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My gas station job is installing cameras that detect and report when we have a line, as well as a backroom camera to prevent standing lunch breaks

They're now enforcing eating at registers instead of standing off to the side out of customer view because “we don't get lunch breaks” Is there any action my coworkers and I can take to fight this? In North Carolina, at-will state.

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Get ready. It’s that time of year again when the media blames workers for causing companies to lose money.

I've noticed that every year, at Superbowl time, the media pushes this story about how Superbowl fans are costing their employers millions of dollars. They've been pushing this story for at least a decade now. Here's a few examples I found in a quick google search: 2012: https://www.tlnt.com/super-bowl-hangover-yes-employees-may-be-less-productive-on-monday/ 2016: https://innoculous.com/2016/02/quiet-at-the-office-today-maybe-its-superbowlitis/ 2017: https://www.vbjusa.com/opinion/tip-of-the-week/dont-let-super-bowl-deflate-workplace/ 2018: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2018/02/02/the-super-bowl-could-cost-employers-3-billion/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/the-monday-after-the-super-bowl-could-cost-employers-3-billion-heres-why.html 2019: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/super-bowl-monday-could-cost-companies-roughly-4-billion/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/01/super-bowl-monday-million-are-expected-call-sick/ Here's the story you probably won't see them post on Monday: How the biggest form of theft in the US is actually wage theft committed by employers. Here's a few examples of that story, I found in a quick google search: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/07/want-to-be-a-criminal-in-america-stealing-billions-is-your-best-bet-to-go-scot-free https://www.epi.org/blog/wage-theft-by-employers-is-costing-u-s-workers-billions-of-dollars-a-year/ https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national-politics/the-race/wage-theft-is-the-costliest-crime-in-america https://www.gq.com/story/wage-theft

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Google Employee audibly laughed at me during a silent moment in code interview

Google Employee audibly laughed at me during a silent moment where I was thinking, during an interview 2 days ago. I was 5 minutes into solving a test given to me that only told me to merge 3 Linked Lists into one sorted one. The requirements only mentioned it generically and it did not mention they were pre-sorted at all so I had no idea what these inputs were lifecycle-wise [not mentioned in requirements]. I block allocated the 3 separate lists as if they were different pooled users, I then copied the elements into a new merged list in a sorting loop which was block allocated with the size of all 3. I kept the data integral because I was not aware of their use, the spec said nothing of that so I would assume they are used if they're just given to a function. Sure thats not what you…

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Do bank tellers only make around minimum wage?

Someone told me this but I couldnt believe it, they dress fancy and handle our financal interaction, have to go the school and are paid around minimum wage or only slightly more? Can anyone verify this?

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Listen: REI’s Anti-Union Speech is a Carbon Copy of No Evil Food’s Anti-Union Speech

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Retired National Ski Patroller.

As a retired patroller (20 years). I watched the industry pivot from an affordable family activity to a sport out of reach to most people.

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Should i go?

So 3 roommates of mine have corona, the boss says if i have any symtomes and i said yes i have a light fever. He then asks are you able to work, wtf. Yes i could work bit for the sake of my coleauges i shouldn't. This happens often at my job (McDonald's) So what do you people think?

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I think i’m accidentally the cause for my previous employers downfall, and I don’t feel bad.

So this employer was the only cannabis dispensary in my small town in washington state. I was hired on as a budtender and was quickly promoted to their social media manager. I was VERY competent at this job, this isnt a brag, i really just do my best because i always hear my mother in my ear. Had multiple top sales for the month etc. I got in close with my coworkers and everyone grew to respect the effort i out forward generally. I was FIRED for a very stupid reason that sounded like an excuse to me, but i have opportunities so i moved on. However, my firing has resulted in a cascade of more firings, quittings, etc. I just went in their today, because they are the only option in town and learned some news. Since my untimely firing they have lost 7 employees, some that started before…

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GM is trying to freeze us and is pocketing our tips

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UberEats strike

Let's get a strike/boycott going to stop UberEats from allowing tip baiting on their platform As we know, restaurants and food delivery don't pay livable wages and the workers rely on tips from customers. UberEats allows customers to place a high tip on an order so a driver will pick it up and deliver it and then the customer is allowed to remove the tip from the order. This is causing a trend of what I would call theft and it's being allowed to continue by Uber. The only way to change this is for the workers to demand change.