Antiwork

Long story short; due to COVID, the head of the office decided to work from home 3 out of 5 days. This is for everyone, from operative unionized workers to directors. I'm in the middle of the chain, and worked from home on Tuesday. He was mad (even though he wasn't in the office since he went to a meeting in a other city) He said that I preferred to stay with my wife… And certainly, I do. Who the hell puts work over staying at home with those who loves them?!

I have been subject to listening to my coworkers going on about the socialist hell we live in roght now…. but like am I crazy cause 99.9% sure there isn't a single thing about the current administration or this country that's socialist

So my work decided that due to the excessive heat in my area that they were going to send people home for the next 3-4 days since we work around hot, heavy machinery and molten plastic. Great right? Nope People who are being sent home due to what the company deems “unsafe working conditions” aren’t being compensated. They were told to use their vacation or sick time even though they have no choice over if they would come to work or not. But it gets better Our company has decided to run 2 out of the 34 machines we currently own and is making teams of 6 (day shift, swing, graveyard and the 12hr employees) continue to work during the heat wave. We are not being offered any extra pay, had no say whether or not we came and if we didn’t show up or called out it would be…

A bit of a rant, but also could be informative. I work for a gigantic financial corporation. This is the first job I have ever had where there are no promotions, there are interview processes for lateral or vertical moves. I recently found out after having to “apply” for a different role within the same team. Weird? I am used to the manager simply promoting the most qualified, so this confused me. I had found out they use some type of grading system during interviews based on situational based questions unrelated to the position(name a time you went above and beyond, what was the result). These types of ridiculous questions and we must use the STAR method to answer. They do not take any consideration in regards to performance, accomplishments, or experience. Essentially, the least productive employee on a team can he promoted over the highest performing simply based on…

Looking for anti-profiteering anti-billionaire accounts to follow on Twitter. Any advice would be appreciated