Billion-dollar company asks $19.95/hour wage workers to donate to colleague: ‘I don’t make enough to save my coworkers from disaster’

The saying goes, «A friend in need is a friend indeed,» and that’s a beautiful sentiment. Helping a friend is a wonderful way to show you care. There are a handful of people in my life that I’d drop absolutely everything to help, and I’m happy to do it because I know they’d do the …
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‘Boomer dad got Boomered’: Progressive CEO buys employees laptops so they can work from home, gets endless complaints from a technologically challenged older woman

Young people all want to work from home now. We’re more focused, our workload is more manageable, and we don’t have a micromanager breathing down our neck every time we need to use the restroom. Personally, I love working from home and relish the chance to type on my laptop from the comfort of my …
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23 Entrepreneur Memes for Small Business Owners Always on the Clock

Being your own boss is no joke. Whether you own a small buisness, work as a contractor, or create content, you are pretty much on the clock all the time. You can set boundaries for yourself, sure, but ultimately, the success of your business is on you. And that’s a lot of pressure. But…it’s also …
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‘So…6% pay rise for everyone?’: Company mandates 42.5 hour work week, does not offer overtime

The 40-hour workweek is one of those institutions that has remained the norm, no matter how much has changed in our world. Ever since the Labor Standards Act in 1940, we’ve been doing 9-5 or some variation on that. Even though we have computers and robots and fast cars, we still work as much as …
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‘It took them almost TWO months’: Incompetent company accidentally fire employee, don’t realize until mandatory training

Let’s face it, many of the jobs that exist in the market today are kind of useless. If every nurse or cleaner quit their job tomorrow, we would be in trouble, but if the same thing happened to every business consultant? It’s not like most of us would notice.  That said, the one place you …
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Company begs employee to tell them his work laptop’s password 6 months after he was fired: ‘Even I can do a hard factory reset’

Not every company in the world is the best at Information Technology. Some of them don’t even have an IT department, and it really shows. When there are computer problems, and nobody is there to fix them, it becomes exceedingly clear how much of the white-collar workforce is lowkey technologically illiterate. I am definitely guilty …
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Company takes 6 PTO days away from employee for taking too many days off in 2023, despite the company not having PTO in 2023: ‘Is this LEGAL???’

PTO is a sacred thing. Companies usually give as little of it as they can, but once they give it, they seldom can take it away without a great deal of pushback. Some companies can take their employee’s PTO away retroactively, having it expire if they haven’t used it in a timely manner.  It might …
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‘We are all mercenaries. Act like it’: Cold-blooded company fires employee on their 2 year anniversary

Being fired has to be one of the worst feelings in the world. Sure, if you’re doing it right, a job is never everything to you, but it is a whole lot. It means stability, routine, and an income upon which to build your life. But aside from the logical concerns, getting fired can also …
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‘I’m at a loss for words’: Company asks employees to ‘donate’ PTO to cover loyal worker’s leave

Let me be the first to say it, the labor landscape is rough right now. Employers are complaining that «nobody wants to work» while employees are fed up with low pay and a lack of benefits. If you have a job that you like and it pays you a satisfactory wage, then you’re one of …
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‘How is this legal?’: Company forcibly installs cameras into employee’s home offices to spy on them

There are so many great things about working from home. For starters, you can sleep in without being dreadfully late for your shift. Commuting eats up so much of your precious sleep time. I used to wake up 20 minutes before every shift during one of my WFH internships, allowing me not to be pitifully …
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