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Our company newsletter sent this “inspirational” story out today…

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If most people are not in high paid work what do you after work?

I don't want to be rude or arrogant, are you applying for higher paying jobs after work? are you activity searching for the same job after work? I don't blame most people that are well off or rich, I don't complain about being poor. I know most people want to get out of a low paid job, are you applying for higher paying jobs? I also don't put the blame on any state or local governments, if most people are struggling finically where are you shopping for food? how much are you paying for rent each month? I also don't blame employers. ​

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Paint peeling off the walls

So I have to do what's right for me. I can't work, period. So I'm bound to the same thing every day until the day I die. Which is also depressing and disheartening. I'm between a rock and a hard place and I don't see a way out. I tried shopping for health insurance online but everywhere I go I just get the run around, I can't seem to actually sign up for any coverage because every time I get close, it redirects me to the same handful of choices to pick from. I go through any of them, do the questionnaire, get redirected back to where I started. I tried 4 different times. I can't lose my therapist, she's my only support right now. I can't lose my medications, they've actually helped. But after this painful journey, I've been trying to get myself to show up to interviews, going…

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https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12100/Ten-days-of-strike-action-begins-at-UK-universities. Not sure if this has been posted or covered in the sub, but university lecturers in the UK have begun a massive nationwide strike over pensions, casualisation and gender/race paygaps.

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Customer Service Job Question

I work as a call handler for a large company and were meant to handle calls related to repairs. Why is it expected of me to listen to customers scream at me on the phone and have a fit. Why am I expected to be ok with people threatening me to ‘sue’ me and tell me I’m useless and scream at me? Is this normal? Am I allowed to say anything back like ‘why are you screaming at me? Or I will log in the complain but I will have to end this call? Or I can raise this for you but stop screaming at me or I do not like your tone I will have to end the call if you keep it this way? Why is it so normal for people to abuse customer services? I get paid £10 per hour this isn’t enough to deal with idiots

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Am i just seeing the worst in people?

Edit: The title isn't the best. Let's just say it says: Am i lazy, stupid or did i do the right thing for myself and the guy is not very nice? ​ Hey, I don't really know if this is the place for my topic, but i couldn't think of another place for it tbh. A little background: I'm unemployed. I'm actively seeking a job and might have a decent one lined up and will know the result next week. The job would be as machine/line operator in the plastic sector, where as i have around 15 years of “experience” in the metal shaping industry (shaping aluminium in to stuff) and it's a fucking welcome change for me if i can leave the metal industry, because i hate metal. I get super easy skin iritations and rashes from oils used for lubrication, strong cleaners and to much dust, so going…

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Shale King Harold Hamm Is Passing Billions to His Heirs Tax-Free

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I’m a nurse and I’m doing the wrong thing today bc of my jobs horrible PTO system

I'm feeling like shit today. I missed work yesterday with a fever, ended up being covid negative which actually works against me in this instance. You see even though I'm a nurse in a large hospital network, we do not gain any sick time. We only get PTO. So in order to miss work today I would have to use PTO. Which in itself isn't that bad. But I work in a clinic that is closed on all federal holidays but guess what….there are no paid holidays either!!! So everytime there is a Thanksgiving, Christmas, New years, Martin Luther Kings, Memorial day, 4th of July, any sort of holiday that falls on a weekday….that deducts PTO from me also. So it makes it nearly impossible to build PTO. I'm engaged to a wonderful Filipina. We have a K1 visa applied for, it's been applied for 14 months now and is…

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Editing company I work for gives 20% discount for large assignments but passes the discount over to editors so we are paid less.

I reviewed my contract and it does not state anywhere that I will be paid less for assignments over 8000 words. It is in an FAQ section of an email they sent along with my contract, but not actually in my contract that I signed. Is this even legal?!

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My company expects 24/7 availability

I work for a Medical Marijuana retailer, and they expect full time associates to have 24/7 availability including overnights. They followed this up by saying “child care is not our concern”. Starting pay for a full time worker $13.50/hr.