Antiwork

If you guys remember this you'll be happy to know that boss got canned.

I’ve seen a few posts today about employers wakings employees to pitch in for Xmas money. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas and the spirit of giving. Would love to do a secret Santa or something, but instead… I just have my General Manager and Upper Manager both asking me (along with everyone else in our company) to donate $10 to $25 that will go towards getting our company owner a gift. I have seen others saying to forward the email or notice to HR, but in this case, HR is also onboard with the idea, and backing management. Do I legally have to give money over and how would you word it to avoid any indirect repercussions or changes in attitude moving forward.

I’m not in the position to lay anyone off at my current job so this is purely hypothetical, but being in this subreddit has got me thinking what would the ethical way be to handle a mass layoff? US examples preferred plz, and you can ignore the legal aspect for the basis of this question. There are too many different rules in different states to consider, this is only a question about ethical conduct. TLDR; How do you fire several hundred or thousand people in an ethical way, ignoring legal aspects? Suggestions so far: Fire the executives first that caused the mass layoffs. A business shouldn’t get to this point and if it is someone at the top jacked up. Tell employees in person. If you can’t meet with each individual meet with them as a group. Make it an open forum so they can have their concerns heard. Try…

It's not even an urgent situation or whatnot… Just a regular planning sessions. How am I supposed to disconnect and enjoy my time off ?

I read another post that talked about how it's good to “pay your dues”. Now it sounds the OP didn't mean that it's good for people to just suffer and suck it up, but it just reminded me again on how, especially in America, we've romanticized suffering. “I came to this country with only two dollars, and now I'm rich af! Why should these people get special treatment if I had to go through hardships?” Which also relates to how a lot of these pro-captialist/anti-worker folks view getting the basic necessities (healthcare, food, housing etc.) as being entitled. They act as if we're all asking for mansions and yachts. This talking point has just gotten more and more intolerable. And I believe the first steps toward making concrete change needs to include washing away that toxic mindset.

Sometimes we need an uplifting story here about a company that actually tries to do well by their employees. I worked somewhere that was not doing well financially. It was 'end-of-year/raises' time. The executives decided: Executives did not receive bonuses High earners did not receive raises Mid earners received 2% raises Lower earners received 4% raises There were no layoffs or staff reductions. Was it great? Not really. Was it good? I think so. Executives took what money they could and used it for the benefit of those who could use it more. This was a large company made up mostly of the mid and lower tiers so it had a real impact in the workplace.