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I just spoke to a friend who is also a server – she is making $5 per hour plus tips…. Her opening duties today included; cleaning the bathrooms, cleaning windows and picking up trash in the parking lot. This is ILLEGAL!!! They can not have you do that kind of work for $5 an hour – at the very least they have to pay you min wage for the time it takes to do that kind of work. And you CAN refuse that work. I refuse to do it even for min wage. I tell them they should hire a swamper (restaurant name for daily cleaning person). I didn’t take a cleaning job – I took a server job.

So, about a month ago I applied to an overnight warehouse job. I got an email from the recruiter, asked some standard questions (are you okay with the hours, do you consent to a background check, etc). It was kind of fishy though, that they asked if I was okay working 3 days a week plus Saturday and Sunday and am I okay working longer then scheduled if needed. This is a part time position with no benefits, mind you. So anyways I did the online background check and then… I was hired. No interview or even phone call. I was skeptical because they were clearly eager to hire. A couple days later i received a phone call from the depo Id be working out of, they asked when I could start. I said April 1st. The manager immediately got upset and said I needed to start right away and…

I’m autistic and I can’t stand taking long-winded phone calls – especially when the person on the other end blabs on with small talk or pointless niceties. Often, it’s for an issue that could be resolved in 5 minutes if they just sent an IM.

I've worked in the food industry for several years, working my way up from dish, all the way to lead caterer, planning out recepies and meals for parties of up to 500 every weekend. The pay hasn't been great, but it is better than most other places around here, the job is easy to me and allows me to be flexible with my schedule for the most part. Meanwhile my dad has been constantly recommending that I apply for line work or welding (I learned as a kid on the farm) for the local factories as they start at $20 an hour. Sure, more than I make now, but not life-changing amounts that would offset the misery of hot factory work in my opinion. A few weeks ago, a new job opportunity dropped into my lap very unexpectedly when I was speaking to a member of the board of directors…

i been working at this pet store for a year n change now, first job i’ve ever liked. pays not awesome but it beats not wanting to kms every night after a grueling bartending shift. great benefits, and i get to feed my pets for free basically. anyways i just hate middle managers and their micromanaging and constantly trying to one up each other. i’m so goddamn tired of being talked to like i’m a jackass, getting nitpicked at cuz i’m 2 minutes short or long on lunch. i’m working at the warehouse 2 days a week to help them out and i was assured not only a raise for that, but on my year review. been a couple months since then and still nothing. they just fired a coworker cuz she ‘called out too much and it brings down morale when ppl have to cover her’ nobody really has…

As you may all know. My current job is sooo toxic , I work in the accounting department. I recently saw an ad in my company for a different department. E-commerce coordinator and definitely feel interested despite not having any experience in e-commerce or marketing department. If I went and spoke to the hiring manager for that department, what is the best thing for me to say to them as to why I am looking to leave my department? Is it normal in white collar jobs to switch departments, I've worked in retail and it was normal to switch departments. But is it a thing for white collar jobs?