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Baffling job application experience.

Be me. Applies for shitty little part time job that I don't even need but I get bored in the evenings and a little extra money wouldn't hurt. Woman texts me in response ” Thank you for your application, I'll call you at 1330 tomorrow to discuss further!”, great. 1330 comes, nothing. 1430 comes, nothing. 1530 comes, nothing. I made myself free for this fucking call that didn't even happen. So I ring the woman back and get “I'm just about to head into a meeting I can't talk right now” doesn't bother to rearrange another time to discuss the job with me at all. Wtf?

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Toxic workplace gem

I am a teacher leaving my toxic school (and education altogether) at the end of this school year. Principal sent out an email letting us know that the school is applying for a ‘school of excellence’ award. They are making it a part of our required professional development meetings to get together and ‘brainstorm ideas and help craft the narrative of what makes our school so special’. They will be scheduling these meetings out over the next three months with different staff ‘invited’ to each meeting, and without letting us know when each of us will be required to attend a session. I think this is their way of making sure people can’t request time off on the day they’re scheduled because they won’t know when that day is until it’s right around the corner. I find this comical – they know that no one would have anything positive to…

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Just got laid off today

I had just started with this company two years ago and really worked my ass off to know the position. I did so well that during my annual review I actually got “exceeds expectations” which means I was better than average. Today I got a phone call from my boss saying that I had been displaced and that it had nothing to do with my performance. So this is now the second company that I’ve been laid off from in two years that had zero to do with my performance. I’ll bounce back at some point but fuck working for these companies. I give and give and it’s never good enough. My work ethic means jack shit to them. The only way I could’ve saved myself is if I relocated to a different state. Fuck that, uproot my entire life just so you can lay me off again in a…

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Shareholder Activism: How to level the playing field against the rich

There is a TL;DR at the bottom, but I encourage you to read the whole post, it will be worth it. I've heard a lot of people voicing their dissatisfaction, anger, and contempt, for how the cost of living is too high, wages are too low, corporations are taking advantage of the vulnerable, etc. And these feelings are completely valid. It feels like the system is set up for the rich to take advantage of the poor and things are not fair, wouldn't you agree? So why don't we level the playing field and allow me to introduce the concept of Shareholder Activism (the term Activist Investor is also used). You might have heard of this term as it has been used by the media to describe Ryan Cohen and Carl Icahn. But what is it exactly and how can The People use Shareholder Activism to their advantage? Before we…

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(32yr M)My co workers told me that I seem spaced out or absent minded

I can be cordial and conduct a conversation with most random people I meet. But outside of that I do not like to talk about my self. Further more I’m VERY reserved on what I decide to share and with whom. My problem is that I enjoy working with this Group but Their mistaking my body language for slight arrogance but I can’t open up any sooner than I deem fit

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Passsive income is a foundation in building wealth

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how do you not go insane by doing the same job for 8 hours everyday?

This is my biggest problem among all other problems… i can't stick to one job without jumping to another no matter how hard i try to stick to one job. Time goes so slow that it's not bareable.

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Not sure where to go from here

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Get your popcorn ready, workers.

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Time to start organizing rent strikes?