously bullshit reason. legit, when a coworker works up the nerve to tell the boss they're having a hard time financially, our boss announces at our morning gathering the next day that we're going to start a pledge drive for them. this has happened three times since i was hired on. this time it's because someone's son lost his house in a fire.…

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