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Non Serviam

“I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use – silence, exile, and cunning.” -James Joyce

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Fired after reporting sexual scandal in workplace.

Ok so need advice from you guys. My girlfriend just left this company but as she was on the way out her coworker and friend walled in on the CEO and another coworker having sexual relations in an office. She ended up reporting it to the operations manager who in turn reported it to the owner of the company. Owner then fired CEO who denies everything even tho the one he was hooking up with confessed everything. CEO sues for wrongful termination and for whatever reason was brought back on. He hires a new operations manager shortly after (the first one was also on her way out for unrelated reasons) and has my girlfriends friend (the one who reported the misconduct) fired…. Does she have any recourse? Is that legal?

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Is this for real?!

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WTF American Work Culture is so horrible

So I am not American but a contractor for an American company. I work with many Americans and damn what kind of work culture is this even 11 pm calls and 6:30 am calls in the morning. Idk how much they get paid close to 70-80k probably but like wtf I thought I wouldn't tolerate BS like that and thats me coming from a third world country. Where Labour violations are an everyday thing. I don't even understand how people would get their Friday night and Sat morning ruined for this kind of BS. They should atleast get a day off before if you want them to work on Friday Night and Saturday morning.

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“Deutsche Familienversicherung, an insurtech company based in Frankfurt, says it is offering €500 to anyone it interviews” – After the Great Resignation, Tech Firms Are Getting Desperate

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Am I selfish to believe in workers’ rights and work life balance?

So here is some background information. I am from an affluent family in a developing country called Malaysia. P.S the work culture here is toxic just like any Asian country. My father was born poor and worked his way up society doing business in the auto industry. He is currently in his mid 40s, he still manages his business but mostly online. He spends most of his time managing his business through phone, playing golf, drinking with friends and biking across town. He rarely returns to his company headquarters for work, only occasionally to do a check-up. Naturally, from his point of view, he believes in a full meritocracy for anyone who is smart and works hard enough. I am new to this subreddit. However we here all know that hard work does not necessarily pay off and for most it never does. I have argued with him many times…

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My First job

Tl;de: first job Full of red flags. Thank god I left. I just got out from tech School and got hired by a small tech Company wich did the Sales software for a big Company and also selled for other business. Got hired for the owner of big Company himself (partner in this small Company) to do tech support and training. FIRST RED FLAG: the advertised salary was 20% over minimum wage. My manager said I barely finished tech School so my salary would grew later. It was a small Company the other partner was a shy developer, there was me and two other tech supports, one recently hired with me. Everyone liked me over the First month, the “bug for fixing” exploded from 13 to over 150. I was trying to break the system on my “low” time and found so many bugs they had to create a new…

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I got fired because I asked for my meal discount at Pancake Parlour.

This happened years ago. I had surgery on my leg and couldn’t walk properly for a while. I gave my boss the doctors note and since I was casual, I told them not to roster me on for the next month since I was still recovering. They agreed. I go there to eat one night and one of the people from Head Office was there. It was the Restaurant Manager. I ate my meal and told my waitress about the discount because she knew I was still working there, so she let the RM know. RM changes the receipt and as I go to pay, she says I’m not allowed to have my 50% off discount since I haven’t been working. I showed her the work policy from my phone that says all employees are entitled to 50% off during shift, after shift and even during days you’re not working,…

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2nd time they have removed this, let’ss try this again. To keep up with the average inflation rate between 1972 and today, you would need a pay increase of 4%, every year. How many compnaies are offering anything close to that?

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Sign outside Mark Hershey Farms in Lebanon, PA. Answer seems obvious.