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I walked out today

Got laid off in June and have been fortunate enough to be on gardening leave until the end of this month. The job search has not gone well so far and I started getting desperate....

Is anyone else tired of “employee engagement”?

I am so sick of employee engagement surveys and the resulting exercise in futility around soliciting changes that never get made. It’s honestly one of the more evil and deceitful processes that capitalism and academia have ever teamed up to create.

This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months

You probably haven’t heard of the battle pitting BCTGM Union Local 390G against International Flavors (IFF) in Memphis, TN, USA. But with workers who are mega-exploited and a company that refuses to stand down, it has become one of the most relevant for the working class....

What was the most illegal thing your workplace has done?

My work is organizing right now, this afternoon, and I don't know what I'm doing. What are the best practices? What are the pitfslls?

I work in a restaurant, high-end, multiple locations across the US. We are in Chicago, specifically. We have corporate in for the week as we launch a new menu with training for the whole team every day. Yesterday, second day, right before the end of the day, they sprung on us that they are changing our pay structure....

Those of you who are friendly with your coworkers but no friends, where exactly do you lay the boundary?

A Story

i worked as a manager for a cafe, me and my boss had a good relationship texting after hours, bonus’s. in lock down i was furloughed so i moved across to another city to live with my partner through lock down, my boss out-of-the-blue calls me in the evening telling me to go into work the next morning, something that wasn’t...

Explaining US labor law: "Right to work" & "At-will" employment

Many people are confused by two common terms related to employment in the USA: “right to work” and “at-will employment”. This post will attempt to demystify both....

Is this an error in the application form or is it a violation of EEO laws?

ZipRecruiter has some automated surveys that inadvertently require the applicant to disclose their race and ethnicity even though they provide the checkbox to opt out....

Frustrations with college education

what’s the point of getting a degree if apparently you need all these other extraneous qualifications to get a proper job? networking, boot camps, certifications, training, programs, glass windows, button downs, on and on....

I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change?

I’m 43 years old but apparently I have a baby face, good hair for my age and everyone believes I’m in my mid 20s, even though I already have some gray hairs nobody seems to notice (so far)....

you are a coworker and have a conflict with another coworker who accuses you of being lazy, even though you started to work earlier than him. Is it your job to solve this problem?

I’m literally not a manager, I’m the newest employee here and this other coworker sits and talks to a female coworker that likes the attention for the first 50 minutes after clocking in. They don’t work and nobody seems to care. Infuriating as it is, I think this is not my problem to solve....

[Germany] Former Employers can make you lose a month of unemployment benefits

In Germany we have a relatively good social security system. If you are unemployed, there are basically two types of unemployment benefits that you can apply to. If you don’t qualify for the first one, normal unemployment benefits (ALG1), then you would qualify for the second one (ALG2), which covers people who are not...

I think what needs to reform is the ecosystem of working

Millions of us, everyday of every hour, are working a multitude of hours at different periods in the day. All so that we, can prop and propel the few lives that are on top. The few who’s lives we’re both knowingly and unknowingly sustaining. Who’s lives that have children that we’re indirectly supporting through our...

Is this community going to be about organizing and taking action, or just memes and screenshots of tweets?

I’m all for reforming our current work system, but we need organized action. Can we make that happen here? Or is there a different community for that?

is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital?

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/16125204...

Can we get a three day weekend ffs?

cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/206070...

I'm a nurse working bedside. Should I take a mostly administrative job as case manager or study nurse?

I’m an Europe based nurse and work shifts: 06:00 to 14:00, 13:00 to 21:00 or graveyard shift: 20:00 to 06:30 the next day....

After strike victory, UAW starts campaign to unionize Tesla and foreign auto companies in America; workers can join online (post includes instructions)

UAW, which represents American auto workers, recently won a victory in their strike against the “Big Three” auto companies. Among the benefits:...

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