My Head Manager at my last place of employment. This one message was basically his whole vibe while I worked there (this was at a fast food/restaurant place so take that how you will). This is my first post so not sure if this fits here, I can delete if not
I'm feeling so discouraged right now. I work in a sales job that is in a retail environment. Like many sales jobs, my higher ups only care about numbers. There's alot of favoritism I'm noticing in the team, and when I ask for encouragement I never get it. Yet our team boasts about how much we are there for each other. I never get help from my team members and yet other people get so much support. We will get written up and fired if we do not get our sales numbers.. and my job is constantly dangled in front of my face like it's a prize or something. MAYBE you won't get fired if you meet your goals right? MAYBE my way of life won't be completely threatened if I can get Bob to purchase. Also I can't miss any days or I will get written up as well.…
I work at a grocery store, which isn't bad for the most part. I've been here for over a year. On Saturday the 8th I texted my manager that I wasn't gonna be there next Sunday, the 15th, and even offered to work the 14th instead, so I could still get hours and it would be easier for her to switch people around. I'm technically supposed to notify management 20 days out for a planned absence, but I've texted my manager in the under-20-day window before and it has never been a problem. But when I came in today, my manager let me know that next time I call out, I will have to find someone to cover for me. Isn't that her job? I only have two people's phone numbers, which is about 10% of the people that I work with. And I work two days a week, so…
I may be on disability (lucky me it's easier to get here than in the USA), but I am fully capable of working given the right things put in place. I need a chair and shorter shifts/days, basically. So far it's been 5-6 years (since high school) that I've had anything stable, be it courses or work opportunities. The only things I've had are shitty 2 week unpaid internships where I burned out because I was given the work of an able-bodied employee. I've had everyone around me tell me to get a job and stop sitting on my ass but not fucking easy when you can't even get around the school you're supposed to be attending, or the workplace.
https://twitter.com/FTC/status/1611015531921915908 FTC chair Lina Khan is backing the idea of banning non-compete agreements entirely, on the (my paraphrase) grounds that they amount to indentured servitude that does far more real harm than any imagined threat to “trade secrets” or “customer databases” – which are already protected under trade law and non-disclosures (a totally different beast). The FTC recognizes that this will raise wages and improve working conditions for 80 million Americans. That's 1 in 5 who are bound by some form of non-compete.
