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ComfortablyGlum OP , in Free COVID test kits are coming back. Here's how to get them.

I also discovered you can report at home tests at learn.makemytestcount.org.

ForestOrca ,
@ForestOrca@kbin.social avatar

That's awesome! We need more monitoring. It's the only way we'll know what is actually going on. There's a lot to be said for testing sewage effluent, and not every state can afford that.

GrayBackgroundMusic , in Leaked Microsoft documents detail an employee performance review system where managers are quietly asked to adjust workers' results to limit the highest ratings

Quietly? Lol. My manager told me to my face. He said upper management only allowed so many “exceeds expectations” regardless of performance. He never bullshitted me. Miss that boss.

WoahWoah , in Michael Bloomberg Dials Up a War on Plastics

People can only be good or bad. Not both. Someone just tell me which he is please, thanks.

dlpkl ,

The top comment says he’s bad, and he seemed very very angry about it, so I’m going to take that as divine law and tell you to hate this guy too >:(

WoahWoah ,

Ugh, this guy is the worst. >:(

Wussy , in A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit

AKA: World’s Greatest Researcher.

mars_clockmaker , in A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album.

Can’t believe they used a European Robin instead of a bird native to the US. I demand better bird representation in our public safety announcements

ThePantser ,
@ThePantser@lemmy.world avatar

Completely unlistenable

BloodyFable ,

I’m glad they used a bird that bothers you, that way you’d more readily understand that birds aren’t real.

ristoril_zip , in Leaked Microsoft documents detail an employee performance review system where managers are quietly asked to adjust workers' results to limit the highest ratings

I’ve known several people in management in my industry (I’ve changed jobs a fair amount plus I’m in a consulting industry) who became managers and then either self demoted or moved over to equivalent technical roles specifically because they were forced to basically lie and say their great employees were average or even below average, couldn’t give bonuses that matched performance, and couldn’t give raises that matched performance.

It literally made them depressed to have to treat hard working people unfairly. So they stopped doing it.

Now that just brought the question to my mind: what does that mean about the people who do that and keep doing it? Are the just psychopaths? Sociopaths? Evil? Trapped?

I think the important thing to do is find the people who are forcing these dishonest review systems and challenge then directly on why they’re making managers lie about employees performance. Contact the ombudsman if they have one and point out the dishonesty.

AllonzeeLV ,

Our society is perverse. We reward sociopathic behavior and punish empathetic behavior.

Teachers and social workers are treated like garbage, competent liars are promoted.

jeremy_sylvis , in Leaked Microsoft documents detail an employee performance review system where managers are quietly asked to adjust workers' results to limit the highest ratings
@jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social avatar

I had just kind of assumed this was present in every enterprise environment.

glitches_brew ,

It is at mine!

CaptFeather , in The child care industry is on the cusp of a crisis

Speaking up as the director for a smaller nonprofit after school care company. There’s lot to consider here. Our main facility is located in unincorporated LA county because it’s nestled right between two proper cities. For the schools we have our program at the minimum wage is currently $15.50/H, but our main office falls under the unincorporated LA county rules (even though we operate in a lower income area and this min wage is intended for places like Beverly Hills when we’re over an hour north of LA) so the dozen workers here we have to pay $16.90 minimum. We love our employees though so we often try to beat minimum wage for them, averaging about $17/H over our 60 employees.

This still leaves us with a higher cost for our services than we’d like - I think our breakdown is about $6.50 per hour which is still a lot for our local economy and we often give discounts. The child care resource center helps but the qualifications are ridiculous to meet for some reason so even though over half of our families should qualify, only about a fourth actually receive funding. Because of all these things, I only make about 45k/year while being one of two people (the other being my boss) running this company of 60 employees servicing 300 students.

State and federal govts need to step in to provide funding for child care. I shouldn’t have to be worrying about my own financial stability with how many responsibilities I have at work and our families shouldn’t have to cry to me on the phone about them not being able to afford proper care (please know I don’t brush these parents off, we are kind people that give heavy discounts to families in need). It’s a disgusting situation all around. After working in this industry for over a decade it makes me not want to have any kids of my own, ever.

P.S. Fuck the Boys and Girls Club executives. We share school campuses with their programs and we are often intervening in fights between kids on their program cause they notoriously understaff their sites and only ever seem to have 17 or 18 year olds working for them who have no idea what they’re doing.

dylanmorgan , in Biden launches paid program for 20,000 young people to train for green jobs

Why always young people? Older people may have experience and connections that can contribute to making green jobs more effective.

PeepinGoodArgs ,

Because young people need to build this connections

_number8_ , in Study: Most People Rely on Parents for Material Support Into Adulthood

no other way to do it

drekly ,

Not having parents with money is the other way to do it. One dead and one barely employed.

And I did it. It’s tough.

brambledog ,

We get it, you are better than.the common man.

Vilian , in Uttar Pradesh:7 year old boy accused of raping 5 year old girl

go take a look at that boy family/enviroment, something is very messed up there wtf

Rocketpoweredgorilla ,
@Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca avatar

Yup that’s not out of the blue, someone showed him that behavior.

JustAManOnAToilet , in Migrants’ DNA Is Fueling a Massive Expansion of the FBI’s Genetic Database

Being able to rapid test to make sure someone is bringing their child and isn’t human trafficking sounds like a pretty big win.

dtjones ,

We already have DNA tests for that which don’t require a whole database? A comprehensive DNA database could be used for extreme evil, such as mass systemic genocide or eugenics.

RGB3x3 , in Leaders of world’s biggest polluting countries skipping UN climate summit

Joe Biden is a big fuckin wet noodle of a president. All of the democrat voters are on board with doing something about climate change, but Biden can’t even be bothered to attend a global meeting about it.

Pathetic.

N0body , in Exclusive: Ukraine's special services 'likely' behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces in Sudan, a Ukrainian military source says | CNN

I am become Noncredible, destroyer of takes

xc2215x , in Uttar Pradesh:7 year old boy accused of raping 5 year old girl

Beyond messed up.

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