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Alexander Warbucks Infamous Paper

I saw this for the first time today. https://www.livetray.com/alexander-warbucks-infamous-paper/ ​ Let’s look at the opening few sentences of his article: “If you wish to keep slaves, you must have all kinds of guards. The cheapest way to have guards is to have the slaves pay taxes to finance their own guards. To fool the slaves, you tell them that they are not slaves and that they have Freedom. You tell them they need Law and Order to protect them against bad slaves. Then you tell them to elect a Government. Give them Freedom to vote and they will vote for their own guards and pay their salary. They will then believe they are Free persons. Then give them money to earn, count and spend and they will be too busy to notice the slavery they are in”.

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Substitute manager trying to micromanage my schedule when I’ve worked there longer than them

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What’s a clever answer to “What are your salary expectations?”

This question pisses me off so much because the ONLY reason they ask it is so that you tell the minimum amount you want to work for, and they will then offer even less Especially when they ask it even before the interview! Like what am I supposed to tell you, I don't know anything about the job, how can I estimate?

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The pay scale at my small company – we are a family

Mommy – owner income unknown – has over 40M$ in stocks affiliated with our company. I had to explain to the son, my boss, how wealthy he was…….. First daughter – 3-4 day work week, 60K/yr Brand new honda CRV Second daughter : stock buyout, unknown to me. Prior to my time here. First son – 3 day work week, 150K/yr brand new GMC, two vans, old pickup. 5 motorcycles, Shows up to make it look like he works 4 around his sister's times. Everyone else: Head engineer – 70K … overtime Foreman – 50K – 6 days a week. with payed overtime. everyone else is min wage with full health insurance. (illegals) Hard work does not pay off. Our foreman has been with this company since he has been 18 and he is over 50. He has never owned a vehicle of his own…. Our foreman is our company,…

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Burnt out And Struggling to find a meaningful job.

I recently discovered this reddit after searching far and wide for info on work. My current job has threatened to fire me multiple times and micro manages me. I stood up for myself and said i don't want to be talked to like trash and got reprimanded. I just wanna find employment, preferably part time with good benefits so i am not busting my ass and wasting most my life at work vs with my family. I can't afford a college degree at the moment so my options feel really limited. I just need some guidance. I have extremely bad panic attacks so it makes it hard to find a god employer, and many get turned away when i start asking about health insurance matching 401k's, PTO etc. Is there any options for me to work a dignified job?

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Need pamphlets

I'm leaving my job soon and want to leave a pamphlet on everyone's desk regarding advocating for labor in the workplace. Ideally, it'd be written in a way for people who aren't aware of labor issues or what the labor movement has given us workers. It's long overdue for subversive activities in this company that's filled with people who have been conditioned to accept more work w/o a functional raise in wages. Any thoughts or ideas?

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Can I delay a job offer?

I’m pretty early in my job search and I got an offer for $50k with no benefits in a real estate office. I’ve had a few interviews with offices paying similar in an area I actually care about, some with benefits. I’m afraid to turn it down and end up with no offer from anywhere. I interviewed on Monday and he’s going to reach out at the end of the week for my decision. What are my options?

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Employers spend roughly 340 million per year avoiding unions

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Friend was fired for false claims of theft.

I have a friend who has been working at a local grocery store for around two years. A few days ago he was fired for “stealing a candy bar.” When it was slow he would sometimes buy a snack at his check stand to pass time. One of these times he picked up a piece of candy to scan, but was quickly made busy by a customer. He put the bar down and helped the customer. After this, he purchased and ate it. Several days later he was called into the office and they showed him video of him “stealing the candy bar” by setting it down before purchasing. They didn’t bother to look any further in the video. Then, when my friend denied this saying he obviously didn’t steal it, they pressed him saying that they would call the police if he didn’t admit it. So, he got fired…

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Would you work for EU company in US with these benefits?

If a europeen company opens a location or multiple locations in the US with EU benefits would you: Work there? Have more empathy tot stay when business is not doing well? 2a. Take a small pay-cut max 15% Work harder then for US company? General benefits: – during workhours you got free health care, after company hours company is paying 50% -20 days of holiday no sickdays under this policy if you are sick stay home until better with full pay 2 months, after until better 70% of months salary. overtime is unpaid BUT is added to holiday time. Max overtime 20 hours a month or max 100 hours a year. Small compensation (100 dollar) for transport if employee lives more than 20 miles from work location. If you take public transport you het 100 more. parental leave at least 6 full weeks after that 50 % of month hours…