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Assistant Manager thinks the Tesco I work at is some kind of army branch – power trip, small man syndrome, delusions of grandeur. Yay!

Set in UK Tesco = supermarket chain Assistant Manager works secondary to the general manager, AM spends most time in the “trenches” GM remains in office mostly all the time. (I had this job may 2020 – August 2020, COVID first hit the news majorly) Idk if this has happened to anywhere else but the AM unironicaly ran the store like a branch of the army: referred to himself as the “commanding officer” and “first officer” multiple times, demanded we referred to him as “sir” or “captain” (not a single person ever used that one), he wanted us to kinda stand at attention when he passes us or walked into the room, he renamed the things we did as part of our job as “orders” or “commands” or “duties”, we had a briefing every shift change which left the entire store empty of staff meaning the store stood still for…

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New commune initiative in Europe

We (a group of 7 currently) would like to create a commune somewhere in the southern Europe (Galicia looks like a good place). I suppose this initiative may be relevant for people here. The commune is to be built on the following premise: recreating society based on the scientific method, principles commonly accepted in science and open debate in order to maximise fulfilment and wellbeing of a human life. The above-mentioned premise is the only thing that commune members should agree with. Everything else is to be derived from the premise. However, a commune member should also be open-minded as decision making is based on respectful debates. So be ready to debate on the topics of egalitarianism, antinatalism, veganism, anticapitalism, environmentalism, etc. The reason for wanting to make a shared value system based on the premise is that one of the reasons why communes fail seems to be heterogeneity in…

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How much does US healthcare ACTUALLY cost?

Was wondering about this. With no kids, not married in Germany and 50k income before taxes, you'll pay about 500€ of public health insurance per month. Doctor visits are free, hospitals around 10€ per night, medicine with prescription will cost a fixed price of 5€. For comparison, 50 pills of Ibuprofen 400mg (no prescription necessary) cost 5€ as well. You're covered anywhere inside the EU.

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Help me crash Volkswagen with union speak.

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Even when “rewarding”, they’re taking.

I know this probably isn’t anything new and most definitely not unique to my situation, but I think it’s bullshit how even when you use company-allotted vacation days, you and your paycheck amount still end up paying for it. I work 5 10s M-F and anywhere from 5-7 hours on Saturday, for a total of 55-57 hours a week. Well this last week, I had a court date to go to so I took a vacation day, so at least I’d get paid still. Well I checked my email paystub last night and it said 40 Regular, 8 Vacation and 7 Overtime, but my Vacation was ofc paid out as normal time. So I went from usually 40 Regular and 15-17 Overtime to essentially 48 Regular and 7 Overtime, so my check was significantly less due to less 1.5 time. This might be super menial and dumb, but I hate…

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I just quit without having a new job lined up

Im in the process of applying for multiple new jobs but I’d rather work for myself. Any advice on how to get started? So glad I get to leave that toxic environment!

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Is it me or do some business hire Apprentices purely for the cheap labour and nothing else. If this is the skill level of their current Marketing employee then what exactly is this apprentice going to learn?

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My company (Located: Europe) just sent out a payroll email reminding us to not discuss pay. Anyone have legal documents I can send them concerning the legality of this request?

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Full time benefits and fair wages son.

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Anyone else fantasise about getting a terminal illness? That’s how much I just can’t do this anymore.