Antiwork

I’m a surgical tech. That’s the person who sets up the room for surgery, and assists the surgeon during the case. I started a new job after moving in January. This is my horror story. It’s a long one. First off, why they should be shut down. -They made us take dirty instruments through the “sterile” supply room to get to decontamination. There was regularly blood on the floors. -The ORs weren’t cleaned with an approved disinfectant, and frequently tissue and trash was left that I had to clean before the next case. -The door to one of the ORs had been hanging crooked and couldn’t close for a month, which prevents maintaining positive pressure. We had cases in that room almost every day. -There was rust and paint chips on the lights that hang directly above the patient, the beds, and other equipment. -They couldn’t maintain proper heat and…

I've seen people sharing stories about bosses expecting employees to pick up the cheque recently. Here's mine. The store owner decided to have the Christmas party at a local restaurant – buffet, one free drink, raffled prizes (that turned out to have been returned items with too much packaging damage to be reshelved…here we go). At the end of the night, I was talking to my department manager when the restaurant owner asked him who would be settling the bill (for the whole party). The owner had left an hour ago, and we'd all assumed he'd already paid. It took nearly an hour to get him on the phone, and he was annoyed that we'd bothered him. He didn't want to drive back, so could one of the managers just cover the tab and he'd pay them back (knowing him, that would never happen, at least not fully). My manager…

Welcome to Wobbly Wednesday, where we talk about the IWW, some of the things they're doing, and encourage you to join. There's a lot of general dissatisfaction in the sub, and a lot of wondering what people can do to start making things better, and joining the IWW is one way to get started. If we only mobilize 1% of our userbase, we'll have doubled the IWW's ranks. If we mobilize 10% we will have over 170000 newly minted organizers fighting for better. iww.org ​ Let's harken back to over 100 years ago, when mining strikes were met with machine guns and bombs. When soldiers who had faught in blood and chemical soaked trenches experienced the first taste of respect, only to come home to segregation and lynching. To 1919 Bisbee AZ where the IWW stopped a group of soldiers from being lynched and allowing them to defend themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj6TdMuuyJs&ab_channel=InRangeTV…

I'm not sure if this is allowed since this subreddit is more oriented towards criticism, but I feel like people here would be savvy towards getting taken advantage of so I wanted to at least see if I could get an opinion from a few different people. I have a new job now. My previous employer is offering me a contracting opportunity for 10 hours a month. I've never done anything like this before. What are some tips I should know about especially in the tech field (both my jobs are smaller companies, current is a nonprofit and my former one is a start up). Also, how should I set my rate?

I got an apprenticeship recently, and I’ve been there for about a month. However, just by coincidence, I’ve already called out once due to an allergic reaction. Now I have food poising, and walking alone makes me feel like I’m going to faint. I don’t want her to think I’m playing hooky, as this is her first month with me, her first impression- and I’m already possibly calling out a second time. She’s been very nice to me, but from past job experiences I get anxiety attacks about calling in sick. I also LOVE this position. So the last thing I want is to lose it. Should I push through anyway? Or should I rest? I hate that past jobs and society has conditioned me to hesitate on rest when I have been crying in pain from illness all night.

I have a question for you guys because I'm not an expert on US work laws and maybe some of you are. I work salary for a restaurant with a “at will” contact. I work 12-14 hours per day for 5 days a week (with few exceptions of 6). Since the pandemic we are working with half of the staff for different reasons, even if last year was the busiest and more profitable since the restaurant opened 10 years ago. And it's two years that we (me and my other salary colleagues) are promised a raise, but never got it. Now basically we are making the same money as some new hire that works “only” 40 hours so we are a little pissed off. Before you say “find a new place”, the thing is that the company give us a working visa for 5 years(renewable), and it's not an easy…

I feel it would be easier to convince people with a static list of bull shit that contributes to the oppression of the working class rather than saying “fuck billionaires”. I'm not trying to simplify the issue, but rather I would like to compartmentalize so it's easier to organize, focus on objectives, and convince capitalist simps in a subtle manner. So, does anyone know if there's a list/site/resource like this? If not, shall we start one?

So I ended up having to file a wage claim after my last employer did not pay me my last check. They were about 1 month late. They also refused to pay me for about 20 hours on my last check, and never paid us for being on-call. So they owed me about $1800 for unpaid regular wages and anywhere between $2500-36,000 depending on how the on-call time worked out. Whether I was paid at federal OT at min wage or depending on if I was paid at my normal/OT rates. I’m going to appeal this, but wonder if anyone has dealt with the TWC before. It’s just wild, because I don’t think they even fined the employer for the late last check. And I have plenty of proof for all of the hours I am claiming. I just can’t believe it was denied.