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Good news, wages aren’t keeping up with inflation

“One surprise in today’s jobs report was wage growth, which was little changed month over month. The slower-than-expected growth could make rising prices more painful for everyday Americans, but could also ease concerns that the recent inflation will prove to be persistent. “The details are bullish for stocks in that job creation remains robust and the participation rate is moving higher while wages came in soft, potentially taking some pressure off the Fed,” said Adam Crisafulli of Vital Knowledge.”

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planning to quit job move country

Cant wait !!!

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I was just fired

As I suspected I was just fired.

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Retention bonus

So in August I put my two weeks in for a job offering me 5k more. My job matched it and I stayed. Little did I know around the same time they offered my colleagues a retention bonus of $5k to stay until March and they had to sign a contract. I was not offered the same. Is this fair? I don’t think my raise should negate me being offered the retention bonus.

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The Managing Director just sent out an email for Employee Appreciation Day

“The occasion reminds us of how fortunate we are blah blah blah… We are proud to have incredible people on our teams blah blah blah”. The main office will have cupcakes available at 10 today, the regional offices and those that WFH will be getting candy. I’m diabetic…

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Sweatshop Union – Blue Collar Ballad

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If you don’t have the part-time hours I’m looking for, I am not working for your company

I absolutely hate it when I take the time out of my day to apply for a part time position and they reply with interest, but try to trap me into somehow accepting a full time position instead. Shouldn't this be labeled illegal somehow – like misrepresentation or something? Each time this happens, I'll type this reply: “Thank you for taking the time to reply to my application, but I am not looking for a 40h+ position. I will be more than happy to work for you if you have anything available that's between 20-30 hours per week.” Guess what? That's right! No replies! Fuck these people. I'm not spending the rest of my life working shit for minimum wage. I understand that I need to pay for stuff if I want hobbies and shit, but I can easily get by with money I have saved for at least a…

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What does “No war but class war” exactly mean?

I saw this from many places including recent DSA’s anti-war statement and a certain moderator of this subreddit. My native language is not English so I’m having a hard time understanding it. Does this mean “There’s not a single war that isn’t class war” or “We oppose (bourgeois) war but support (working) class war”? Thx.

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For everyone secretly scheming to quit soon, this was super useful to me. Happy Friday, workers of the world!

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I am a social worker intern at a vocational training center and I am disgusted

So like the title says, I am a social work intern operating in the capacity of a case manager/tech support/ substitute teacher role at a vocational training organization for adult learners, which specifically works with marginalized communities in our area. We work with almost entirely women currently and mostly individuals of South and Central American origin or ethnicity. And in my time worker here I am so incredibly disgusted by how our society works. Though this last few weeks have really been the last straw. The program I am working with has recently partnered with LifeSpan. Anyone who isn't in the North East will not know, but Lifespan is a massive medical conglomerate that practically owns all the healthcare services in the New England area. They are actually the largest employer in my state which is disgusting, especially with how they run things. I am a social worker so I…