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Imagine working every single day JUST to not be broke. And then advertising it to the whole public.

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Employers hate it when they can’t exploit you as much as the next guy

Jobs be like how low of a price can I pay for you to be miserable 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, great but unfortunately Joe's sense of self worth is 50 cents less and also is willing to sacrifice more of his family time, good luck finding another interview to waste a few more weeks of your time tho

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Already underpaid. Outperforming peers. Company cut pay on the same day they announced record profits. I’m done

I've been working at this company for over 10 years. Based on annual reviews, I have consistently outperformed my peers for the last 8 of those 10, despite increasing responsibilities. I'm described by my management as a “shining star” performer. And, during my review this week, my boss told me I was underpaid compared to my peers by a significant amount. But that there's nothing they can do about raising my pay because HR won't allow it. This week, the company announced they had made record revenues and profits. They congratulated the stockholders. They thanked their employees. I received a 4.5% raise to base pay. However, a significant part of our income comes from annual bonuses. They cut our bonuses by 25%. This means that, even before inflation, I'm taking home less money than last year. To top off the week, I'm called because I'm the only person that can…

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How billionaire sports team owners stay billionaires.

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New Jersey company to pay $712,000 for deliberately denying overtime pay

FTR Electrical & HVAC Services violated labor laws by capping staff pay at eight hours a day, no matter how long they actually worked, the Department of Labor (DOL) said in a lawsuit first filed in May 2020. Employees regularly worked between 45 and 54 hours a week, but the company didn't pay staff extra for overtime, the DOL said.

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Wtf! I had no idea

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OPPRESSION is my ENEMY

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Anthem for this sub – “I resign” by Syl Johnson (lyrics in comments)

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Southern Indiana school district using child labor to clean schools.

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Can a company terminate you w/o my knowledge

For context, I’m under suspicion and they “haven’t heard back” so I low key know I’m terminated. But is it a workers right laughs I know about letting someone know so they can fully look for another job and pick up personal items? Or can they legally just terminate you and keep your personal items (like a radio)