To keep this short.. Worked 6 months in a cleanroom, asked to be transferred to the warehouse since they needed people there. I was interviewed and got the job. 13 months later, 7 people needed to be transferred from the warehouse (as covid was a big business for the company, but no longer). I was the first one, the other 6 never got transferred for whatever reason.. unfair. I let it be, never complained. I was transferred to export. Now 6 months later, all of a sudden, they “need” me in the cleanroom. It will “only be every now and again”. Yet I found out that there is a new opening in export, that of “cell-leader”. A job i have actually been doing for the last 6 months without the pay associated with it. What's worse: other people have been offered the job. Literally been offered the job.. thankfully they…
Never have loyalty. Ever.
My Aunt (56) said I (31F) should share this story with someone so meh, I'll share it here. Seems appropriate. For context, I work in service (CSR/AM type stuff) and have for 8+ years. This job was close to home and hybrid which was a plus for me because my old job was fully onsite and that did a number on my anxiety. I can only take so much office banter before I shut down and literally want to stab my eyes out. So, yay, hybrid! /s After no training despite being promised (was supposed to be 6 weeks, was dumped on the floor after 3 weeks with no knowledge of what I was supposed to be doing), I was tired of getting baked every day just to force myself to show up. I pull my managers into a meeting and bring up the fact that it's been about 2…
I was just offered a dream job. A dream that quickly turned into a nightmare when I did the math and found out it is offering me $20,000 less a year than I'd need to make ends meet! That is proof that this country under values social programs to such an insane degree that they can't afford to get eligible people who want to work with them! I have a Masters' in mental health counseling and want so badly to give to the community, but I literally can't afford it. I'd make almost double their offering doing instacart 40 hours a week. WTF is wrong with this world?!
No Kids Allowed!
Pretty wild stuff!
How Landlords cause Poverty
In response to another post, I'm just going to give the post this, which is a somewhat long read, but a very worthwhile one: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-progress-and-poverty It's a book review of Progress and Poverty written by Henry George in 1879, it was a best seller in it's day and over 200,000 people went to Henry George's wake. The TDLR of it is that since the supply of land can't change, anytime demand goes up due to an increase in wages or population then rent will rise. Therefore, the proceeds of most material progress will be captured by landlords and the amount of wages a worker gets to keep after paying rent will be reduced to the bare minimum to keep them alive. As Henry George put it: Place one hundred people on an island from which there is no escape. Make one of them the absolute owner of the others —…
How do we feel about this one?
So this is a bit of a vent and a question in one. I recently was hired as an RBT(registered behavior technician) and was offered 21.50. A month in ( today ) I realized my pay stubs have been off by .50. Not that much but I'm the main income in my household and I've been screwed over by too many jobs. I brought it up to my boss and she told me that she “accidentally” told me 21.50 and that “accidents” happen. She then proceeded to tell me that I would be making 20.50 which is a dollar less than what she originally told me and .50 less what I have had on my pay stubs. She said that with my experience there was no justification to pay me 21.50. I'm beyond pissed off and honestly at a loss of what to do. I need this job. I can't…
Apologies for formatting, I’m on mobile. I’m writing this on behalf of one of my parents in order to gain some insight into the situation. There’s A Lot going on, so this will be a long post. Names, ages, and further details will be excluded due to a lawyer already being contacted. Please do not share this post anywhere else. TL;DR: My parent seems to be at risk of being demoted and/or fired from their current position. They have worked with this company (construction-related) for two decades. The issue at hand is insubordinate employees causing issues with management. My parent’s boss sent an email to one of the company owner’s asking what he can due to move my parent back down to an entry-level position from their current supervisor position due to giving their boss “headaches” over certain issues. P – Parent ELE – Entry-Level Employee AKA the main issue…