I have worked for a small marketing firm for a year as an office manger. This experience has really showed me that small businesses can be just as greedy than corporations, usually more if the owner is a control freak. The boss is a nightmare to work with on a daily basis but doesn’t value employees. He verbalizes it but never offers raises and last minute decided we weren’t doing performance bonuses anymore (everyone on the team would have qualified based on our internal metric system). Over Christmas, I was notified that my hours were being cut from 40 to 25 for “cost saving initiatives”. I lost all the PTO and benefits that I had when I signed on as full time. My boss justified it as “You live at home so I know that you probably don’t have as many expenses as someone higher up in your field which gives you some flexibility“. I am 22 and a recent graduate but I am trying to save for a house and build my career, so I felt this was borderline discrimination. Throughout this time, my boss had expected me to be at his beck and call, spreading out my hours when immediate needs arose which prevented me from getting another part time job. My salary wasn’t amazing to begin with but going part time was totally unlivable. I could have filed for unemployment but I just wanted out of there ASAP.

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Immediately after I was made aware, I started applying to places like crazy. I thought it would look suspicious with all of my work from home requests, but somehow nobody picked up on the fact I was planning to leave. It took a while, nearly 4 months, 200 applications and 30 interviews, but I was finally offered an entry level marketing coordinator position at a large real estate firm. The pay is around the same but the benefits are amazing and it’s nice to know I’ll be in an established company that doesn’t have a 1.8 star GlassDoor review. There will be checks and balances in place and I can grow. I’m excited for the future, I start Monday. I gave my 2 weeks notice and everyone was shocked that I was leaving. I don’t know how companies expect people to put up with this. My boss hired a part time replacement with no benefits. It’s a shame really but that’s why they can’t keep anyone for more than a year. When I resigned, I specifically made note of my hours being cut as a reason for my departure.

When did this happen. Im sitting here watching the entire french people revolt because they tried to raise it to 64. Why arnt we as americans out in the streets rioting. We need to set a date. And honestly, im ready to say july 4th. This year. EVERYONE. EVERY single person needs to walk off their job, stop going to work, and go into the streets and make a change. We need to change our government, because the rest of the world is already trying to get away from the american dollar. Am I crazy? Because I think if we dont step up and make a change, we are going back to the way it was during the great depression. If you think we should do this too, say something. Spread the word. Lets make a change in our part of the world.

Fed up with work conditions, employed at a large meat manufacturing/packing plant, and due to improper ventilation/exhaust of industrial ovens, production areas filled with smoke, along with elevated CO2 levels. Every shift has safety managers, but they signed off on allowing production to continue across two shifts. Smoke made everyone's eyes constantly water, was almost impossible to breathe after a full shift, and those that did go home sick were still penalized with attendance points. No care for employees or their safety and well being, managment only worried about numbers and making company owners more money. HR response is if safety says it's fine then it's fine. Would have quit on the spot if I didn't have a family and mortgage to provide for.

So I just had the worst job interview ever and it reminded me of this sub. I was trying to get a job as a Medical Assistant for my gap year before I go back to school. MA programs are usually $2000-1500 and last a couple of weeks, but a lot of places just train their own (which is what I wanted since I can’t afford to pay 2k just to be able to work). So I had just job interview. They were paying $13 (I’m in michigan btw) for the duration of the training while I work full time with the potential of a raise after they are done training me. While the pay wasn’t the best I was still okay with the idea. Then the interviewer dropped the bomb: if I missed 1 day of work during or after training, I had to pay them 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS. Also, I had to work for them full time for three years and if I failed to do that I had to pay them 40k as well. Keep in mind this job does not offer ANY time off (even not paid), no holidays off, no holiday pay either. Is this even legal? They argued that the value was determined bc of the “training” they provided. Obv I ended the interview in less than 5 minutes and left. It was so ridiculous I’m still in shock. Is this normal at all?

Who else has tried this?

Where do we even begin? We have the resources, technology, and capital to meet the basic necessities of every person here regardless of circumstance. We have the capability of implementing all these things, and we've seen this happen! Kids in Minnesota are now going to get free school lunches this fall and all it took was a signing of a document. That's it. And not to keep beating a dead horse here, but a lot of developed countries have policies to keep their citizens healthy and housed. We have too many sociopathic, rugged-individualist, sold and hoed corporate politicians in DC running the show that keep us in a rat race to the bottom while they rake in corporate money. That's how they keep us in line. Im over it. I'm very lucky in my life to have the resources I do, but im sick of seeing my friends, their families, and even strangers struggle so much over things like medical debt or even rent! Rant over but I'd love to see your guy's thoughts.

how about not blindly following what somebody else dictates "needs to be done" and deciding whether it makes sense to do something from ones own perspective. Is it because most people would say it isnt worth doing? Good, then let it fall through