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Are we being lied to about how much inflation really is?

Groceries. I’ve always spent $300/week on food for 2 adults and a toddler. We always had snacks/sodas/steak, but now it’s barely enough for average meals. Car prices for used cars are up something like 30% Rent going up 20% or more for everyone I know Is inflation really only 7% there’s no way we’re being told how much it actually is….

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This job post is fucking exhausting

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Gotta quit my job today

I have covid and my job wants me to come in. I told them my test came back positive instantly and it was dark. I explained I was still having symptoms and they don’t care. I really think I gotta quit. I’m scheduled in 4 hours. Any advice? Edit: sent an email to them with a picture of the cdc guidelines and asked them to please respect that. I will be finding a new job unfortunately as I really liked this one Edit2: just got an email from the gm “cool see you next schedule” so…is that it?

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Eff my effing boss — software dev edition

Okay so here's the story: I am a developer on a very small team for a small company and we are all 1099. This is my first dev job and I've been there about a year. I was given this internal customer support app to work on alone. Fine. But given just one 3 week sprint to do it during which I was on vacation for the 1st week after handoff of the design. Then I got covid. Basically I didn't get it completed in time even though it was a non-essential app and i completed what I could complete without the rest of the api's (which my boss still hasnt given me) the next week. Today my boss has a talk with me about the hours I've billed for Jan. Essentially accusing me of not having worked the hours I billed. Because the code that I did do on…

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Yes Sweden has better working conditions than America but that wouldn’t be possible without American Imperialism. Our movement must include third world people to be just, otherwise we’ll just be passing the exploitation to them.

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what labor shortage?

How many more jobs do I have to interview for before I get a new job 🥲 I do not believe there is a labor shortage given all the jobs im being beaten out on

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Nothing personal

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Just learnTo be poor!

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How It Always Should Be

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Demand Remote Work If You Can

I play poker with a guy who is a recruiter (mostly IT and developers). I saw him this weekend and he told me some interesting statistics. His company's fill rate (how successful they are a filling a given position) for fully remote positions is above 80% which he says is better than their total fill rate pre-pandemic. He says for positions that are hybrid (2-3 days in-office per week) the fill rate drops to about 60%. For positions that are 100% in-office, the fill rate is less than 10%. No one is willing to go into an office 100% of the time if there is no reason for it. If you're at a job that can be done completely remote, demand that you be allowed to do so. If they refuse, go find a place that is. Make them hurt for workers.