Antiwork

Every time I get an approval for time off, my boss asks to come in during the next weekend or two to “help”. What gives!? The PTO is negated by the additional days asked to work. Any thoughts on this?

I did work for Ashley Furniture in Kelowna B.C, Canada from December 21 until now. The company was purchased by a company called TDG The Dufresne Group whom owns roughly 55 other Ashely Furniture locations throughout North America. They had given us a contract in May when we were initially bought out that were identical to what we originally had but under the new TDG brand. They planned to swap over to their new systems and do a complete switch to TDG by October 1st. Fast forward to last Saturday September 24th I come into work and they are forcing all staff to sign a contract the day before it's effective. This contract states we go from $20/hr + 7% commission down to minimum wage + 2-4% commission. We lose roughly $4/hr and roughly 25-40% of all our commissions. They state that all our past sales will no longer be…

We have an ethics reporting line at my work that I used to file a harassment and intimidation report (10yr employee in mgmt). Over many pages I described all events, dates and witnesses that were privy to these events over the last six or so months. The head HR rep said that legal reviewed my report and because I didn’t fall under title IX, they weren’t going to investigate my claim (it’s an “at-will” employment state). So basically I’m shit outta luck and now going to be “othered” for my report even though there’s a no retaliation policy. Before I quit, what do you all think of a Jerry Mcguire moment, where I send a message detailing my experience out to all management to beware of the action reporting line, “If you can’t sue, it’s not for you!” ?

I applied to Target for a couple different positions, (the process was very long btw) and I got a phone call a day after the video interview, it was the store director, let's call her Marie. So Marie tells me I was picked and I had a bunch of different position choices. Turns out my situation was best for a seasonal remodel job, and there was the choice between overnight and day shifts, and she said the difference was that overnight paid 15.50, as opposed to 15 flat. I have a witness. Fast forward a couple weeks, I was wondering and I ask an older lady on my team how much we make and she says “fifteen f***ing dollars, just like all the rest of us. Except, we on the night shift, make an extra dollar per overnight shift we work. Not per hour. Per day.” I checked Workday with…

I work at a plant nursery and it kinda sucks but I don’t wanna go and find another full-time job right away. Some time off from working while collecting unemployment welfare would be nice. My mind and body need a break.

My mom is 57 and works an office job and my dad is 65 and on disability. He’s always snapping at people and complaining, a lot of which is because he’s so stressed about money. Because they’re married and my dad is on disability and all that fun legal bs they don’t qualify for most help programs because of combined income and whatever. My dad can’t work since he can’t stand for long periods of time and things like that, but he fixes tools for people on the side and makes a bit that way. I work seasonal but I’ll be getting a second job and maybe doing some night shifts at the hotel I work at too, but it seems like it’s never enough. Right now I make about 1300-1400 a month, my mom makes a little more, but we live in Canada, our winters are brutal and furnace…