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New Job & PTO

I have a week long vacation coming up in May (already approved PTO at my current job) and am working with recruiters looking for a new job. Should I let them (recruiter, or potential new employer) know it would be best for me to start after my vacation, or do you think it would be ok to have a week off at a new job?

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What is this cringy shit?

​ https://imgur.com/a/aUYYoGJ ​ Don't know if this belongs here but I received this weird ass survey after getting off a customer service call with a company. What does this mean? Is it code for how well they did on the call like stars or something? Do they get a monetary bonus equal to coffee/ lunch/product or actual coffee? Is product supposedly better than lunch? I mean, supposed they sold bagged up dog shit? Is this CSR supposed to eat 10 lunches or 20 coffees a day? They guy was great and I basically typed that in freehand but wtf is that all about? I have never seen that before.

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Article: 6 Signs Of A Toxic Job You Can Spot During Your Interview

A short list of what too look for… Pretty handy. Read full text here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toxic-job-signs-during-interview_l_61fd53bbe4b0b69cfe8e7c48

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Companies understand what they need to do…

There's no delusion or confusion or misunderstanding anywhere. They know they need to raise wages immediatly. It's simple: the people making those decisions don't have to worry if their company fails. We're in a highly monopolized economy so there's little threat of competition. Even if these companies do collapse they will take their severance pay and just go elsewhere. That's it. That's all there is to it. WE are not real people to them. We're office equipment. Period.

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Nothing is more important than the profit margin of the London landlord

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Seeking guidance. Stay with company that lied about being remote but otherwise ok? Or go with state job?

Title says it all. Started with company almost three months ago. They said they were hybrid during the interview with one week on and one week off. Day one at the job they say remote is after probation. um ok. The job itself is a breeze and the actual office is stupid close to my house so im happy about that and the pay is acceptable. But that remote bait and switch leaves me with a bad feeling. On the other hand I got an offer from the state job I interviewed for MONTHS ago and though financially its basically the same(negotiation with a state position is like talking to a brick wall). My state has a regular remote schedule. THAT office is 40 mins away. Part of me wants to leave out of spite just for lying but Im kinda lost here.

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Minimum wage is not the answer

Minimum wage is a wrong goal for people that wanna target the current work system. Wait. Sit tight and here me out on this. THE FAILURE OF TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMY The main problem in US economic system and in a lesser extent in all the other capitalist economies is a very uneven distribution of wealth. In the same production chain you can have a CEO amassing more money than some actual nations on Earth, more money than how 100 generations of people could actually spend in their entire lifetime, and workers at the bottom who struggle to survive. Why is that so? How can it be possible for a successful and productive business capable of generating so much money to leave their workers at the base in worse conditions as days go by? We can ironically point the finger at the failure of the trickle-down-economy philosophy, but the reality is…

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$13/hour for an EXPERIENCED preschool teacher.

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Guards from Paladin Security are attempting to unionize in Manitoba, Canada. The Canadian contract security industry is incredible exploitative, especially towards immigrants and international students, with low pay, poor training, and 0 room for advancement. Let’s show some solidarity and support!

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Is it illegal for an employer to put you in his car with no way out?

Hey all, I made a post a few days ago talking about how my employer recently fired me for asking questions about unpaid v paid sick leave and wether or not they paid that out upon leaving. But something I’ve started thinking about. When all this went down, my boss/owner shows up to the job site (they’re a landscaping company) and asks me what was going on. I told him nothing really just waiting for instructions on what to do. So he told me “ok let’s go” and pointed to his truck. Now I assumed him and I were just going have a conversation about stuff. Well after a couple of minutes he proceeds to turn his car on and start driving. He then drives me all the way back to the shop all while verbally abusing me, yelling, cussing, (butch of boomer talk really) and just beraiding me the…