Well, apparently, he wasn't trained to use a forklift and was just doing what his boss said to do. Please for those out there who feel pressured at times from their bosses. Please do not do something dangerous to appease them if you aren't trained to do that thing. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8978251/Teen-entire-bottom-half-body-amputated-Montana.html
Basically the title, I got laid off two+ weeks ago due to a decline in sales at the company I worked at. I had been working there two years as a full time employee in our production department. We had a woman who started spring of last year. (Less than a year of employment) She was part time as she left early everyday, sometimes 3 or more hours before our shifts ended. (It varied day to day) I asked my boss why I was chosen when I'm a full time good employee, who's been with the company longer, and it's “because she has kids.” Fuck me then, I guess. Being a parent is hard, I have no ill feelings towards her, but I know there's no way she was supporting herself and two kids, and paying for competitive gymnastics for her daughter, on her part time pay. Meanwhile I've been…
This has happened once or twice to me and much more to others and it is always when we do not have enough people to work. Instead of properly covering the shifts she puts people already scheduled elsewhere on the same shift that needs filled. Since I work in healthcare, by law, I have to stay over. Tonight she did this and is forcing me to work over into midnight despite having a full morning schedule as a parent. I am having to call people in the middle of the night to take care of the kids tomorrow morning and there is nothing I can do. I want to quit, I really do, but I have no idea where I would go that would work with my current chaotic schedule. I just want to sit in a corner right now.
I know a lot of people on here will fight and fight like hell for what is right. but in terms of the larger population, most people will not fight at all and will just buckle over when the going gets tough and simply become corporate boot lickers. This has been mostly my experience. If there is some issue in the workplace where lots of workers agree it is an issue, I would suggest some sort of tactic to put pressure on management to change something. Out of a group of 10 people, I would probably get 7/10 to agreed to do some sort of action but management starts pushing back, everyone will simply collapse any resistance and go back to groveling at the feet of the corporate masters. No wonder nothing actually changes decade after decade – because most people aren't doing jack shit!
The company I worked for before my department was sold was known for being generous with pay and reward & recognition, but when I joined I found whilst they really were good with pay the reward and Recognition side was awful. Then they stopped giving good pay. Here are some examples 1: I work for a phone and broadband company and we don't own networks, but have contracts with other network providers who sell access wholesale. We were moving from one to another in a mass migration and I was asked to lead a team to deal with fallout and identify issues. We were promised a reward for the work due to how hectic it'd be so I agreed. It was hectic. Found issues they hadn't considered and solutions to them. My team has a very positive attitude when things went bad and we did overtime to help fix them.…
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/marc-andreessen-heading-world-where-174459754.html “We are heading into a world where a flat-screen TV that covers your entire wall costs $100, and a four-year college degree costs $1 million…” The above statement is true. His diagnosis however is that it's bc of govt regulation. All of the sectors listed (education, healthcare, and housing) are almost entirely for profit industries into which the govt shovels tax payer money. But it's the regulation that's the issue…not these industries basically price gouging because they can (healthcare, education) or being gobbled up by huge companies (housing).
At the moment of this posting I am getting ready to write an email. I will send that email to the head office of the company I am working for. I started working at the company around February 2022 and got hired as a receptionist. I did well at my job. I mean my direct manager was susceptible at first but I quickly became her go to person for any issues arising in the workplace. I am a hardworking person (due to my military school experience) and while English is not my first language I was learning fast and some of my managers noticed it. I also earned the respect and trust of my colleagues. Around September of the same year, the company expanded and I trained most of the new hires. My direct manager (the one that hired me) was transferred to another branch unfortunately I refused to follow…
So, I’m employed as a paramedic. I actually love my job, so no rants there. This story comes from a call I had not too long ago. Obfuscation to protect the innocent. The call came out for a diabetic problem at a local big box store. Not uncommon, we pack in to find a young adult sitting in the employee break room. She’s pretty out of it, and the magic glucometer reads 25. Normal range is in the low hundreds, so yup, diabetic problem! This is something we fix on scene. Low blood sugar can get ugly fast, and we carry the tools to reverse it. I’m setting up for an IV, and here comes The Manager. The Manager starts off by insisting we leave immediately with the patient. That’s not happening. She next insists that we move the ambulance because it’s scaring customers. That ain’t happening either. My very…