This is becoming a serious problem for me. I fear for my future in the next month. The only solution I see is to begin sustenance farming on my rural property. What can be sold can go to property tax + Internet and otherwise reject the entire premise of the wage slave paradigm. Go off grid. It worked for the Mesopotamians…why can't we live like them? Good-bye sadness, hello cows.
I know this sounds confusing, but i want some input here. I work for a company in canada that is used as “outsourcing” call center work for many fortune 500 level companies. The company i work for has centers in over 15 countries, including the US, Jamaica, Philippines, Egypt, Bulgaria, etc… And they are strictly anti-union. From my understanding, after hearing things from some other managers, they have been known to shutdown centers who try to unionize. However, the program i work under (which is the company that uses us as an outsource call center) IS Unionized. They're a major US telecommunication company and only recently unionized in the past 1-2 years. Keep in mind here as well, the people working under the company directly make nearly DOUBLE what i do, for the same position, and even more so after conversion from USD to CAD. So, the initial plan was…
I sent in my two weeks notice, no plan to immediately transition to another job. I’m getting the impression from emails that they’re really trying to make it a “you didn’t break-up with me, I broke-up with you”.
Looking for a job in the US Found this at the bottom of a listing: “Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.” Interestingly, the first paragraph of the posting was “We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.” Seriously? Per linkedin they do have applicants but to me this is redflags all…
Idk if this is a normal thing or not. Hopped on a zoom interview today and they asked if they could record it for quality and training purposes or something. I asked if I could turn my camera off and they told me no. I went ahead and declined. Anyone else been through this?
So its been 7 months and I thought I would update. Of course my company would say something. However it took like 3 months for my boss to say “So.. HR sent me a letter and I need to ask you to go into the office.” My boss, who works remotely full time, proceeds to tell me how they knew… badges in and out of the building, and the metric was at least 50% of core days, core days being Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. However, every other person in my group was doing the same thing and got told to go in also. So okay, fine, for the next 2 months, I took the advice of one of my commentors and showed up for the one meeting I had every week, that was on a call with the whole team. and then one other day a week I would drive…
