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Brother got fired from job, that employer put a “strike” on his background check preventing him from getting other jobs

This “strike” shows up that his previous employer let him go due to “employee misconduct.” I’ve tried googling this but I can’t find anything relevant. What in the world is this and how can this be removed? Other prospective jobs can see this and keep turning him down. Is this the Equifax work number that new employers are looking at causing his issue? His previous employer used Equifax to do some if not all of his background check.

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How do I tell a superior at work that I don’t appreciate the way she speaks to me sometimes?

Here’s the thing: it’s never usually anything she outright says, it’s more of a tone of condescension/being extremely defensive when I make innocent comments/making me feel like an idiot. This is not only me, many staff members feel the same way. I leave our interactions feeling like shit but I’m afraid that bringing it up with her will make me seem like a crybaby. The other day, I voiced my opinion about something that they wanted feedback about and she just outright said to me “it’s not your choice what happens and we need to take your feelings out of it”. I never said that I thought I should have the final say about anything though…. she just took it that way. How do I convey to her that I am having a hard time responding to her communication style? I just started this job recently and I’ve already learnt…

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Boss always asks me to work Saturday on Friday evenings

I work in service plumbing and on call is not in my job description at the moment. I have a decently busy life with a good amount of friends and he always calls me Friday evenings or when I’m wrapping up my day and asks me to work on Saturday. I have a really stubborn coworker who tells me I need to leave all my friends and life behind and there’s no time to go out and enjoy my weekends, I work on his schedule and I don’t even get 40 hours a week sometimes and every job is a rat race with him and he uses every opportunity to put me down for being young and wants me to be just like him living a miserable life. I always feel bad saying no but there’s more than 10 times I’ve agreed to come in after being called on a…

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Hiring manager messaged me being petty.

Here’s what happened: A few months ago I was on zip recruiter applying for random part time jobs because I wanted a second job for extra money. Now, anyone who’s bulk applied to jobs knows that most employers don’t ever email you back. Normal. I got a couple responses, some rejections, some invites to interviews. This one job invited me for an interview. I didn’t get a chance to reply to them because I had a bunch of stuff going on, got busy, it just slipped through the cracks. SO TODAY!!!! Literally MONTHS later, I get a message from this hiring manager on ZR that says: “Want a pro tip? Responding to all hiring manager messages may boost your chance of landing a job”. Am I crazy or is this wildly rude? I understand that I didn’t respond to them but why message me almost a year later with that?…

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Do I violate non-compete agreement if I take a job they can’t do w/o sub-contracting?

Resignation agreement I signed says I won’t compete with them for 6 months. I'm being offered a job they would have gotten if I was still there, but now that I’m not they can’t do it, and won’t be able to until next year. I know they want to take that job and sub-contract it to someone they work with. Would that violate my agreement since they can’t do it without bidding it out?

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Reasons to give 2 weeks notice?

I've received a job offer largely on the condition I start very soon. My current position is as a delivery driver at a company I'll likely never work for again. Is there any good reason not to quit the day before I start my new job?

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Laid off just before NLRB Union hearing

My highly skilled team is being gutted in 3-waves of layoffs. On June 7th, we filed for a union election with the NLRB. Our hearing is scheduled for July 10th for four days. Yesterday about 11 AM, we all get a shady message to attend a mandatory meeting at 3:30. The meeting was a joke of a Town Hall where they announced our team is “ramping down” due to “the client budget.” We were also told that this decision was made on June 2nd, and that they had discussed the decision to move forward with our union attorneys, which we immediately confirmed was a lie. Nearly 200 of us, and they’re only planning to keep 40. To support a content knowledge base for a Top 5 Tech Giant. We’re obviously still organizing, supporting each other, and waiting for the NLRB’s ruling. I’m just so angry about the entire situation.

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My coworkers at my current job judge me for doing the bare minimum and I think it’s hysterical

We live in one of the biggest cities, there are jobs everywhere but these coworkers have pigeon holed themselves into one industry and think I’m lazy af and crazy when I say “why are you stressing so much, if you get fired just find something else.” What they don’t know is that I literally just took this job to relax from my previous position which was vice president of a company I was also financially invested in. After working the hardest I’ve ever worked for years at that job, I knew I could coast at the job I’m currently at. They are always stressed about the dumbest things and put in so many extra hours that are just not needed. I do my job well but don’t go the extra mile, it’s funny to think they are working extra hours talking smack about me, meanwhile all my tasks are done…

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30 Years of Service

A co-worker noticed a couple hundred extra bucks in his paycheck this week, but had no idea what it was for. Started asking around and learned that this is a bonus paid to him after attaining 30 years of service. Two hundred bucks in exchange for 30 years of his life. That's corporate America.

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Woman, 90, retires from Dillard’s job after 74 years — and no missed days

One again, the daily magazine of choice for puppy crating is pushing the idea of “just work until you're about to die” as the best way to live. She got a retirement party and a plaque.