Last week I received a direct message on LinkedIn from a FAANG recruiter. They wanted to discuss a role they felt was perfect given my experience. Interested, I messaged them back with a date to talk and my resume, and we scheduled a meeting. Exciting stuff! Fast forward one week and we have the Zoom interview. Things went very well, they asked me about my background and the other usual questions, along with the job details. It was a remote position within their engineering team that was “growing like crazy,” as they described, and expressed how my experience would be a good fit for the role. It also sounded like a good move for my career, so I was definitely on board so far. The recruiter then asks me if I had any questions. Not wanting to waste time, I went straight for the jugular: “This sounds like a great…
Do not be scared to unionize. The labor department is on our side. I worked as a budtender in a conservative state. During the pandemic I saw that are company was not doing enough to protect us and attempted to unionize. A fee months later the company became aware, had an anit union meeting and eventually fired me. The union helped me report it to the labor department, and after a year and a half and taking the case all the way to court they were found guilty of multiple anti union practices, and firing me for union activity. I just want everyone to know that even if the union doesn't work out, you are protected by the by the law. Do not let these corporations bully and intimidate you. I know not everyone can afford to lose two years of pay (they do do owe me my back pay…
