Antiwork

Our union agreement has recently expired and is up for re-negotiations. Members are pushing for a 10% cost of living adjustments because of inflation and our health insurance increased and doubled our premium. The municipality came back and agreed to 4% COLA for the first year and 3% COLA for the next two years. For me it's better than the regular 2% we were getting for the past 3 years. However entry level new hires are protesting and withholding their votes since they want a huge bump in their pay because they are on the lowest salary step. I also think that being new employees they do not have the background on the negotiations and that prolonging the agreement is actually beneficial to the municipality not having to pay out any increases. This can also mean that the negotiations will be pushed back for another six months leaving us with…

I recently graduated with my masters degree- I was so excited that this job basically fell into my lap because I knew the hiring manager. I’d have a job doing something I enjoyed at a well-known university. Regardless, I was gonna have a job when I graduated! That’s the goal!! Little did I know this hiring manager is notorious across the university for being a bitch to work with. They’re a workaholic and expect everyone on the team to follow suit. Our team is working 70+ hour work weeks through a monsterous schedule for a program we’re in charge of. We have to stay on campus during the summer, even though I said in my interview that I would commute since I have a life and family and can’t just drop everything for the summer (obviously I said it a little more professionally than that). Helping this program is literally…

My wife(23) who has anxiety/PCOS/ and heart palpitations has recently been promoted to manager of a KY area Payday Loan office. Her office is part of a small strip of stores with the backs facing a small sheep pasture so the back storage area of the store gets a ton of bugs. The worst part, we believe a brown recluse laid eggs back there cause there has seen so many. They have been using Raid spray back there (almost daily) for over two weeks. The store doesn’t have functional A/C or airflow in the back so all the fumes either sit there or waft to the front when they have the front door open. She texted me saying the District Manager told her and her assistant to “just spray ourselves” when she told her about how many were back there and in the boxes. My wife didn’t fully understand the…

I've been with my job five years. I do make decent money to provide for myself and my little family. I have enjoyed my job for a long time. I work extremely hard and have good attendance. My coworkers and managers have had nothing but good things to say about me and my work ethic. The thing is back in early 2020 I made my interest of being promoted known to my managers. I have been in “development” since 2021. Moving all over the place learning various roles, taking on some projects. A spot that opened up almost a year ago in my department while i was in development for that position went to someone who had never worked my department before. I was told it was because she was 2% ahead of me in training. Ive seen other people who have gotten promoted never have to do what ive…

So I’ll keep this short but looking for suggestions. My wife works for a large retail pharmacy. Her grandmother passed away last week and they are having a service next Wednesday. She informed her district manager of needing time off but was told to speak with the person who makes the schedule because she wasn’t sure if there would be coverage. The person making the schedule says she cannot find someone to cover her shift. It’s only one day she would need covered. Her employee handbook says she can have 3 days unless unable to accommodate. So she is stuck working or switching with another pharmacist to cover her shift. I should also mention we have a mini vacation scheduled for the couple days after the following week. We are transplants so we would need to travel to the funeral.

Hello I’m an employer (yes I know I’m the enemy). I treat my employees fair. For the most part they are all okay with me except for 1. Just an attitude towards me. Doesn’t like me or respect me but I will admit he does his job well, that’s why I keep him around. Anyways, my phone is a bit old now and was low on battery. I saw an empty charger, so I used it. 20 minutes later that employee comes up to me demanding I pay for using his charger. He said I had no right to use it and I need to compensate him for using his charger. I didn’t say anything. I took me phone away. Am I in the wrong here?

This is my personal experience only Most places that have personal days, say they “prefer” if you schedule them in advance. Unless it's written in the manual, that it must be scheduled, it doesn't have to be. If you have a no fault attendance policy , you don't have to say why you wont be there. Unless you are actually sick and have a Dr note. You do not have to sign a write up, if you don't agree with it. Signing it means you agree with it If your workplace has a strict late policy, where 1 min late is an occurrence/ point : When / if you are late, make it with it. ( If you can afford too) Don't rush and be 30 min late. Be a few hrs late, because 1 min has the same point value as being 3 hrs late.