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Lying to employer…

So just wanted to see some thoughts. Is it bad to lie to your current employer with telling them that you have another offer elsewhere with the hopes that they’d match that offer to get you to stay? I’m pretty good at my job and I know they value me highly. I’d just like more pay, but I don’t think they’d give it to me if I just asked for a raise. (So maybe they don’t value me highly enough lmao). Would they ask for an offer letter from the other “employer”? Can they do that?

4 Comments
2024/03/13
00:08 UTC

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Customer service culture feels like a cult

I left my customer service job just over a month ago, and Im transitioning into a completely different workplace that is not customer service related at all. I have been in the customer service industry for 12 years. Different types of jobs customer service related positions that I would hold for 2-4 years on average. From cashier, to grocery store, to barista, to retail, to airlines, not particularity in that order but bouncing around or working 2 jobs at the same time in-between.

Ive been spending some time trying to reflect and look back on my time in that environment and for once be on the outside looking in. The levels of corruption within the customer service industry is crazy. Currently and my new job, when someone legitimately wants to help me I can't help but feel like they are only helping me because of negative intentions. The first couple times I had received an email about being invited to a scheduled meeting I couldn't help but ask "what's wrong, what's had happened?" because I assumed and felt that meetings are only reserved for issuing write ups, suspensions or terminations.

Looking back I remember some supervisors/higher up roles were specifically hired to issue write ups to your employee file, under the assumption that there's always room for improvement. Looking back I realize these positions were filled just to spend the budget and the people who were in these roles were pressured by higher ups to issue write ups otherwise their jobs are meaningless, even if it meant that they had to make something up. This naturally would pin people against each other and cause fights, leading to more opportunities of events they can write up to bring meaning to their position. Then when your yearly evaluation came along, you would have to explain the mistakes you apparently made and tell them what your plan is going forward to better yourself and the company, and they wouldn't take nothing as an answer, you had to write something down.

You're constantly lead to believe that minimum wage/poor pay is what you deserve, and you're crazy to ever consider asking for a raise. Leaving on time or ever taking your break in a timely manner, or at all is out of the question because they expect you to dedicate your life to their corporation. They make you out to be the problem if you ever try to consider you're worthy of higher pay or better work life balance. Its more normalized to be scared into not speaking up about issues in the workplace because those who speak up bring upon them problems with higher ups. If you have a VIP from the company coming your constantly micromanaged, more than the usual micromanaging on everything, how you look, what you say to ensure you don't say the truth on how bad things are going. If you even try to vocalize about anything you know severe disciplinary action is coming your way. They expect you to give the illusion that everything is going perfect, and shunned if you think or say otherwise.

Don't even get me started on the influence of greed and money.. Ill stop here.

Theres probably a lot more connections to cult culture I could add, but I just wanted to share some perspectives Ive seen and noticed, maybe someone else sees the same thing, or maybe not, who knows

0 Comments
2024/03/13
00:06 UTC

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Sleazy Cheesy

It has come to my attention that a local factory (producing cheese) is scheduling employees 10 hour shifts for several consecutive weeks without a day off; who do I report this to?

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2024/03/12
23:50 UTC

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Well...do they? What say you?

1 Comment
2024/03/12
23:49 UTC

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If your job requires a college degree, then you should be able to write off student loans as a business expense.

3 Comments
2024/03/12
23:44 UTC

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I'll jot that down bud

5 Comments
2024/03/12
23:42 UTC

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Google is getting a lil too real…

1 Comment
2024/03/12
23:39 UTC

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They want a doctors note when I make peanuts

I'm incredibly frustrated right now. I had surgery about 10 weeks ago and have been back at work for the past 5 wks. Despite multiple chances to ask me for this, they are deciding now is the time to ask me for a doctor's note, which is neither convenient nor affordable for me, as I would have to pay for another appointment to get one. I told them that I would try to find the most cost-effective way to do this, and they said “it shouldn’t cost anything”. Personally, I've never been able to get a doctor's note without seeing, i.e., paying for a doctor to see me first.

I am already in debt from my surgery and I can’t afford to make more doctors' appointments. When I ask for more hours, they sidestep the question or change the subject and I get left with 15 to 25 hours a week tops. While they clocked in at 230k last year in revenue and go overseas 2-3 times a year, my fiancée and I are applying for food stamps.

This person has consistently demonstrated that they only think about themselves and it’s incredibly frustrating (not that I would expect anything less from a greedy, hungry “entrepreneur” with less than 10 employees). The very day of my surgery as I was being wheeled into anesthesia, they had the audacity to text me asking me if I would be willing to work during my medical leave. I told them that I would have limited mobility after my two-week medical leave, and that I’d need them to check back in at the 4wk mark. And I thought I had made it clear that, NO, this was not a guarantee that I would be good to go at four weeks; this was a checkpoint. When I informed them of complications that would extend my timeline beyond the 4week mark, they scheduled me anyway and tried to downplay the very hazardous work they were asking me to do. It got to the point where I told them that if they scheduled me, I would resign and it would be effective immediately. I have had to put my foot down several times over these past 10 weeks, and I'm so incredibly tired.

So Reddit, what do you think I should do? I feel like I’m constantly butting heads with this person; at the same time, they freak out and start choking back tears when I state my boundaries.

Tl;dr. Boss wants a doctor's note clearing me to work, even though I’ve been working and I can’t afford it.

3 Comments
2024/03/12
23:33 UTC

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I am exhausted

[Firstly, I apologise for this long rant. Please let me know if it’s not the appropriate subreddit to post it.]

I (M,26) live in one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is the worst in every possible way: cost of living, air quality, job opportunities—you name it.

I graduated in 2022 with a major in Journalism, but I started working in 2021. It’s been three years since I entered the job market. Three years! The last job I had, which I left few months ago paid me the equivalent of US$270 a month. $270 for seven hours a day, six days a week, and 26 days a month. If you add the commute, I lost almost 11 hours per day (a two-hour commute for a distance of about 20km).

Now, you would probably say that in a country in Asia, US$270 might be considered high, but let me give you some context to understand. An Uber ride from my home to my office would cost me at least $5. That’s $5 out of my monthly salary of $270 gone for a single Uber ride. If I take the bus or other forms of public transit from my house, the total commute would cost me around $2 for the round trip from home to my office and back. That’s almost $60 a month for my commute out of my $270 salary.

While a single person who doesn’t have to bear the responsibility of anyone could manage fairly well on this salary, it’s nearly impossible for a person with a family to bear the cost of living. I live with my parents. My mother is a housewife, and my father is nearing 65 and still working almost 10 hours a day. I am 26 and practically living off my father’s income. If my father loses his job, I don’t know what would happen to us.

So, in search of a better-paying job, I started looking for other opportunities since September last year. It’s been six months, and I haven’t received a call from a single job prepared to pay me a salary in the range of US$300-350 per month. Most of those who have reached out wouldn’t go higher than US$250. I am just tired and exhausted. I don’t know what the future holds, but it’s ridiculous that in this day and age, when countries boast about rapid GDP growth and companies and corporations set record profits, a 26-year-old adult can’t make a living despite giving almost 260 hours a month at work. And it’s kind of true for almost majority of the city’s young population. It feels like hell. Sometimes there’s no word I can use to express my frustration with myself. The situation is even worse for many others, as starting salaries at local companies usually hover around $150-180.

5 Comments
2024/03/12
23:17 UTC

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New job doesn’t allow bathroom breaks. Help.

The call center I work for now only allows bathroom breaks on an actual break (2 15 min breaks and a 30 min lunch all unpaid of course) but I have to use the bathroom a lot bc I have a small bladder and I’ve been this way my whole life, I’ve never needed a doctor’s note to go pee. They told me to get an accommodation from a doctor if I want to be able to use the bathroom while on the clock. I can’t go to the doctor right now because this job makes us wait 3 months to receive health insurance (and the insurance sucks btw). I don’t have health insurance but they expect me to pay outright to see a doctor so that I can use the bathroom. I called a doctor today and they want $150 for an appointment, not even guaranteed that I can get an accommodation to use the fucking bathroom for an 8 hour shift. I have to use the bathroom about 2 times an hour. What tf is this even? Any and all advice is welcome.

12 Comments
2024/03/12
23:15 UTC

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My work place won’t accommodate for chronic illnesses

I have a skin condition called hidradenitis supparrativa which makes sitting for long hours very painful, along with PTSD, PCOS, depression & anxiety and I am currently working at a factory job and I get paid per hour. I work 40 hrs/week but now wants to work 38 hrs/week, only 2 hours less, so that I can take a half day on one of the days and attend my dr appointments. Currently I only had 10 PTO days this year, no sick and no vacation. However my workplace is unwilling to accommodate this with the schedule that I need, although I am getting doctors note from both my psychiatrist and general doctor. Would I be a whiny bitch for complaining about this? I feel like it’s reasonable what I ask for. I’m also the top employee in terms of numbers for my department so it’s not like I’m slacking off despite everything. Also they would be able to pay me less per week so it’s not like they are losing any money. All my conditions are professionally diagnosed. I called out today to attend my appointment and my boss said he’s concerned that I took too many days off and it’s only march. There’s not much I can do with 10 days considering my illnesses needs regular checkups and they are chronic. Please let me know if my request is reasonable or unreasonable 😭

6 Comments
2024/03/12
22:52 UTC

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How to Proceed After Being Let Go (?)

 The owner at my burger shop (mom & pop joint) got pissed that we had loud music with cursing in it because customers can hear what we play. He threatened to shut down the entire store & fire us all. My MANAGER came to me a day later talkin about; "Owner want to know if he'll see any action on this." I asked if I'm being fired & he says "I still need to talk him Monday."
 Monday rolls around and I'm forced to ask Manager, late that evening, what's going on. He says he didn't have a chance to talk to Owner and to hang tight.
 Tuesday is here and I've been removed from the group chat but still, no communication as to what my employment status is so I asked my Manager & he says "give me a minute". Is this fool trying to get me to quit to avoid having to fork over unemployment? Do they have to explicitly tell me I've been terminated? Do I have to explicitly say "I quit"? Can they ghost me in this manner? I live in Arizona if that helps.
  
4 Comments
2024/03/12
22:44 UTC

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Republicans - “why do we keep losing elections? By the way nobody should be allowed to retire”

10 Comments
2024/03/12
22:42 UTC

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Doctors note

My communist boss is asking for a doctors note but im suffering an excruciating hangover, can one of yall make me one or a template or something he says its gotta say I can come back to work safely tomorrow🤣told Him i have diarrhea, fast food place btw

9 Comments
2024/03/12
22:28 UTC

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Pharmacist doesn’t go to ER for a heart attack and dies waiting for coverage.

1 Comment
2024/03/12
22:17 UTC

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So, what do we do..

Genuine question, im frusterated with having to work insane hours, im tired, i dont have much money, the drama surrounding my job reigns hell on my life the hours in there makes it impossible to improve as a person or in life… Seems most everyone here is in the same boat, not once have I seen a plan, or a road map, or anything. Whats the goal? Or is this just a monument to the saltiness of the working man

0 Comments
2024/03/12
22:16 UTC

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Quit corporate job due to feeling unfulfilled.

Hey all, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I think I would’ve appreciated it.

I was working as an auditor for a big 4 firm remotely for 7 months after college. And although the work wasn’t that hard, I had such a strong feeling that I wasn’t doing anything that mattered, that I quit! And now, I’m applying to restaurants and grocery stores for a job. Huge pay cut, yes. But being able to have more personal interactions, physically help out customers in the community, and be on my feet more instead of a computer screen will make such a positive impact on my mental health, that it’s a no brainer for me. This is the best decision for me right now. And it may be for you too.

And for anyone who wants to criticize this idea by saying everything they think is wrong with it. The fact is — this worked for me. And it may not work for you. And that’s okay. Everyone’s different, and different things will feel good or bad for different people. If anyone else feels this way, and would like to chat, feel free to message me! I’d love to talk about this journey :)

2 Comments
2024/03/12
22:14 UTC

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Is there a way to get a doctor's note without paying?

I don't have a PCP. I'm afraid of going to Urgent Care if they're gonna charge me hundreds just for seeing them. I'm not even sick right now, I just want to know in the future how I can get one without getting punished severely by our broken fucking health care system.

I hate this bullshit so much...

8 Comments
2024/03/12
22:10 UTC

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How clueless do you have to be to argue in favor of raising the retirement age when your job is to talk on a microphone

47 Comments
2024/03/12
22:06 UTC

14

Reorganization happened and now my bosses suck.

I’ve worked for my current company for 3 years, and when I started things were great. In my first year we bought another company, and we slowly started integrating them into our work practices. Then about a year ago we got notice that for the American division of our company they were putting the people that were in charge of the company we bought in top leadership positions.

So with that context, they reached out to me a few weeks ago and congratulated me on being picked to coordinate and audit all 10 facilities in our region. I was excited because this is some work that has needed done for a while, a lot of our facilities are given the standard and just expected to comply in their own way. There’s no uniformity, there’s little communication…it was the job I’ve been waiting for them to ask me to do. The job I was hired to do was for one facility only, and I thought that this meant they were giving me a promotion. That wasn’t the case though, they said it would only take me 25 hours a month (I estimate more like 35 hours for what they asked, which is probably half or less of what actually needs done), and that this was just an ongoing special project. Obviously I wasn’t happy about this, I’m a professional with 10 years experience and advanced degrees and certifications in my field. When I asked about whether they would consider ever creating this position in the future, they said that they didn’t think the business would require it. The business requires this “project” but not the position to do the project? I can’t make heads or tails of that logic. Then they said that I’ve only been there for three years maybe we can talk about a promotion when I’ve been there for longer.

Now this is something I’m expected to do without proper compensation or even a better title, and I was told not to be “bitter about it”. I was told to walk on eggshells around them and to be thankful for the opportunity. They are upset with me because I got “HR involved when I brought up a promotion”. They said as payment I should take “the experience”, but I already have this experience. I managed multiple facilities in my last 3 jobs, that’s why they want me to do this and not any of my other colleagues. My direct boss, to his credit, is pissed about they way they went about this. His advice was to do the bare minimum they are asking me to do and in the mean time to look for other jobs.

I’m just so tired of this bullshit, thanks for letting me rant.

4 Comments
2024/03/12
22:03 UTC

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Getting injured makes you realize what a pos most employers are.

Where do I fucking begin? Long story short, I broke my ankle, and my employer is making me work through it. I am an engineering contractor for a very well-known company and these motherfuckers want me to continue showing up to the office even though: 1. I cannot drive with a broken ankle 2. I cannot walk, I am in crutches. 3. It is uncomfortable for me to stand for long periods (duhh). Unfortunately, the nature of my job is somewhat physical, and they haven't really provided me with alternatives despite the fact I have a minor in CS (which is more education in programming then allot of people at this company have believe it or not). According to my boss I should work on wiring harnesses and soldering stuff up that needs to get done.

Not only that but I have ZERO paid time off during this ordeal. Zero sick days at this company. I have accrued a total of 2 paid days off at this company since I started almost a year ago, which I used on a weekend vacation. That is right, this company offers zero sick days so go fuck yourself if you have a medical emergency.

That icing on the cake though is how I was reprimanded for not responding to a group email which occurred during the same time of the accident and when I was in the hospital. All this despite the fact that I texted my boss the night that it happened. You would fucking think they would understand "Hey he's at the hospital for his broken foot he probably isn't checking his fucking work email." but nah. I explained the situation to my boss and was basically told that "well even under stressful circumstances details matter." I kid you not. Honestly, I didn't know how to respond. I am not sure if my boss is a sociopath or not after that one. Let's not even forget the fact that this email was originally sent out at like 7:34pm or some bullshit.

Anyway, well I need to start polishing up my resume. Just needed to get this out of my system.

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2024/03/12
21:59 UTC

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Update [https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/P3OED3Beku]

So after i called the Department of Labor I got my full check, ive heard nothing more from my boss and doubt i ever will. Don’t let these companies push you over !

0 Comments
2024/03/12
21:52 UTC

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Pizza party

Management: "Hey everyone we got pizza! The budget is tight right now but we wanted to do something special to show we value you. Please only 1 slice per person"

The Pizza:

50 Comments
2024/03/12
21:39 UTC

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is it wrong that i’m frustrated about this and what should i do?

i’m a order puller for a dc ; i’m constantly one of the top pullers. I try to always putting in some effort to make sure i get my numbers, but what sucks is other people be outputting 25% or less and management doesn’t say anything. but when i do it because i feel sick or just other problems going on ; i get called in and question. months on end ill do what i gotta do , others slacking, being unproductive nothing happens. i slack off and everyone’s called in and threatened with losing our jobs because of productivity. at this point i just feel like matching what the others are doing and whatever happens happens . i know i shouldn’t be focusing on others but im just constantly busting my ass

1 Comment
2024/03/12
21:33 UTC

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Had to drop off my work iPad since I got fired. Thankfully an old work friend was able to come pick it up out front so I didn’t have to run into anyone

I don’t know why I couldn’t have just mailed it

3 Comments
2024/03/12
21:30 UTC

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New work rules for PTO and Sick Time.

Used to be able to use sick time anytime you want. Can’t predict that you’ll be sick during shift, right? And it sounds like PTO is going to point us for using said PTO.

2 Comments
2024/03/12
21:24 UTC

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Anyone who has worked at concentrix please help

I recently got hired to concentrix, I've always got job offers and was desperate enough to finally take it. They made me use my own computer and i had to install a program that was blocked because of malware and they said to ignore it. I need rent money so I installed it anyway. Afterwords i looked up the program and figured out it monitors you through the camera and takes screenshots of your pc periodically to make sure you are working. this shit is not worth 14$ an hour. but does anyone know how to remove this from my computer? is it as simple as uninstalling? I'm quitting and want this shit no where near me the file name is ConcentrixIntuitUtility.exe

2 Comments
2024/03/12
21:23 UTC

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Matrix Absence through employer

Looking to get insight if anyone has any. My company pays for STD/LTD through matrix absence. I’m in a high risk pregnancy with complications. My OBGYN put me on bed rest at 32 weeks with a delivery at 37 weeks. My neurologist and psychiatrist were also in agreement with my OBGYN.

I submitted all of the paperwork for major medical leave, and prepared for my STD needed for delivery. Matrix took all of my doctors notes and recommendations and somehow DENIED my claim saying i could still work just fine regardless of the medical advice my 3 doctors gave.

What the fuck is this

6 Comments
2024/03/12
21:14 UTC

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Why is 45 hours the "standard" work week now?

I'm interviewing all over the place, and multiple times, I've heard that their "standard" work week is 45 hours. When did this happen? I work to live, and NOT live to work. It's none of their business what's going on in my personal life, except that I want a personal life.

Then I hear that they pay more because of these hours. You know what? I want fewer hours and I will take less pay. It's not insane to want that. Besides, I know that I'll get more done in a 37 hour work week than in a 45 work week. When I consistently work 9 hour days, I either get distracted for about 3 hours, or I'm completely exhausted.

Dolly Parton had a song called "9-to-5" that talked about starting work at 9, getting a lunch in there, and leaving at 5. That's long gone.

46 Comments
2024/03/12
21:04 UTC

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