Has anyone else watched the series on Hulu, The men who built America? Back in the mid /late 1800s, Rockefeller, Carnegie and JP Morgan owned all the wealth, essentially disproving Capitalism. Yet, 150 years later, we are in the exact same place.
You’re supposed to act like you want the job. But not like you really want the job. But not like you’re indifferent about getting the job. But not like you’re just pretending not to want the job. But not like you’re just pretending to not pretend not to want the job. Jesus. Listen, hiring managers and HR: Yes, we want the stupid job! If we didn’t, we wouldn’t have made time to talk with you. Please just give it to us, as long as we’re polite, because we can’t guess whether we come across as uninterested or desperate. S;$48dj!!!!
Note that I don't live in the US I'm a salaried worker but it's a low salary. At my job I have been working the second longest out of everyone and the only one who has been there longer than me is planning on leaving (not for problems with the work, he just has bigger aspirations in a different sector entirely). I was quasi-promoted in the sense that they made a new position for me, but outside the usual promotion track to managerial level and without a pay raise. It came with far better hours (in theory) and more responsibilities. What this implies to me is that I may now be out of the line of promotion because I'm on a new deadend track. But that's not the real problem here. the problem is the responsibilities. I have no problem with these responsibilities, but I do have a problem with…
I've just been miserable lately. Every career that actually interests me is just a recipe for rejection. It was literally easier for me to get into grad school than it's been to get into literally anything other than food service. I'm just trying to pay my bills and not be miserable.
a few of my main coworkers and I worked late one night prepping for a sale (two of whom just came in to help out bc they're cool, totally unpaid). Because we were altogether, we decided to go out for dinner and carpool, leaving a car in the lot while we were out. we got back to the parking lot at about midnight and one of the guys thought “I have a long drive back and I have to take a piss, but everything else will be closed”, and, yknow, being longtime, trusted, hardworking employees with store keys and all, we didn't think anything of it? in fact he actually fixed some merchandise on his way out. all on camera in case it was a real concern — two people went in, to the washroom, pissed, locked up and came back out, while the rest of us waited. we were…
I’ve been reading this sub passionately for over a year now and I’m always encouraged by the comments calling for revolution, protests, rebellion, etc. There are many historical examples of this being an effective tool against oppression. I, like many of you, was comfortable financially for many years until the last year or two, and it just keeps getting worse. I wake up daily anxious, for myself and for all of you, and it’s exhausting. Why don’t we do this? What’s stopping us? I know many of the answers are something along the lines of “we’re all too tired from working” or “we’re too divided”. Of course it’s going to be difficult. Of course we will have to make sacrifices in order to do it. But isn’t that worth it? I would genuinely like to talk this through, instead of shutting down the conversation with cants and wonts.
Okay I need advice: my boss has been making comments about me for the past several months- anything from “oh look, we have a megaphone” when I said hi while clocking in to “don’t shake your fking head at me!” And “don’t look so f*king confused, I know you’re not” when I was genuinely confused by his reaction to the word no. Things have gotten a lot worse, and on Wednesday I had to go to the hospital. I told him I was leaving and when he asked why I said that I had to go to the hospital and see a doctor. He looked me up and down, laughed, and said “really?” I repeated that I was leaving, had to go to the hospital and see a doctor, then clocked out and left. I’m bipolar and have been terrified of being hospitalized my entire life, so this was huge…
Hi everyone! First time poster in this sub, hopefully i format this correctly. Anyways, i started working for this guy in May 2022 running a food truck entirely by myself and filling in at his other three restaurants whenever i am needed. When i started i had asked for $20 an hour, assuming i would be paid tips. Later i had found out that i wasn’t and haven’t been paid my tips even though I’m the only one who works in the truck. Most of our tips come from card purchases so i can’t just take them. I’ve asked my boss probably 4-5 times for tips because i know i work hard and deserve it, while i also know it is illegal to not pay them out to employees. He responds every time saying that he doesn’t make enough to pay me tips and has even been aggressive and yelled…