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Insurance company using call center workers as a buffer

So I had to order diabetic supplies to monitor my blood sugars. Not insulin but still necessary. So I go online to mail order pharmacy. It says I can’t order cuz insurance has a hold. Go to insurance website they say I have a $25 bill for an order back in December. Try to pay with my card, it won’t let me. Says I have to call the number. Call the number. It’s my company’s insurance rep. Forwarded to main insurance then mail order the. Back to main. Takes an hour and reentering the same info a dozen times but it’s paid and ordered. Order never arrives. Repeat two more times. Down to a couple days of supplies. I started a month before. I ask them to expedite an order they’ve said was being shipped three times already they say it’ll cost more than the copay and I lay into…

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How to spark real change in the US

I, like many others, have been growing increasingly restless about the progression of fascism in the US. Our government is not benefiting the people. 98% of Americans would agree, but no one can agree on which politician is to blame. So we watch videos of other countries protesting, and we read tweets that condemn the actions of the horrors we see around us, and it creates a false sense of accomplishment. But we aren’t making any lasting changes with this. We need to band together and make real plans to work towards a government that benefits the people. My idea: we can make subreddits or [other social media things] for individual cities and specific areas of the country. In these online spaces; we can schedule public meetings, generate fundraising campaigns, plan workers strikes, etc. I can’t be the only person that is trying this idea, and this post will likely…

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Corporate Welfare be Like

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Break law

Head chef bitches we don't take our breaks. Sous don't allow them. I got proactive today and the twat told me to go on break now he'd cover my station (it's your job b), then an hour ten later he told me to take ten. I took it, but that's not how it works. Then a half hour before my shift was supposed to end he told me to take lunch.

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My first experience with a shitty job (an old story)

This is a story from a few years ago, but I figured you guys might like it. It was big lesson for me. I was just starting to work as a young adult, looking for a part-time job related to my field of study. I found the summer guide job at the castle which looked interesting, so I sent out the CV and then ended up being invited for the interview. It was rather complicated to get there. The castle was at the other end of the country, “only” two train rides away. My interview was scheduled for one cold day in January. As a bonus, I also had an injured foot at the time and was limping, although I didn't let it affect my life. I combined this journey with the visit to the relatives, took the train to one large city where I left my suitcase at the…

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Is it worth leaving a full time toxic work enviorment to a temp (1-3months) to full time role

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Job is putting food staffers on seemingly permanent “on call” “backup” list. Sounds like an easy opt out of getting unemployment insurance.

Multiple people still on the schedule with no shifts consistently

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Didn’t realize ai needed to go to a trade school to be a janitor making minimum wage

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Told I couldn’t eat in front of my students

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Sweet CNN