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I knew my raise would be smaller than I deserve, but not that low…

Back story. I work as a Service Engineer in the semiconductor industry. I'm not paid super well, but it's a bit above average. Business is fuckin' boomin', and we are busting ass 12 hours a day, working extra days, taking half-lunches (30-minute instead of 60-minute), and pumping out work at record pace all year. Anyways, I went into my performance review a couple weeks ago thinking I deserve 10%. I'm on fire. Got through all of the training in half the expected time. I actually get 2x the work done compared to my Senior-level coworker, and I know this because my rate of work goes down constantly when I work with him and have to explain how to do things to him when he doesn't know. I am absolutely killing it, with zero negative feedback. I even asked if there was any feedback for improvement—”Nope! You've been here a little…

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The open office is paradise for a narcissist and I believe that the wide-spread adoption of the open office is part of the cause of the rise in toxic work environments. I think they need to be abolished for this reason alone, bore considering the rest of the problems that come with them.

To be clear I need to define a narcissist. A narcissist is a person with an excessive interest or admiration of themselves. Personality traits tend to be an over-inflated ego, a victim complex, an obsession with control of others, and desperate need to be flattered. These personality traits are extremely toxic in any environment, but the toxicity is amplified in an environment without privacy. An environment where the narcissist can overhear any conversation and involve themselves in it. An open office not only removes all privacy for everyone, they give a narcissist access to everyone. This alone should be enough reason to abolish open offices, even if you ignore all the other things like microwaved fish and micromanagement.

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So I got covid and I am now required to take all of my sick time for the year. In other news, its just been discovered that I am immune to all viruses and ailments for the rest of the year!

Got covid, told I need to quarantine and report back in a week. Cool, no problem. Except I also now need to use all of my sick days for the year. When I asked the question of “wtf?” got told, it's a personal sickness, so you need to spend your sick days. So I said, “okay, I'll come in and work then because if it's using my PTO then I will have to literally be dying before I choose to stay out” Now all of a sudden, I can't come in because it's mandated by the CDC and company policy that I need to quarantine. So I asked which is it? Is it my choice to stay home and use my PTO or your choice to keep me here and pay me like normal? The company wants to keep the cake and eat it too. Ended up getting a big…

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I applied to a call center for Rogers– one of the big three telecommunications service providers in Canada– They sent me a test and it was super toxic. They want people to snitch on their coworkers and come to work while sick. I let them know they suck and they sent me a rejection.

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State governments dont give a fuck about us. The are removing mask mandates and businesses are banning masks.

We deserve the option to protect ourselves!

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I’ll need to save 65% of my income in order to retire comfortably

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I am so exhausted and embarrassed

I have an English degree, despite everyone warning me against it. I was a library assistant, but I recently moved and need a new job. I want to work at the library, and I've applied over ten times, but I don't even get a reply. I have applied to every book store in town, every university, every elementary school that has a listing. I am so exhausted of re-entering the same information over and over. I am broken, and I'm mad, because not even a retailer like Barnes & Noble will email me a rejection. The only place that's replied is this laser tag job I applied to out of desperation. I have an interview tomorrow. So I'm already bummed this is what a degree gets you, and my mom calls and says I really shouldn't be doing that at my age (30). My sister messages me like, “Have you…

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Does anyone else get extremely depressed before work?

I don’t even mind my job. It’s part-time at a pub, which yeah sucks, but as far as part-time jobs go, it’s not the worst. The people aren’t horrible, and it’s easy enough. Even still, I find that every day before my shift, I get so intensely depressed. I already have mental health issues, so it just makes me worse and basically unable to do anything else except dread going in, or just wanting to die because I have to go in. I’m in school at the same time and the burnout is real because I use up all my energy just trying to hype myself into going to work or getting through my shift. Sometimes I have to go in drunk just so I’m not miserable the entire time. Idk how I’m ever going to function in ‘real life’, after uni. The thought of working anywhere for more than…

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Speedway Falsely Advertising Almost $2 Higher Than Actual Starting Pay

This is seemingly becoming the standard for businesses at this point but here's yet another company that is lying about pay rates on their job postings. Went through the recruiting process and even preemptively completed a full application to make the process smooth and get hired ASAP. A recruiter called me today and I was stoked because I really need an income! Set up the interview time and everything…and then she drops the bomb as the very last thing before ending the conversation: starting pay is $13.32/hr. I ask her about the Indeed posting saying $15, she says it was a mistake made by corporate. So I call corporate. Or rather, customer service, who transfers me to employee services. I wait on hold throughout the process. I tell the service rep about the situation, she puts me on hold for a bit longer then comes back and these two conversations…

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What do you think about peloton firing 2800 employees but giving the new CEO 8 million shares?