"we're in a teacher shortage!" They scream as they revoke one of my favorite teacher's teaching license because he gave a 2 weeks notice instead of a 3 weeks notice, even though he had to go work at his new job in less than 3 weeks or else he would lose the job opportunity.
my favorite teacher’s principal decided to bring a student in who was physically violent yet gave no warning about it, and kept trying to bring the kid in after the student literally beat my teacher up with a metal pole he *ripped off of a table.* yeah safe to say she quit
"We're in a teacher shortage!" "You could try paying them at least the bare minimum to live, if not tens of thousands more considering their jobs are the cornerstone of society as a whole." "uggghhhhhhh why does nobody want to work anymooooorrreeee!!!!!1!!!!11!!!!!"
Honestly I love that he covers the more angry subreddits. Especially in anti work with all the pro union and shit. It’s genuinely good advice and information from someone with experience
3:53 Dude. I’m in highschool. I’m 15. I worked as a student cleaner at a middle school in my district. I got paid 14.71 an hour to take out trash and vacuum rooms, along with signing up for pension and benefits. At 15. And people are still getting paid seven bucks an hour? Unbelievable
I was working at Popeyes and had two raises because the big boss walked in on me being the only employee running the store because the managers took the other employees out to smoke TWICE. So no foul there, but there were minors who worked there MUCH longer than me who could only work during the busy day shifts and they told me that they weren’t allowed to get raises because they were minors. Even when the minimum wage went up to 15/hr, they were still paid 14/hr.
I had a friend who had to take APPROVED UNPAID time off because after he had his son, his wife couldn't walk or move for weeks. They fired him a week in dispite him calling them EVERY day to make sure it was okay he wasnt coming in.
As a German, I'm glad that most of the stuff here isn't very applicable! I still watch all of this because I care about the workers over in the US and want to stay updated over _when they have had enough BS and are going to flip the economy on its head :)_
I would looooove to see the US govt.'s reaction to countries like Germany setting up programs where americans are helped getting an education, a job, and a place to live(if they need jobs filled) and seeing thousands leave. Like the reverse of outsourcing, sort of. I'm ready, I WANT to work, to have that pride of a job well done, and to not have to be ok with never being a mother, so much so that I'm actually confused about if I ever wanted to be one. I barely had the opportunity to consider it! Ugh, it's not the land of opportunity anymore, it's the land of hopelessness.-as for why I haven't tried yet, there's a few factors, but mostly I'm unable to take risks. Can't do it. I'm alone. It's life or death. I wish I had the bravery of a sex worker.
Nah, Germany would never do that. We can’t even care enough about our own workers (nursing staff, etc.) or the refugees we took in, let alone a bunch of Americans. Germany does A LOT better by the working than most of the planet, but they are still nowhere near fair.
Yeah seriously apparently the world economy relies on the US to the point they refuse to let it fail. What’s going to happen when Americans get sick of holding it all up? At least while executives will complain and call ppl lazy, regular (and sane) ppl outside the country will know the truth.
Yep. The U.S.A. is basically a hyper conservative oligarchy with super aggressive anti worker policies. Most citizen are pretty much at gunpoint by many private businesses, sometimes literally since police only really serve and protect their interests. We are also quietly not allowed to rise from our financial caste and attempts do to so, save the lottery, are quickly squashed on average. I say this as an American who isn't sure if immigrating elsewhere might just be my only real option (I'm currently a paralegal making 18 an hour)
As much as I like the guillotine jokes, we are no longer in a "if they don't have bread then let them eat cake" phase. We're in a "if you're homeless then just buy a house"-phase.
39:00 This is no joke a small plot point in Cyberpunk 2077, where a farmer developed a tomato strain that was immune to several plant diseases and a Megacorp shut it down, eliminated the farmer and seized the produce. Now while corporations cannot legally kill us, yet, it's essentially the same thing. This is our dystopia, we are already at the stage where corporations have so much power they can walk all over our human rights.
Remember sweet thing, you cannot be targeted if you ask for a raise with 1(or more) other people :) and if they did target you all, it wouldn't be okay at all.
@@bonecollector5 Nobody enforces it no matter how much you report your workplace for breaking the law unless you are a minor in the US or working for a massive company that the government chose to use as an example like Walmart. It took me a few jobs to find one that actually obeyed OSHA. The worst was in Texas Roadhouse for me on holidays we were made to work 12-14 hour shifts with no breaks. The average shift was 8-10 hours with no breaks. There were no ladders to stock the 11ft high shelves and a manager broke her arm standing on the dressings counter to reach a box. There was no first-aid kit in the building we were expected to keep our own in our car and the one time I got burned badly they didn't let me get it. They made it a pain to call off even when sick in the building. They actually hid the MSDS (right to know/safety and working rights manual that is required by law) behind the tableware station and concealed it with wire racks filled with tableware and never did training on it when most other workplaces force you to to listen to a 15-45 minute lecture on MSDS based laws and rights and have it on a massive yellow sign on the wall. The only reason I found the MSDS was because I was rolling tableware and needed some spare forks. They only kind of enforced the law with minors because they were in the high school work program and had to report details of there workplace to an instructor for grading.
fr tho america sucks and i'm american freedom this freedom that this is freedom to you really who am i kidding of course it is because they don't have to do anything
Apart from when he complains about the Right, Trump, Election Fraud, Companies, value of unskilled labour work and especially when he rants about min wage as though inflation isnt a thing. And this is coming from someone who literally just reads other peoples posts, fucks it up half the time and even then repeats the same ones. Like jesus christ how hard is it really? No wonder they complain about unskilled labour, because they ARE that.
One time, I had a customer throw a full blown fit because I was helping a customer that was not only in front of her in line, but was being helped before the banshee even walked in
I got written up at my first job for complaining to my coworkers that after two years of working a retail job for $7.25, that my raise was only 10 cents. They told me I “wasn’t allowed to discuss pay with other employees” and I stupidly said “Oh… I didn’t know” and just took the write-up. Cause I didn’t know, it was my first ever job.
I looked up the 93 year old rent story. It's actually worse than you would think. Let me start out by saying this wasn't over several hundreds or even thousands of dollars. It was over a past due balance of $161. That's it. So, because of course, the home where Juanita Fitzgerald (the 93 year old woman) was living, Franklin House, is owned by the National Church Services. A worker with the National Church Services said that Fitzgerald was holding back rent because she was "going to die soon." She never said that. Then when authorities tried to arrest her she reportedly refused to get her belongings, intentionally slid out of her chair and onto the floor then resisted when officers tried to pick her up. I've worked in assisted living before. There is a specific way you need to be trained to help lift someone who is medically frail up from the floor as not to hurt them badly. This terrifies me. So let's make this worse... Officers said they did escort her out safely without handcuffs... (as the body cam footage showed) but as a news reporter was interviewing her at the jail said she observed bruises on her arms and handcuffs around her wrists. Likely they were put on when she was booked. So that's awesome and totally checks as well. The good news is that the charges were dropped and this woman is amazing. There obviously was a huge outpouring of donations her way. After she had been set up in a hotel room for temporary housing this was her response: She said doesn't need money and would likely give away any donations, but she could benefit from being able to stay in a small room somewhere and being given her belongings back, namely her Bible. "I could probably get some more clothes. I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing this for God." This woman did not deserve any of this. And I hope that National Church Services or whatever is never allowed to do any type of business ever again.
I work in a setting like this with the required certifications, We have a resident of nearly 100 as well who is also a selfless Bible thumper, i would fight a cop tooth and goddamn nail if they tried to take her from me, lmao. Especially in cuffs, why would you need to cuff someone that old? Sure they still hit hard but just deal with it dude. (I get beat up at work a lot by dementia pts lol, but it's fine they usually apologize or didn't mean it in the first place.) For me, it is wild that even past our REDICULOUS retirement age of 70 or more, and our other elderly already emptying our social security after getting to retire earlier, and it expecting to be gone by time my ~15-20yo generation is 50, that someone nearing a 3rd digit in life would even have consequences for anything less of $1000. At that point finish emptying the damn batter bowl, scrape the sides and pay her rent. None of us expect to really pass 40 these days anyways. My mother is already stressfully going grey at this age, and this should be a 2nd nearest highlight of her life, spending time with her growing children who should be able to help her around the house more, and begin to move out. but work too much, for not enough to even get a small, crammed apartment with one room by ourselves. I make $600 every 2 weeks, the shittiest studio here is $800-1000/mo, id need a 2nd person just to live check to check AFTER I pay my $7,000 car off 🙄 I already am tired and in chronic pain from working in this goddamn world. I couldn't imagine *actually* beginning to get old anymore, let alone affording to and I work with the elderly, taking care of them in a healthcare setting. I. Could simply never. I don't see it. I see joining their conditions as a death sentence for someone like me. Not as a medical reason to finally fully retire. Let the elderly and ill enjoy their final days in peace is just where I stand.
I like this subbreddit a lot. As someone whose still growing up (Currently a teen), this is really useful to know how bad working can actually get, and what they'll try to pull on me. So, thank you for showing me all this.
As an early 20 something, please know your rights when working! I had a boss that absolutely took advantage of me and fired me for not doing a free graphic design rebranding project! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
I work as a lifeguard in Iowa, and I'm really prone to heat stroke. We are EXTREMELY short staffed and have a lot of irresponsible people who don't even go to work when they are supposed to, and other guards who are responsible are forced to take their hours. The most we get paid is about $10 only to be disrespected by patrons and sometimes our manager. When it is over a hundred degrees or there is lightning in the area, we are expected to stay there. I almost passed out several times this past summer because of this. And, on top of this, we have several patrons who hate when we take a SEVEN minute break and said we should get rid of them. They have no respect for the guards. There was once a parent who yelled at us for doing our job, and saving here kid while her back was turned, when her eyes were supposed to be on her child the whole time. Our manager did nothing. Once, we also got caught out in a storm and half of the staff got sick from sitting out there in the wind and rain. Then got in trouble and talked about behind our backs for calling in sick.It's not fun, and people wonder why there is a shortage in lifeguards in America.
Feel like we should make a "minimum wage" for all politicians in the US. Call it "your turn" and make it a something absurd like a penny a day, and when they complain tell them, "they can SOOO live off that pay, just get another job you lazy old prick." I'd love to see their reactions if we actually pulled it off.
The minimum wage was supposed to be for one person to be able to feed and house a family of four, now a days it takes two minimum wage jobs full time for one person to live without heat.
My dad raised a family of 9 as a stock boy at a paint store. We lived in a 4 bedroom house, had two cars (one was usually broken down, but both were paid for) we rarely had takeout and at alot of spaghetti, and had to water the milk down to stretch it, but we had Nintendo, Playstation, we all had bikes, all had Rollerblade to play road hockey, money was tight, but it was pretty good growing up. I now have 13 years of experience as a cook, can't find a position that will pay me more than $20, I drive Uber on the side, have a cleaning company on the side, and I struggle to pay rent. I have no dependents, and no disposable income, not that I'd have the free time to do anything with it anyway. The little amount of free time I have is typically reserved for doing 2 weeks worth of laundry which will take the better part of a day and other mundane tasks like chores and errands and being stressed that I'm "wasting my time" because I'm not bringing any money in by doing the laundry grocery shopping etc, in fact, it's costing me money! For my entire adult life, I have never not been stressed about finances. I have changed careers 3 times (which also takes investment of time and money for certifications, courses to train for skills and whatnot). I have so many skills and yet no potential employer seems to value them. I have desire to stay and be loyal to a company, but that translates to "oh we can pile all the work on you and pay you less than everyone else, got it" I was told growing up that hard work is rewarded, people appreciate good work ethic, but I can't say it's done me any favors to this point
My grandfather worked as a school janitor and my grandmother as a part-time lunch lady in the 70s. Somehow they were able to afford a house, 5 kids, no one starved, bills were paid, and they had no debt.
@@Scoots_McGeeisnt capitalism beautiful? What you described is a classic case on how the people on top control how money works and your paying a price for it. Brings a tear to my eyes seeing how capitalism changed our lives. Beautiful. Bravo
Honestly I'm just waiting for the breaking point, for that one person to get done dirty by a company, and do something drastic that ignites a revolution. As long as the response is measured and targeted, at the actual enemies. I fully support them.
Measured in the form of a molotov cocktail, targeted directly at their countryside mansion. Minimal disruption to any normal people, maximum disruption to the rich "people".
@@grahamquzeul8678 See you get it, though I was thinking along the lines of a string of burglaries that target the homes of the wealthy, with their art and shit being fenced for cheap, so the profits can go into a local soup kitchen.
@@rox3725 They'll not win for long when nobody's left to do the slave labour for them. These useless leeches would crumble to dust if they tried to pick up an axe.
@@rox3725 Then target the rich, rich people seem to have forgotten how little power they actually hold in any matter, in society, they have money, but money won't beat hundreds of millions of pissed off workers, all targeting exclusively them, the workers have the power to grab America, or whatever other country they live in, by the neck and demand what they're owed, and if everybody unionized, they would have no choice but to give them what they want.
The more I hear, the more I’ve decided that I lean way more towards being a Millennial than being a Gen Xer. I was born in that weird micro generation between the two from 1977 to 1982. Sometimes called the Star Wars generation for obvious reasons. A lot of Gen X bench points were well before me being cognizant of them. I remember Challenger, Berlin Wall, and Desert Storm; but not Watergate, Jonestown, or the energy crisis. However I do remember all of the Millennial bench points; 9/11, Columbine, OJ Simpson, Obama’s election, etc.
At 43:00 I did the real math- 52 weeks times two days is 104 days 365-104=261 days left 5 holidays+14 days off+2 sick days=21 days off, 261-21=240 days working. 2/3s of that you spend not working, so you’re working 80 days worth of work. With 3/48s of that 80 days work being on break, that’s another five days off So, you spend 75 days worth at work. They did the math in the wrong order with the wrong numbers.
Also, since they counted the 16 hours away from work in their math a day off is actually only 0.333 days, so they're just asking to cut their yearly worked hours down to 74.667 from 75
We had a mandatory meeting to discuss whats wrong with our job. I told them communication was the worst and major problem. He told me no youre wrong. He then proceeded to not tell me 2 workers called off for my shift the same day
Boomers will throw shade at younger people living with their parents into their late 20s but they made the rent prices so high there's not really much of a choice. I'm probably going to have to move back in with my parents full-time when I graduate college if this doesn't get better.
They raided the world's coffers and voted away our futures for their own short term comfort and happiness and here's the kicker they still expect us to take care of them now they can't do it themselves. And they call us the entitled generation
I moved back in with my parents at 32 years old and it's the best decision I've made. I went from paying $1,000/month for a shitty apartment to being able to save up more money than I've ever had in my life. Plus they like having me around to help with stuff since they're getting older. Honestly I'm going to stay here as long as possible.
Honestly that water one deserves malicious compliance. "Oh there's a long line of customers, well I geuss I'll leave my cash register to walk all the way to the break room for some water"
23:39 IF YOU ARE EMPLOYING ME AND I AM STANDING AROUND BECAUSE THERE ISNT WORK TO DO OR I AM WAITING TO ASSIST A CUSTOMER WHEN ASKED.... YOU MUST PAY ME. if i am forced to stay at work and not be allowed to go home, or be with my family or do literally anything else... you MUST STILL PAY ME FOR BEING THERE. because god knows im not here for my own fucking amusement
The water thing reminded me of my old job. When I started they let us bring little cups behind the host stand and drink from them when customers weren’t around. They decided we were drinking too much free soda. So they said no more drinks at your station. If we had time we could run back to the kitchen, grab a little paper cone full of soda and drink it in one gulp before returning to work. We weren’t allowed to leave the station alone though so if you didn’t have someone to stand in your place you couldn’t get a drink.
Don't get me started on the BS that is teacher pay. I'm not a teacher, but my mom and BF are. It is so bad, and they pay them so little, that there are MULTIPLE agreements that if someone works for a low income school, a school that can't pay them a livable wage, they'll forgive their student debt. They expect teachers to be poor. They plan not to pay teachers enough to live, yet they expect the teachers to smile while they teach children their employers are planning on leaving in a worse situation.
Ik right but unfortunately its legal by low. The minimal wage they are paying(atleast in my nation) is legal. Capitalism isnt about making money the right way. Its about making money in the least legal way as possible
the one about the parent regretting becoming a parent because of bringing their child into such a bleak capitalist world that's only getting worse is so, so sad.
The worst part is, it’s a major reason many people of the modern generations (including myself) don’t wanna have kids, because it’s just raising a corpse that will eventually be rotted away by, as robin says “the 4 companies that own the world.”
Pretty sure a lot of parents feel that way, whether they admit it, even to themselves, or not. Love my almost adult son.... Glad he's on the trades path to go to a Mechanic program as soon as he can. But it's hard not to feel guilty about bringing him into this world.... Especially since I'm not well... And his father cry's himself to sleep some nights cause all he gets to do is work and sleep.... He'll cry because he had to disappoint his son again... Because he's too tired to even play a video game with him, let alone go on the walks, or spar with him anymore ( they've been practicing with Japanese wooden swords since kiddo was 5 and picked up the wooden knife version when his Dad and I were sparring back before my physical health got worse than my mental😅)
Regarding the "teacher shortage" thing, my mom used to be a High School Math Teacher, but left after 2020 or 2021, due to how badly our district was handling CoViD, and started making the same, if not more, money as a private tutor.
I'm an engineer with a teacher's license. Just tell me, why should I give up thousands in salary, just to teach? I'd rather be a lazy engineer and get paid much more, than a hard working teacher.
@@annekekramer3835 I don't think you should, I was bringing up the point that teachers are severely undervalued and mistreated by the current educational system and should receive better treatment, benefits, and pay for what they're forced to deal with.
If anyone ever doubts that they can pay their workers: I work for an optometry clinic and was recently promoted to clinical care coordinator. The ownership of our clinic is split between three owners, all three of whom are doctors who work at the clinic- we have six on staff. Our lowest paid workers still make a living wage, they offer apprenticeships to become an optician, we receive generous bonuses, our techs receive $300 yearly to buy scrubs, and because we live in a place prone to blizzards they retrofitted a part of the basement into a tiny studio apartment in case anyone ever got stuck in town because of the snow (there are a few roads the city will close in severe storms). We have health insurance, including dental, and of course vision benefits. They do all of this and our (6) doctors all easily make 100k or more a year. They just don't make 300k, which means they're able to provide a good quality of life to ALL of their employees. If anyone ever tells you it isn't possible, they can get fucked.
I could listen to you talking about something passionately like you did here all day long. You have such compassion. Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
You know, it's kind of funny to me. Once upon a time (19th century and earlier) there were a lot of recorded cases of National and State legislators in the States who were paid so little that they were essentially bankrupt and begging for a proper pension. It was a thankless job that often left many penniless. I want to say that this was changed post-Civil War as the politics of influence changed drastically (a comparison by the Congressional Research Service with inflation shows that just pre-civil war, their annual salaries had dipped from the 60k range to around the 40k range with inflation factored in, and post civil war, spiked to 100k, for the most part remaining well above 100k from then on. Prior to the Civil War, their salaries were closer to the equivalent of 70k in modern finances, with little retirement benefits). Basically, since the Civil War ended, the glut of wealth and power in the hands of legislators has steadily risen well into the six figures, and that's only the public on paper salaries. Once, they were treated as medium wage, overworked public servants. Now, they are wealthy lawyers with decades of influence behind their names, protecting their personal wealth and power. I would not want to see them treated the way we did in Henry Clay's era, but it would be nice to return to the days of actually being civil servants a bit more.
I had to resign from my job of 5 years due to mental health reasons this year, and it's been really hard on me. The work place I had was amazing, they treated me like an actual person even though I had mental health problems and Autism (They worked with people who were on the spectrum), but in the end they wanted me to be safe and didn't want me taking my downward spiral out on myself or those around me, and I didn't want that either (Even though this year continued to prove it HATES me and my mental health just grew worse until now) Thing is, people say 'Don't use your aliments as an excuse to not work', 'You'll grow out of it in a few months and work again.' BITCH. I literally thought I was GOING TO DIE one day because my anxiety was so bad I couldn't move or speak. People who don't understand why those with severe mental health issues can't work piss me off SO much.
Unfortunately, in capitalism, its money first, employess later, although many businesses should accomodate people with mental illnesses, it remains a fantasy, its either you work till your dead(with the classic depression and all of that) or screw those who are below you. Since i live in the U.S. i choose to screw those below me
You don't seem too troubled to express yourself or confront people here. Honestly plenty of work at home jobs these days you can try out where you chat with people online.
There was a man in the county in FL that I lived who committed crime to get treatment for his disease that he couldn't afford otherwise. Another elderly man held up a bank, sat down and waited for cops to come to arrest him. So, he could get cancer treatment. They refused to arrest him
@@AgentFulgoreBasedDepartment, sorry no. I'm sure if with a key word google search it can be found. "Elderly man, FL, attempted bank robbery, treatment. "
Having been in the "Unskilled Labpr" workforce for nearlu 3 decades, this is my favorite video on youtube. I've watched this in full nearly 20 times. I have nothing to show for that time and will work until I die. I am in pain every day, worse if i worked that day ]. This is a plague on the U.S. and the reason we are falling behind the rest of the world an many levels.
My dad got fired for too many absences. The reason for the absences, he had doctors appointments, something is wrong with his blood and his heart is also not working correctly and had been like that for years. They knew that he had health issues from the time he applied for the job. Spoiler alert, doctors still don’t know what’s wrong with his blood, he recently had surgery to get a heart monitor out of his chest. People are way too annoying, btw both of the owners sons actually left the company to create their own business which left my dad and some other dude as the only workers, my dad gets fired and the semi trucks take lingers to fix.
Ok. Ron Pearlman is pretty awesome. He has enough sense to know that if the "little guys" on the team don't get paid enough, shit doesn't get done. Someone on a sports team may get paid millions of dollars, but if the bus driver doesn't have enough money to be able to afford to live, he won't be able to be an effective bus driver to make sure that the sports team members can get to their away games. There's a lot more important people than just the people that get paid the big bucks.
swearing isnt against guidelines other than the first 7 seconds, or excessive use. i think its just a conscious decision from emkay to keep their audience as wide as possible
16:17 I kind of understand secret shopper usage. I used to work at a place that used them fairly frequently (usually one every month or so) and the intent was sort of an audit. The managers used the reports to make sure workers were doing what they’re supposed to do, providing a positive atmosphere, and addressing any problems with either a worker or equipment. Some secret shoppers were bullshit I’ll admit but they were mostly fair
As someone who was part of the initial 12k layoffs at Google on 01/20/23 (due to Stakeholder greed) that occurred shortly after and is still struggling to find their footing to support their family 10 months later - 2:08:45 still hits pretty hard....
Really starting to think the entire workforce should collectively go on rental and work strikes. I know we can't afford it, but imagine how fast things would have to change if we did. All of us on strike together would have to do something.
Doesn't matter if we can't afford to strike. We also can't afford perpetuating this work mindset. We will never see the change we dream of, but we can sacrifice our petty selves for our grandchildren to witness the change and our great grandchildren to enjoy better days.
yknow what, fuck it, ima attempt to start this when im a full adult because yeah, this is bullshit, the system is bullshit, not being able to live on one job is BULLSHIT, and before you say "im a dumb kid swept in fervor" no, im not, my parents have told me to not give money to the homeless because "they'll spend it on drugs or alcohol" ...what they fail to understand is even if thats true, the withdrawl they'd suffer would KILL them, they would likely DIE if they didnt fuel their addiction, i hate how the homeless have been stigmatized into... well monsters when in reality its the system that's the monster, the fact their government allows stuff like this can end up happening to them, (im aware this is a huge run on sentence but idrc, education system taught me nothing helpful anyways) someone needs to start building up to this NOW, so it might as well be fucking me because i know waiting for someone else to start it means nothing will happen, and future generations will suffer further, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and we just,.. are somehow okay with it, but im not okay with it, you shouldnt be okay with it, start unionizing if youre reading this, rise up against the bosses, against the top, we deserve our rights, we deserve the pay to be able to live, and we most certainly deserve to be treated by fucking human beings by our bosses, start now folk, perhaps we wont see it today, but future generations will look back upon us, happy to know we did something while others just stood and watched
I think their way of getting around that is by underpaying ppl so they don’t have savings/living paycheck to paycheck so they can’t afford to go on strike. And since these ppl have massive amounts of cash sitting around, they can wait it out until ppl are forced to work again. I feel like if this sort of thing happened, it would be a concerted effort with ppl sharing their savings with each other to keep everyone alive to try and force changes. But I doubt such a collaborative effort could even be achieved.
@@BelBelle468 doubt like that is what would make it impossible, the only way for this kind of thing to succeed, would be for EVERYONE to be in full confidence and in cooperation, couldnt have any greed or doubt or it'd crumble...
I have a comment about the company that did a pregnancy test without consent. When you sign off on a drug test waiver, you agree to provide the company with a specific, small subset of data from your current medical profile. By having a pregnancy test done, they are being given more information about you medically than was agreed to. I'm pretty sure this violates HIPPA laws and would sink the company to bankruptcy in a lawsuit.
I love that I'm listening to this while at work scared to ask for a two week mental health leave because I'm terrified since I moved with my three current cats who have separation anxiety and lost a beloved pet at the same time. And I'm just so burnt out and dead inside.
Listen as someone who went through 2 jobs already at 17 who’ve done similar thing to me, one of which I’d go home at least once a week and cry just out of pure exhaustion, I’d start to look elsewhere. I know it’s hard it’s stressful and you may not get far for a while but honestly when you do finally get out of it ugh it feels so good. My first job at 16 I worked there for around 8 months and was fired cause me being burned out was “affecting staff morale” my second job was cash in hand ghosted me after a while and my last one I quit cause they where far too demanding I had 5 mins a day to sit down working 9-6 and was shouted at for missing things while having to pretty much do everything in the café except cook. But my current job I love it I work with people who respect me and care about me they won’t let me get overworked or overwhelmed and the one time I started too cause too many tickets and getting confused the head chef took over for a min let me get my head straight and then left keeping an eye on me from afar and helping where needed. Trust me it gets so much better
@@matthewdryden4456 Thank you. And I'm sorry that you're age you had to through that, feel any of that. Sure it can "Build character" but not really. Your POV helps. I'll take this week I get for mental health but I'm likely to move on from this job now. A little over a year here and I think it's time. Boomers really have soured my outlook on life. I'll keep moving forward with a smile.
i’d say get documentation when you receive the mental health help you need and utilize it so your job can’t punish you because people who are disabled (yes mental illness counts as being disabled, by law) are protected by Federal law (the ADA); but my former job at a Fortune 500 company not only didn’t accommodate me (i have multiple physical chronic illnesses and am sick a lot), they actively punished me for missing work while sick (despite many doctors notes). i almost died because of it and despite them breaking all kinds of laws (both State and Federal), i didn’t have even 1% of the money it would’ve taken to hire a lawyer to pursue justice. please take care of yourself. if you job tries to punish you or retaliate, quit. it’s not worth losing years of your life - or your life entirely - over some dumb bullshit dead end job. editing to add: i’m a millennial. the corpo obsessed younger management people are just as bad as boomers.
When he says "You're worth more" he's not wrong. Fight for it, build your skills, get paid. I started out making $7.25 an hour, and I learned to advocate for myself and show my skills, now I pull $80 an hour. You can do it too. Be the person that even though they have to treat you like a human with fair work times and pay, they can't resist paying you either-- Then find a company you like to work for.
Yeah when I worked at McDonalds full time we were never allowed to sit down. There was one broken stool in the back that one of the older workers would sneak in the drive through area sometimes. I got yelled at for sitting during training my first week. It's insane.
@sjdjfieizkck hello Elon or someone in his position or someone who just needs a day off and would be back to being pleasant 👋. Notice how their posts are getting a lot more approval than yours do. If you're doing this to just be mean and nasty (they never said they were the only place that has that they just said it shouldn't be a thing that people, especially older employees, have to sneak in a chair to be able to be comfortable enough to work at the best of their capabilities. Is it a thing? Unfortunately and stupidly yes. Does that mean it SHOULD be a thing along with not being able to have a drink of water whenever you need one even though I can't think of anyone (reasonable) who would be like ' x le gasp x they are taking a full second of MY precious time after asking me politely (most people would understand even without the employee having to ask as long as its not prolonged for the sake of being a brat and taking advantage) drinking water on a hot day or just because they want some?! The audacity! They may as well be on their phone and not paying any attention to me at all! I'm going to get them fired JUST for that!'? No it does not.) then just leave this comment section because we don't need that here.
the point of anti work is to tell you that your not a drone for a corporation that you are not a slave to shity bosses . keep your heads up dont let no one treat you like peon.
I love this. You have the idea of the ravagery of greed. Yes we are all human, but those at the top see as cogs in the machines. They have been doing that for centuries cause capitalism promotes the mindset that your employees are assets, not people
@@Lucid5630 Capitalism is a numbers game. Everyone except those ate the very top are simply a number on a spreadsheet. You are not a person to those in positions of power.
Estimated an average of 33 empty house per one homeless person. It's ridiculous. Edit:The interviwer thing happened to me too. Applied to a waffle house as a dishwasher. The manager interviewing me was condescending and rude. So glad I didn't get hired there, I would have miserable.
So for the days off poster at 43:27 I decided to do the math. The hour lunch is really stupid (from experience the employer will have you in for 9 hours if you have an hour lunch to get 8 hours of work). They basically fibbed the numbers for coffee and lunch break somehow going from the actual number of 5.5 days "lost" to coffee breaks to 23 days. Along with the lunch break being 10 days not 46 days (also that is unpaid if it is hourly). In addition, every day off would really only take 8 hours off each day, I personally got 64 days each year of pure working.
"you'll never actually learn to do your job well if you keep jumping" at my last place of employment I was the best employee there within months and I still had to leave after 2 years because they started cutting everyone's hours to around 30/week still at $15/hour
That same CEO who posted that afaik actually jumped jobs all the time to get a bigger bag, too. That problem is mostly created by employers. Job openings usually try to offer as little money as possible to get someone with the right qualifications into the office to do the job. I. e. market rate. If hopping jobs gives you a 20 % salary, that therefore means that your boss has been short-changing you by 20 % for your experience or position unless you traded up... In which case your boss can hardly complain if they didn't have a job opening in the new, better role you qualified for or neglected to adjust your salary so it is competitive for the work you do. If bosses regularly dispensed raises to keep up with going rates of labour, people wouldn't need to job hop to get what their hours are worth.
Most jobs are NOT skilled...yes they require familiarity with how certain things are done within a specific company but no business is that unique that the jobs are highly skilled
i work at a starbucks in a grocery store and my manager denied me a lunch so the kiosk could stay open. i just said "okay" and took a fully paid lunch about an hour later and she didnt know. 15 minutes after i got back, she came in to cover me and said "time for your 10!" and i just said "but i just got back from break" and she just said "oh alright" and left
1:48:37 after they gave her the tip and she was fired the same guy made sure the whole $4,400 went TO THE WAITRESS and then started a gofundme that helped raise $10,000 for her after this happened. I JUST saw a tiktok about this right before resuming the video where I left off. The whole reason she got THAT BIG OF A TIP was because the table was a 30 top and it was a bunch of executives.
I only ever got 1 call from work after hours. It was actually for a good reason: We had to print something on fabric with a name on it, that was spelled a very "unique" way and my boss wanted to be sure, it was right. Yes, it was. Had the customer spell it out and proof read it (proof reading was always required). But I would have called to, just to make 100% sure, because mistakes happen.
I worked for Comerica bank for 2 years and they sent our entire branch ONE pack of starburst to split between the whole staff as our “Christmas bonus” I’ll name and shame them every chance I get.
Well if it makes you feel better I at least have never heard of Comerica but they sound like um...'douches' (to put it nicer than they probably deserve).
If you get told to work, though, you are sicker than a stray dog, then show up and COUGH LIKE YOU GOT LUNG CANCER. What are they going to do? Send you home?
My mom worked for Costa Vida while in college... she was told by her boss that she could have the day off to go on a vacation with family. the next day she found out she had been fired for "not showing up for work"... gotta love people
I know I'm late but I love robins rants of anger because he is like the Mufasa of a powerful roar to point all about all the problems. Much love to robin!
"Nobody, no matter what job, should do 100 hrs a week" *Med student & resident regularly doing 100+ hrs a week* : what ? You are not allowed to do that ? But we did it for free/minimum wage/tuition cost
I work at a theme park and they were hiring for a bunch of things like merchandise and rides and so on, but I applied for the face painting job. Right after I finish the over the phone interview they said ok so you can consider yourself hired. Great this was good. When I get there for my first day I learn that actually, no, they won’t be opening the face painting this year due to staff issues. Which is the only reason I took that job. So I would be working in merchandise which also includes a bake shop and at first we never took tips. Over half the staff were 18 and younger and I’m assuming that since this was the case a lot of people who visited the park felt as though they should tip. The thing that annoyed me the most was that if we were given a tip we had to just put it in the till. After a lot complaints the owners finally allowed us to take tips but only in the food places. So the one day I was sent to the bake shop with someone else there was a tip cup and I never put it there. The one owner and my manager come in and the owner sees the tip cup and say “absolutely not. This is so tacky and unprofessional. It seems like we’re begging and that is disgusting.” And so we explain that the cup was already there and the owner ends up going on a rant how she didn’t even want us to take tips. Then she asks us if we care if we get tips and since she’s the owner there was no way in hell I was going to say yes actually I do care. And the other girl with me was like 15 so she wasn’t going to say anything either. But then my manager comments how the owners husband (the other owner) would rather give us a raise then let us take tips but his wife would rather just let us have the tips then up our pay.
I worked for a small company where the owners, who were always showing pictures of their new car and huge house/renovations therein, called a meeting to say that we were not allowed to have our cell phones out at all, even for emergencies. They said the main reason was "If I pay you for the ten minutes you're on your phone, that's fifty minutes -almost an HOUR - each week I'm paying for you to do nothing. Sounds fair?" The office brown nose yipped some affirmative reply while the rest of us were silent. I quit less than a month later, but I'd been planning that anyway. But Y I K E S. They expected family to call through the office phones. Which recorded everything. Hell no.
I HATE when companies do that! We need to normalize saying that “we’re adults who don’t need to be babysat by corporate assholes” because I’m tired of them doing it
I had a place do that. Said place was my middle school, and even there I found it to be an insane policy. It took less time to just text my mom about whatever than it was to go all the way up to the office phone, so I just texted my mom if necessary.
1:13:39 I agree. My mom (former) workplace do company R&R every year in December... and when they go for a Company outing, I am not talking a day picnic, I am talking about 3-5 days full vacation somewhere like a scenic or cultural spot with minor cook outs and/or buffet dinner in between. Everyone can follow the outing basically free of charge, but, if you bring a family, you need to fork about 15-20 bucks extra per day of vacation. But that's reasonable, because if you pay that 15-20 bucks, you'll get a Family Suite or equivalent sized room for the accomodation instead of the Standard sized one that you might share with a co worker. Everything else? The company paid it for you. The trip to and from the place, the food, you even get about 20 bucks comp in Souvenir budget (not much but if you're alone, that's a quite neat). Sadly, that place is now ruled by a Egotistical Maniac and my mom have been quitting not only because of the toxicity of that place now... but also because her health
When i left my summer job at a pet store, i heard my managers discussing who to hire to replace me, and they mentioned that my hourly pay ($11) was considered "too much" by the company!! This place had MAX 3 employees in the store at any time and had very few employees at all. Cut corners wherever they could. I dont blame my managers because they were just following the company's orders but damn, cheap ass store didnt even want to pay a new part time employee $11 an hour :/
I recently started working at Home Depot, they have machinery you can get licensed for to do tasks, help customers out etc. Apparently they don't pay more to get licensed on these. Because of this workers have been turning in their licenses because it makes no sense to do more work with the same pay
As someone who worked for UPS. It’s not the money or the benefits that’s the problem. It’s the absolutely horrific work environment. I don’t mean like glass everywhere. I mean the back stabbing bosses, higher ups and, coworkers. The constant failure to do simple tasks that are very important to making the building run. But if you take a piss when you’re not on break they’ll fire you for it. DO NOT WORK FOR THEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE BELITTLED AND FIRED
I don't often make comments like this but God, its refreshing to not be shunned and hated for once. I'm a gen z and all I ever hear is how bad we are. To hear Robin compliment and say he has hope for us feels so good. It's nice to actually see someone not join the trend of hating gen z. It may seem minor but going day to day when I'm part of the "laziest" or the "greediest" generation is so difficult. So thanks Robin. You just made my day.
my first day at my first job i was alone because people did not show up for their shifts so there was nobody available to train me, i was a cook in a stadium and my first shift was on what was supposed to be the busiest night of the year with around 13000 people (13000 tickets sold online, likely a few thousand more people bought tickets at the doors). made ~1000 meals in 4 to 5 hours and almost collapsed from heat stroke, caught myself on the way down by accidentally pressing my arm on a heated stovetop but luckily our workplace has trainee/student EMTs and police around during big events so they can get practice in a somewhat controlled environment. EMT people got some free training that night.
I have a bone sickness where standing up for long periods of time becomes painful. To prevent this, I have to sit down for a few minutes every once in a while. Got fired a few times because they insisted I was being dramatic :/ . We are slaves. Yeah we get paid but we are essentially slaves. No one cares about us and no one wants us to be happy or to be okay with life. It's so sad.
Poor EmKay gonna get an aneurysm from reading all these horrible workplace practices, but I do love the sound effects/sounds he uses whenever he has to censor a swear word the alarm one got me laughing hard. Keep up the good work though.
2:36 Did anybody else see that mandatory meeting was on freaking New Years Day?!😂 They must have people in mind they want to let go of because that is how you do it😂
For the "babysitter rate for teachers" post, even if it's just 10 dollars per kid per day, that's like 40-50k for a class of 28 (depending how many instructional days per year), which is better than the like 30-40k they get. Babysitters have a better rate either way
I did that same math. Honestly, if teachers had all the resources they and their students needed, supportive leadership, and a comfortable school to work in… I think most of them would be more than happy with the $50,400.
As someone who just turned 22, working since 16 and in university(not living in the US, thank god), I've only had to quit my job twice. Once was when I was 16, working as a bartender in one of the most expensive beach holiday complexes in my country, making BELOW minimum wage, at the outside pool bar, on the hottest days in 30 years, in full uniform(black pants, white long sleeve shirt, polished black shoes). The second job was working as a bartender again, but in a closed bar that only took orders from the waiters. I quit the second one because the boss systematically threw things at me when he was angry. I love my current job as a devops, because most of the day, I just watch youtube or study for uni, and get paid more than all my previous jobs combined. Don't take shit from employers!
I am 17 and a senior in highschool. I am apart of West Johnston Highschools JROTC Army program and I participate in Raiders, Color Guard, and Drill (when needed). Im a Let 4 in the program and have leadership responsibilities for two of the three afterschool activities mentioned above. I also work at McDonalds part time and make $11 an hour. Between all of those things that I try to balance, I still work on average, 8-12 hour shifts mostly ranging from 1pm- 1am on weeks ends (closing) to 4/5 (depending on the rotc activity that takes place that day) through 9/10/11 pm on weekdays. I work usually for to five shifts a week on average. I still wouldn’t make enough to live on my own and continue to build my future up with those after school activities. The fact that one can’t survive and try and build themselves a future is absolutely insane. I just got off work about an hour ago (got home about 20 minutes ago) on a Sunday night, I still have homework to and an AAR for the raider comp yesterday not to mention prep for practice for this week… Even if I worked my ass off even more, I wouldn’t make enough in NC to live in a small apartment/ house and be able to eat. And ppl say “no one wants to work” I’ve never understood why ppl don’t want to work until I started working. Ppl are so grossly underpaid that there isn’t a point to work bc even working, the outcome is the same, YOUR FUCKED. I fortunately have loving parents that are supportive and have been helping me through my transition into adulthood. I can’t imagine what it’s like for those that don’t have that support in there life, the struggle for them must be overwhelming and honestly, this ahit has to end bc this is just absolutely bs. Thank you for reading my dumb rant❤
I forgot to mention that most of the time, we are under staffed during the evening hours so much so that I have to run the meat fryer and the grill while’s being the runner for the grill team. For nearly a quarter of my shift, I’m doing THREE jobs at once
43:05 I'm pretty sure that Ebenezer Scrooge (a metaphor for the bad side of capitalism) had a similar argument as to not give Bob Cratchet Christmas off.
My half Asian aunt (I’m also half Filipino) she grew up a die hard Republican. (Her parents were 20 years apart 😳) she made her own $ , she’s been rich rich in my eyes since a kid. Always living in mansions & having multiple cars. Her, my cousin & step cousins are equestrians. She almost bought a pony for my sis & I as kids. I can’t stand their political views. I went on their boat with my mom & after we stayed & had lunch at the dock (there’s a place to sit and eat with a pool; they’re loaded) the friend says “I love doing things like this, and it’s not even about the money” all my aunt’s friends are also Republican & rich. (Lives in NJ) the friend, her husband is a cop. They’re rich too?! They also have a similar boat?! I’ve been poor all my life. My cousin is spoiled. She never does anything with me & I in return. Her grandma yelled at her to take me to DQ to get a milkshake. I asked 10x before her & my sister left. I didn’t drive at the time, still don’t 😭. Once she came to our house in PA to pick my sister up. I was making fried chicken from scratch. I couldn’t do anything when she came in. She told my mom “he didn’t say hi to me” she was 25-26 at the time. That’s the most we say to each other. Once in 2018 I paid 2K for my senior trip to Ecuador & the Galapagos. We spent a night/weekend at their house. I wake up, go downstairs, hear my cousin say “they’re poor, why are is he going?” She’s also an idiot. We have family in the Philippines. It’s POOR POOR. My family loves American poor. We sent boxes over. She asked “we always send boxes, why don’t they?” 🙄🤦🏽♂️ Even remember her saying poor ppl shouldn’t take/go on vacation. SHE GOES TO OLACES LIKE TURKS & CAICOS for free bc her step dad pays
What we really need to do, but I understand will be very difficult, is to organize a multi-industry nation-wide strike. All "unskilled" employees, all minimum-wage jobs, all unsafe environments. Everybody needs to collaborate and work together on this. But the communication issues and lack of unions in many states and industries will make this exceptionally difficult.
So in case anyone was wondering: if you do the math RIGHT at 43:25 you’ll come out with 1560 hours which you spend working or 240 days you come to work each year. Here’s how you come to that conclusion: Days per year - weekends - sick days - holidays - vacation = days you come into work per year (diw) 365-105-2-5-14=240 diw x hours per day 240x24=5760 Total hours of these days - (diw x hours you spend away from work) 5760-(240x16)=1920 Remaining hours working (rhw)- (diw x coffee breaks) 1920-(240x0,5)=1800 rhw - (diw x lunch breaks) 1800-240=1560 Which means that, even with the “days working” being counted as 24 hours of work, you would be coming in 65 days of the years.
@51:20 Fun Fact: Depending on where you live and the exact definition of "On-Call" You are entitled to your hourly rate, even if you don't go in or do work. Indy calls it "Engaged to Wait"
"we're in a teacher shortage!" They scream as they revoke one of my favorite teacher's teaching license because he gave a 2 weeks notice instead of a 3 weeks notice, even though he had to go work at his new job in less than 3 weeks or else he would lose the job opportunity.
That is absolutely terrible and I'm fucking FUMING.
Or because the teacher respects and cares for the kids' right to privacy and sees them as human, rather than as tools and slaves of their parents.
my favorite teacher’s principal decided to bring a student in who was physically violent yet gave no warning about it, and kept trying to bring the kid in after the student literally beat my teacher up with a metal pole he *ripped off of a table.* yeah safe to say she quit
"We're in a teacher shortage!"
"You could try paying them at least the bare minimum to live, if not tens of thousands more considering their jobs are the cornerstone of society as a whole."
"uggghhhhhhh why does nobody want to work anymooooorrreeee!!!!!1!!!!11!!!!!"
He should have just had the jobs overlapped and noshowed the last week while he started the new job
I love how this is all Robin.
It really shows they give Robin the most infuriating subreddits to read.
Honestly I love that he covers the more angry subreddits. Especially in anti work with all the pro union and shit. It’s genuinely good advice and information from someone with experience
"Wait.. it's all robin?"
"Always has been."
I want to work remotely in the USA, but i work at a canadian job.
Haha yeah
Robin got a little angy
3:53 Dude. I’m in highschool. I’m 15. I worked as a student cleaner at a middle school in my district. I got paid 14.71 an hour to take out trash and vacuum rooms, along with signing up for pension and benefits. At 15. And people are still getting paid seven bucks an hour? Unbelievable
What this guys said
I was working at Popeyes and had two raises because the big boss walked in on me being the only employee running the store because the managers took the other employees out to smoke TWICE. So no foul there, but there were minors who worked there MUCH longer than me who could only work during the busy day shifts and they told me that they weren’t allowed to get raises because they were minors. Even when the minimum wage went up to 15/hr, they were still paid 14/hr.
Where did you work at, asking for a friend
Bro im the same age and only make 7.75
@@judeeeeeeeee Depends on where you’re located
I had a friend who had to take APPROVED UNPAID time off because after he had his son, his wife couldn't walk or move for weeks. They fired him a week in dispite him calling them EVERY day to make sure it was okay he wasnt coming in.
Again. They ALLOWED him to go without pay, and then FIRED him for taking the offer.
check with the law, because that shit is illegal where i'm at. If you fire for no reason, and they call your bluff, they get money.
As a German, I'm glad that most of the stuff here isn't very applicable! I still watch all of this because I care about the workers over in the US and want to stay updated over _when they have had enough BS and are going to flip the economy on its head :)_
I would looooove to see the US govt.'s reaction to countries like Germany setting up programs where americans are helped getting an education, a job, and a place to live(if they need jobs filled) and seeing thousands leave. Like the reverse of outsourcing, sort of. I'm ready, I WANT to work, to have that pride of a job well done, and to not have to be ok with never being a mother, so much so that I'm actually confused about if I ever wanted to be one. I barely had the opportunity to consider it! Ugh, it's not the land of opportunity anymore, it's the land of hopelessness.-as for why I haven't tried yet, there's a few factors, but mostly I'm unable to take risks. Can't do it. I'm alone. It's life or death. I wish I had the bravery of a sex worker.
I hope you'll get an opportunity to move somewhere else someday. All the best to you, stay strong❤@@deadinside8781
Nah, Germany would never do that. We can’t even care enough about our own workers (nursing staff, etc.) or the refugees we took in, let alone a bunch of Americans. Germany does A LOT better by the working than most of the planet, but they are still nowhere near fair.
Yeah seriously apparently the world economy relies on the US to the point they refuse to let it fail.
What’s going to happen when Americans get sick of holding it all up? At least while executives will complain and call ppl lazy, regular (and sane) ppl outside the country will know the truth.
@@deadinside8781 AKA, I would love to give the Federal Goverment even more power! In the long run, this is sure to turn out great!
as a non-american, r/antiwork is why i found out why working and workers rights in america is terrible
Reason why, becuase everyone thinks its communist
The Germans I used to work with agreed
Yep. The U.S.A. is basically a hyper conservative oligarchy with super aggressive anti worker policies. Most citizen are pretty much at gunpoint by many private businesses, sometimes literally since police only really serve and protect their interests. We are also quietly not allowed to rise from our financial caste and attempts do to so, save the lottery, are quickly squashed on average. I say this as an American who isn't sure if immigrating elsewhere might just be my only real option (I'm currently a paralegal making 18 an hour)
@@burningsnow9870 or yiu could begin the revolution
Tbh it's just as bad in the UK. Shits horrible
whats crazy is we arent even asking to be millionaires or billionaires we're literally asking to be payed enough to live
paid* 🤓☝️
@@ashleycd6487 who cares
@@Nova-bv5qbME
@ashercd6487 Yeah, no. I usually support correct spelling in comments, but read the room. Not the time nor the place, man.
@@Nova-bv5qb Reddit, ironically. If you say payed there is a bot which will come roast you lol
As much as I like the guillotine jokes, we are no longer in a "if they don't have bread then let them eat cake" phase. We're in a "if you're homeless then just buy a house"-phase.
Guillotine-chan is never illegal
You're right, guillotines are outdated. I suggest molotov cocktails as a replacement!
@@grahamquzeul8678drone strikes
@@GlitterC8k That's too humane, they'll probably die instantly in a drone strike. Also a drone strike is expensive, molotov is cheap and painful.
Maxine Waters told homeless people to go home.
This doesn’t seem like r/antiwork, it seems like r/wantingtobepaidenoughtolive.
Same fucking thing
That's the point. People want to work, but they don't want to overwork ad be treated like shit.
39:00 This is no joke a small plot point in Cyberpunk 2077, where a farmer developed a tomato strain that was immune to several plant diseases and a Megacorp shut it down, eliminated the farmer and seized the produce. Now while corporations cannot legally kill us, yet, it's essentially the same thing. This is our dystopia, we are already at the stage where corporations have so much power they can walk all over our human rights.
"individualy we beg, together we bargain", hot damn,. thats a good one Robin. Thanks!
Remember sweet thing, you cannot be targeted if you ask for a raise with 1(or more) other people :) and if they did target you all, it wouldn't be okay at all.
he didn't write that
I love r/antiwork, and honestly since emkay is a big channel, it really spreads the word about what's wrong with work environments today
yeah
"What's wrong with US work environments today" Like 90% of what you read on r/antiwork is just illigal in most of the 1st world countries.
@@bonecollector5 Nobody enforces it no matter how much you report your workplace for breaking the law unless you are a minor in the US or working for a massive company that the government chose to use as an example like Walmart. It took me a few jobs to find one that actually obeyed OSHA.
The worst was in Texas Roadhouse for me on holidays we were made to work 12-14 hour shifts with no breaks. The average shift was 8-10 hours with no breaks. There were no ladders to stock the 11ft high shelves and a manager broke her arm standing on the dressings counter to reach a box. There was no first-aid kit in the building we were expected to keep our own in our car and the one time I got burned badly they didn't let me get it. They made it a pain to call off even when sick in the building. They actually hid the MSDS (right to know/safety and working rights manual that is required by law) behind the tableware station and concealed it with wire racks filled with tableware and never did training on it when most other workplaces force you to to listen to a 15-45 minute lecture on MSDS based laws and rights and have it on a massive yellow sign on the wall. The only reason I found the MSDS was because I was rolling tableware and needed some spare forks.
They only kind of enforced the law with minors because they were in the high school work program and had to report details of there workplace to an instructor for grading.
so you like licking boots at $7.25 an hour? @bobbobbington3615
Also any time robin rants, HE MAKES A DAMN GOOD POINT.
SO TRUE!,LET DE BOI RANT!
and brings up how shitty comcast is every chance he gets
Let him cook
fr tho america sucks and i'm american freedom this freedom that this is freedom to you really who am i kidding of course it is because they don't have to do anything
Apart from when he complains about the Right, Trump, Election Fraud, Companies, value of unskilled labour work and especially when he rants about min wage as though inflation isnt a thing. And this is coming from someone who literally just reads other peoples posts, fucks it up half the time and even then repeats the same ones. Like jesus christ how hard is it really? No wonder they complain about unskilled labour, because they ARE that.
One time, I had a customer throw a full blown fit because I was helping a customer that was not only in front of her in line, but was being helped before the banshee even walked in
I got written up at my first job for complaining to my coworkers that after two years of working a retail job for $7.25, that my raise was only 10 cents. They told me I “wasn’t allowed to discuss pay with other employees” and I stupidly said “Oh… I didn’t know” and just took the write-up. Cause I didn’t know, it was my first ever job.
Under the National Labor Relations Act, employees have the right to communicate with other employees at their workplace about their wages.
Boomers: Just lift yourself up by your bootstraps. Gen Z: I can't afford bootstraps
Funny thing is that phrase was first said to describe an impossible task.
You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps it's impossible
@@winterwulf1995 Oh it's a setup it's a setup it's a setup~~
Gotta love how they use that phrase when they know it’s literally about performing impossible actions. They’re so out of touch and self absorbed.
Gen alpha: what’s a bootstrap?
they will say go make your own bootstraps back in day they know how to make use of blah an make crap
I looked up the 93 year old rent story. It's actually worse than you would think. Let me start out by saying this wasn't over several hundreds or even thousands of dollars. It was over a past due balance of $161. That's it. So, because of course, the home where Juanita Fitzgerald (the 93 year old woman) was living, Franklin House, is owned by the National Church Services. A worker with the National Church Services said that Fitzgerald was holding back rent because she was "going to die soon." She never said that.
Then when authorities tried to arrest her she reportedly refused to get her belongings, intentionally slid out of her chair and onto the floor then resisted when officers tried to pick her up. I've worked in assisted living before. There is a specific way you need to be trained to help lift someone who is medically frail up from the floor as not to hurt them badly. This terrifies me. So let's make this worse...
Officers said they did escort her out safely without handcuffs... (as the body cam footage showed) but as a news reporter was interviewing her at the jail said she observed bruises on her arms and handcuffs around her wrists. Likely they were put on when she was booked. So that's awesome and totally checks as well.
The good news is that the charges were dropped and this woman is amazing. There obviously was a huge outpouring of donations her way. After she had been set up in a hotel room for temporary housing this was her response:
She said doesn't need money and would likely give away any donations, but she could benefit from being able to stay in a small room somewhere and being given her belongings back, namely her Bible. "I could probably get some more clothes. I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing this for God."
This woman did not deserve any of this. And I hope that National Church Services or whatever is never allowed to do any type of business ever again.
I work in a setting like this with the required certifications, We have a resident of nearly 100 as well who is also a selfless Bible thumper, i would fight a cop tooth and goddamn nail if they tried to take her from me, lmao. Especially in cuffs, why would you need to cuff someone that old? Sure they still hit hard but just deal with it dude. (I get beat up at work a lot by dementia pts lol, but it's fine they usually apologize or didn't mean it in the first place.)
For me, it is wild that even past our REDICULOUS retirement age of 70 or more, and our other elderly already emptying our social security after getting to retire earlier, and it expecting to be gone by time my ~15-20yo generation is 50, that someone nearing a 3rd digit in life would even have consequences for anything less of $1000. At that point finish emptying the damn batter bowl, scrape the sides and pay her rent. None of us expect to really pass 40 these days anyways. My mother is already stressfully going grey at this age, and this should be a 2nd nearest highlight of her life, spending time with her growing children who should be able to help her around the house more, and begin to move out. but work too much, for not enough to even get a small, crammed apartment with one room by ourselves. I make $600 every 2 weeks, the shittiest studio here is $800-1000/mo, id need a 2nd person just to live check to check AFTER I pay my $7,000 car off 🙄
I already am tired and in chronic pain from working in this goddamn world. I couldn't imagine *actually* beginning to get old anymore, let alone affording to and I work with the elderly, taking care of them in a healthcare setting. I. Could simply never. I don't see it. I see joining their conditions as a death sentence for someone like me. Not as a medical reason to finally fully retire. Let the elderly and ill enjoy their final days in peace is just where I stand.
😮@@BDB101SB
I like this subbreddit a lot. As someone whose still growing up (Currently a teen), this is really useful to know how bad working can actually get, and what they'll try to pull on me. So, thank you for showing me all this.
Your fine if you dont live in the US.
@@yusufbektas1961 Not true, some companies still try to fuck you over one way or another. can't be too careful.
@@yusufbektas1961 bold of you to assume that the situation is significantly different in other countries
While it is definitely worse in other countries the USA really shouldn't be experiencing this as a developed country
As an early 20 something, please know your rights when working! I had a boss that absolutely took advantage of me and fired me for not doing a free graphic design rebranding project! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
I work as a lifeguard in Iowa, and I'm really prone to heat stroke. We are EXTREMELY short staffed and have a lot of irresponsible people who don't even go to work when they are supposed to, and other guards who are responsible are forced to take their hours. The most we get paid is about $10 only to be disrespected by patrons and sometimes our manager. When it is over a hundred degrees or there is lightning in the area, we are expected to stay there. I almost passed out several times this past summer because of this. And, on top of this, we have several patrons who hate when we take a SEVEN minute break and said we should get rid of them. They have no respect for the guards. There was once a parent who yelled at us for doing our job, and saving here kid while her back was turned, when her eyes were supposed to be on her child the whole time. Our manager did nothing. Once, we also got caught out in a storm and half of the staff got sick from sitting out there in the wind and rain. Then got in trouble and talked about behind our backs for calling in sick.It's not fun, and people wonder why there is a shortage in lifeguards in America.
Imagine getting a job as a lifeguard and being at high risk to heat stroke. Are you braindead?
Feel like we should make a "minimum wage" for all politicians in the US. Call it "your turn" and make it a something absurd like a penny a day, and when they complain tell them, "they can SOOO live off that pay, just get another job you lazy old prick." I'd love to see their reactions if we actually pulled it off.
Politicians often have directorships or are landlords...the pay for their politics work is minimal to them
The minimum wage was supposed to be for one person to be able to feed and house a family of four, now a days it takes two minimum wage jobs full time for one person to live without heat.
My dad raised a family of 9 as a stock boy at a paint store. We lived in a 4 bedroom house, had two cars (one was usually broken down, but both were paid for) we rarely had takeout and at alot of spaghetti, and had to water the milk down to stretch it, but we had Nintendo, Playstation, we all had bikes, all had Rollerblade to play road hockey, money was tight, but it was pretty good growing up.
I now have 13 years of experience as a cook, can't find a position that will pay me more than $20, I drive Uber on the side, have a cleaning company on the side, and I struggle to pay rent. I have no dependents, and no disposable income, not that I'd have the free time to do anything with it anyway. The little amount of free time I have is typically reserved for doing 2 weeks worth of laundry which will take the better part of a day and other mundane tasks like chores and errands and being stressed that I'm "wasting my time" because I'm not bringing any money in by doing the laundry grocery shopping etc, in fact, it's costing me money!
For my entire adult life, I have never not been stressed about finances. I have changed careers 3 times (which also takes investment of time and money for certifications, courses to train for skills and whatnot). I have so many skills and yet no potential employer seems to value them. I have desire to stay and be loyal to a company, but that translates to "oh we can pile all the work on you and pay you less than everyone else, got it"
I was told growing up that hard work is rewarded, people appreciate good work ethic, but I can't say it's done me any favors to this point
That guy that did weird shit for 30 days, tried with him and his wife work for minimum wage for 30 days, they each had 3 jobs and could t do it.
My grandfather worked as a school janitor and my grandmother as a part-time lunch lady in the 70s. Somehow they were able to afford a house, 5 kids, no one starved, bills were paid, and they had no debt.
@@Scoots_McGeeisnt capitalism beautiful? What you described is a classic case on how the people on top control how money works and your paying a price for it. Brings a tear to my eyes seeing how capitalism changed our lives. Beautiful. Bravo
Does that include necessities such as Netflix subscription, OnlyFans and Starbucks?
Honestly I'm just waiting for the breaking point, for that one person to get done dirty by a company, and do something drastic that ignites a revolution. As long as the response is measured and targeted, at the actual enemies. I fully support them.
Measured in the form of a molotov cocktail, targeted directly at their countryside mansion. Minimal disruption to any normal people, maximum disruption to the rich "people".
@@grahamquzeul8678 See you get it, though I was thinking along the lines of a string of burglaries that target the homes of the wealthy, with their art and shit being fenced for cheap, so the profits can go into a local soup kitchen.
Yeah it's going to be a fucking mess where no one wins. Except the rich.
@@rox3725 They'll not win for long when nobody's left to do the slave labour for them. These useless leeches would crumble to dust if they tried to pick up an axe.
@@rox3725 Then target the rich, rich people seem to have forgotten how little power they actually hold in any matter, in society, they have money, but money won't beat hundreds of millions of pissed off workers, all targeting exclusively them, the workers have the power to grab America, or whatever other country they live in, by the neck and demand what they're owed, and if everybody unionized, they would have no choice but to give them what they want.
Two hours of antiwork with Emkay, sign me up
It's 2.5 hours.
@@Cera_01 Oh yeah my bad lol
2.5 hours of robin*
@cera_01 🤓 erm
@@johnk9727 wdym "erm" it literally said 1 hour before the edit
The more I hear, the more I’ve decided that I lean way more towards being a Millennial than being a Gen Xer. I was born in that weird micro generation between the two from 1977 to 1982. Sometimes called the Star Wars generation for obvious reasons. A lot of Gen X bench points were well before me being cognizant of them. I remember Challenger, Berlin Wall, and Desert Storm; but not Watergate, Jonestown, or the energy crisis. However I do remember all of the Millennial bench points; 9/11, Columbine, OJ Simpson, Obama’s election, etc.
At 43:00 I did the real math-
52 weeks times two days is 104 days
365-104=261 days left
5 holidays+14 days off+2 sick days=21 days off, 261-21=240 days working. 2/3s of that you spend not working, so you’re working 80 days worth of work. With 3/48s of that 80 days work being on break, that’s another five days off
So, you spend 75 days worth at work.
They did the math in the wrong order with the wrong numbers.
Also, since they counted the 16 hours away from work in their math a day off is actually only 0.333 days, so they're just asking to cut their yearly worked hours down to 74.667 from 75
We had a mandatory meeting to discuss whats wrong with our job. I told them communication was the worst and major problem. He told me no youre wrong. He then proceeded to not tell me 2 workers called off for my shift the same day
Boomers will throw shade at younger people living with their parents into their late 20s but they made the rent prices so high there's not really much of a choice. I'm probably going to have to move back in with my parents full-time when I graduate college if this doesn't get better.
Even where I am with cheaper rent, (only because I have a cheap landlord), I'd be pretty hard up without my partner helping....
They raided the world's coffers and voted away our futures for their own short term comfort and happiness and here's the kicker they still expect us to take care of them now they can't do it themselves.
And they call us the entitled generation
I moved back in with my parents at 32 years old and it's the best decision I've made. I went from paying $1,000/month for a shitty apartment to being able to save up more money than I've ever had in my life. Plus they like having me around to help with stuff since they're getting older. Honestly I'm going to stay here as long as possible.
but when there old an see how much care cost, they want to live with u , an use u as caregiver too
And you overlook how the older generations didn't have modern technology. The younger generations are entitled and spoiled
Honestly that water one deserves malicious compliance. "Oh there's a long line of customers, well I geuss I'll leave my cash register to walk all the way to the break room for some water"
23:39 IF YOU ARE EMPLOYING ME AND I AM STANDING AROUND BECAUSE THERE ISNT WORK TO DO OR I AM WAITING TO ASSIST A CUSTOMER WHEN ASKED....
YOU
MUST
PAY ME.
if i am forced to stay at work and not be allowed to go home, or be with my family or do literally anything else... you MUST STILL PAY ME FOR BEING THERE. because god knows im not here for my own fucking amusement
The water thing reminded me of my old job. When I started they let us bring little cups behind the host stand and drink from them when customers weren’t around. They decided we were drinking too much free soda. So they said no more drinks at your station. If we had time we could run back to the kitchen, grab a little paper cone full of soda and drink it in one gulp before returning to work. We weren’t allowed to leave the station alone though so if you didn’t have someone to stand in your place you couldn’t get a drink.
Don't get me started on the BS that is teacher pay. I'm not a teacher, but my mom and BF are. It is so bad, and they pay them so little, that there are MULTIPLE agreements that if someone works for a low income school, a school that can't pay them a livable wage, they'll forgive their student debt. They expect teachers to be poor. They plan not to pay teachers enough to live, yet they expect the teachers to smile while they teach children their employers are planning on leaving in a worse situation.
Ik right but unfortunately its legal by low. The minimal wage they are paying(atleast in my nation) is legal. Capitalism isnt about making money the right way. Its about making money in the least legal way as possible
the one about the parent regretting becoming a parent because of bringing their child into such a bleak capitalist world that's only getting worse is so, so sad.
Very sad, but sadly very true as well. Shit ain't getting better anytime soon.
The worst part is, it’s a major reason many people of the modern generations (including myself) don’t wanna have kids, because it’s just raising a corpse that will eventually be rotted away by, as robin says “the 4 companies that own the world.”
The sad part is that they're 100% free to move somewhere else, but wouldn't do it in a million years. Because it's so terrible.
This is actually the best time ever to be born in history, the only better time is next year
Pretty sure a lot of parents feel that way, whether they admit it, even to themselves, or not. Love my almost adult son.... Glad he's on the trades path to go to a Mechanic program as soon as he can. But it's hard not to feel guilty about bringing him into this world.... Especially since I'm not well... And his father cry's himself to sleep some nights cause all he gets to do is work and sleep.... He'll cry because he had to disappoint his son again... Because he's too tired to even play a video game with him, let alone go on the walks, or spar with him anymore ( they've been practicing with Japanese wooden swords since kiddo was 5 and picked up the wooden knife version when his Dad and I were sparring back before my physical health got worse than my mental😅)
Regarding the "teacher shortage" thing, my mom used to be a High School Math Teacher, but left after 2020 or 2021, due to how badly our district was handling CoViD, and started making the same, if not more, money as a private tutor.
I'm an engineer with a teacher's license. Just tell me, why should I give up thousands in salary, just to teach? I'd rather be a lazy engineer and get paid much more, than a hard working teacher.
@@annekekramer3835 I don't think you should, I was bringing up the point that teachers are severely undervalued and mistreated by the current educational system and should receive better treatment, benefits, and pay for what they're forced to deal with.
If anyone ever doubts that they can pay their workers: I work for an optometry clinic and was recently promoted to clinical care coordinator. The ownership of our clinic is split between three owners, all three of whom are doctors who work at the clinic- we have six on staff. Our lowest paid workers still make a living wage, they offer apprenticeships to become an optician, we receive generous bonuses, our techs receive $300 yearly to buy scrubs, and because we live in a place prone to blizzards they retrofitted a part of the basement into a tiny studio apartment in case anyone ever got stuck in town because of the snow (there are a few roads the city will close in severe storms). We have health insurance, including dental, and of course vision benefits.
They do all of this and our (6) doctors all easily make 100k or more a year. They just don't make 300k, which means they're able to provide a good quality of life to ALL of their employees. If anyone ever tells you it isn't possible, they can get fucked.
I could listen to you talking about something passionately like you did here all day long. You have such compassion. Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
You know, it's kind of funny to me. Once upon a time (19th century and earlier) there were a lot of recorded cases of National and State legislators in the States who were paid so little that they were essentially bankrupt and begging for a proper pension. It was a thankless job that often left many penniless.
I want to say that this was changed post-Civil War as the politics of influence changed drastically (a comparison by the Congressional Research Service with inflation shows that just pre-civil war, their annual salaries had dipped from the 60k range to around the 40k range with inflation factored in, and post civil war, spiked to 100k, for the most part remaining well above 100k from then on. Prior to the Civil War, their salaries were closer to the equivalent of 70k in modern finances, with little retirement benefits). Basically, since the Civil War ended, the glut of wealth and power in the hands of legislators has steadily risen well into the six figures, and that's only the public on paper salaries.
Once, they were treated as medium wage, overworked public servants. Now, they are wealthy lawyers with decades of influence behind their names, protecting their personal wealth and power. I would not want to see them treated the way we did in Henry Clay's era, but it would be nice to return to the days of actually being civil servants a bit more.
So what you're saying is the Civil War fucked us more than Reagan
I had to resign from my job of 5 years due to mental health reasons this year, and it's been really hard on me. The work place I had was amazing, they treated me like an actual person even though I had mental health problems and Autism (They worked with people who were on the spectrum), but in the end they wanted me to be safe and didn't want me taking my downward spiral out on myself or those around me, and I didn't want that either (Even though this year continued to prove it HATES me and my mental health just grew worse until now)
Thing is, people say 'Don't use your aliments as an excuse to not work', 'You'll grow out of it in a few months and work again.'
BITCH. I literally thought I was GOING TO DIE one day because my anxiety was so bad I couldn't move or speak. People who don't understand why those with severe mental health issues can't work piss me off SO much.
Unfortunately, in capitalism, its money first, employess later, although many businesses should accomodate people with mental illnesses, it remains a fantasy, its either you work till your dead(with the classic depression and all of that) or screw those who are below you. Since i live in the U.S. i choose to screw those below me
You don't seem too troubled to express yourself or confront people here.
Honestly plenty of work at home jobs these days you can try out where you chat with people online.
There was a man in the county in FL that I lived who committed crime to get treatment for his disease that he couldn't afford otherwise. Another elderly man held up a bank, sat down and waited for cops to come to arrest him. So, he could get cancer treatment. They refused to arrest him
would you happen to know his name? i live in FL too and i wanna read about it
@@AgentFulgoreBasedDepartment, sorry no. I'm sure if with a key word google search it can be found. "Elderly man, FL, attempted bank robbery, treatment. "
Having been in the "Unskilled Labpr" workforce for nearlu 3 decades, this is my favorite video on youtube. I've watched this in full nearly 20 times. I have nothing to show for that time and will work until I die. I am in pain every day, worse if i worked that day ]. This is a plague on the U.S. and the reason we are falling behind the rest of the world an many levels.
My dad got fired for too many absences. The reason for the absences, he had doctors appointments, something is wrong with his blood and his heart is also not working correctly and had been like that for years. They knew that he had health issues from the time he applied for the job. Spoiler alert, doctors still don’t know what’s wrong with his blood, he recently had surgery to get a heart monitor out of his chest. People are way too annoying, btw both of the owners sons actually left the company to create their own business which left my dad and some other dude as the only workers, my dad gets fired and the semi trucks take lingers to fix.
Ok. Ron Pearlman is pretty awesome. He has enough sense to know that if the "little guys" on the team don't get paid enough, shit doesn't get done. Someone on a sports team may get paid millions of dollars, but if the bus driver doesn't have enough money to be able to afford to live, he won't be able to be an effective bus driver to make sure that the sports team members can get to their away games. There's a lot more important people than just the people that get paid the big bucks.
Also ron pearlman can afford private security and says to get rid of police
@@Babz024*bad police
robin being pissed off at the world for 3 hours. somebody get this man a podcast!
Can we petition youtube to not demonitize Robin for swearing. I want to hear his rants without a filter.
Can we petition youtube to not demonitize?
@alliyahsaotome1917 It was a joke
I would honestly like this
swearing isnt against guidelines other than the first 7 seconds, or excessive use. i think its just a conscious decision from emkay to keep their audience as wide as possible
Yay blackrock... one of the few that own everything, and in this case the vast majority of media.
16:17 I kind of understand secret shopper usage. I used to work at a place that used them fairly frequently (usually one every month or so) and the intent was sort of an audit. The managers used the reports to make sure workers were doing what they’re supposed to do, providing a positive atmosphere, and addressing any problems with either a worker or equipment. Some secret shoppers were bullshit I’ll admit but they were mostly fair
As someone who was part of the initial 12k layoffs at Google on 01/20/23 (due to Stakeholder greed) that occurred shortly after and is still struggling to find their footing to support their family 10 months later - 2:08:45 still hits pretty hard....
Really starting to think the entire workforce should collectively go on rental and work strikes. I know we can't afford it, but imagine how fast things would have to change if we did. All of us on strike together would have to do something.
Doesn't matter if we can't afford to strike. We also can't afford perpetuating this work mindset. We will never see the change we dream of, but we can sacrifice our petty selves for our grandchildren to witness the change and our great grandchildren to enjoy better days.
@@stixoimatizontaswise men plant the seeds of trees who shade they will never sit in.
yknow what, fuck it, ima attempt to start this when im a full adult because yeah, this is bullshit, the system is bullshit, not being able to live on one job is BULLSHIT, and before you say "im a dumb kid swept in fervor" no, im not, my parents have told me to not give money to the homeless because "they'll spend it on drugs or alcohol" ...what they fail to understand is even if thats true, the withdrawl they'd suffer would KILL them, they would likely DIE if they didnt fuel their addiction, i hate how the homeless have been stigmatized into... well monsters when in reality its the system that's the monster, the fact their government allows stuff like this can end up happening to them, (im aware this is a huge run on sentence but idrc, education system taught me nothing helpful anyways) someone needs to start building up to this NOW, so it might as well be fucking me because i know waiting for someone else to start it means nothing will happen, and future generations will suffer further, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and we just,.. are somehow okay with it, but im not okay with it, you shouldnt be okay with it, start unionizing if youre reading this, rise up against the bosses, against the top, we deserve our rights, we deserve the pay to be able to live, and we most certainly deserve to be treated by fucking human beings by our bosses, start now folk, perhaps we wont see it today, but future generations will look back upon us, happy to know we did something while others just stood and watched
I think their way of getting around that is by underpaying ppl so they don’t have savings/living paycheck to paycheck so they can’t afford to go on strike. And since these ppl have massive amounts of cash sitting around, they can wait it out until ppl are forced to work again.
I feel like if this sort of thing happened, it would be a concerted effort with ppl sharing their savings with each other to keep everyone alive to try and force changes. But I doubt such a collaborative effort could even be achieved.
@@BelBelle468 doubt like that is what would make it impossible, the only way for this kind of thing to succeed, would be for EVERYONE to be in full confidence and in cooperation, couldnt have any greed or doubt or it'd crumble...
I have a comment about the company that did a pregnancy test without consent. When you sign off on a drug test waiver, you agree to provide the company with a specific, small subset of data from your current medical profile. By having a pregnancy test done, they are being given more information about you medically than was agreed to. I'm pretty sure this violates HIPPA laws and would sink the company to bankruptcy in a lawsuit.
I love that I'm listening to this while at work scared to ask for a two week mental health leave because I'm terrified since I moved with my three current cats who have separation anxiety and lost a beloved pet at the same time. And I'm just so burnt out and dead inside.
Listen as someone who went through 2 jobs already at 17 who’ve done similar thing to me, one of which I’d go home at least once a week and cry just out of pure exhaustion, I’d start to look elsewhere. I know it’s hard it’s stressful and you may not get far for a while but honestly when you do finally get out of it ugh it feels so good. My first job at 16 I worked there for around 8 months and was fired cause me being burned out was “affecting staff morale” my second job was cash in hand ghosted me after a while and my last one I quit cause they where far too demanding I had 5 mins a day to sit down working 9-6 and was shouted at for missing things while having to pretty much do everything in the café except cook. But my current job I love it I work with people who respect me and care about me they won’t let me get overworked or overwhelmed and the one time I started too cause too many tickets and getting confused the head chef took over for a min let me get my head straight and then left keeping an eye on me from afar and helping where needed. Trust me it gets so much better
@@matthewdryden4456 Thank you. And I'm sorry that you're age you had to through that, feel any of that. Sure it can "Build character" but not really. Your POV helps. I'll take this week I get for mental health but I'm likely to move on from this job now. A little over a year here and I think it's time. Boomers really have soured my outlook on life. I'll keep moving forward with a smile.
i’d say get documentation when you receive the mental health help you need and utilize it so your job can’t punish you because people who are disabled (yes mental illness counts as being disabled, by law) are protected by Federal law (the ADA);
but my former job at a Fortune 500 company not only didn’t accommodate me (i have multiple physical chronic illnesses and am sick a lot), they actively punished me for missing work while sick (despite many doctors notes).
i almost died because of it and despite them breaking all kinds of laws (both State and Federal), i didn’t have even 1% of the money it would’ve taken to hire a lawyer to pursue justice.
please take care of yourself. if you job tries to punish you or retaliate, quit. it’s not worth losing years of your life - or your life entirely - over some dumb bullshit dead end job.
editing to add: i’m a millennial. the corpo obsessed younger management people are just as bad as boomers.
When he says "You're worth more" he's not wrong. Fight for it, build your skills, get paid. I started out making $7.25 an hour, and I learned to advocate for myself and show my skills, now I pull $80 an hour. You can do it too. Be the person that even though they have to treat you like a human with fair work times and pay, they can't resist paying you either-- Then find a company you like to work for.
Yeah when I worked at McDonalds full time we were never allowed to sit down. There was one broken stool in the back that one of the older workers would sneak in the drive through area sometimes. I got yelled at for sitting during training my first week. It's insane.
You feel special? A lot of jobs have this rule and HAVE HAD IT.
@sjdjfieizkck hello Elon or someone in his position or someone who just needs a day off and would be back to being pleasant 👋. Notice how their posts are getting a lot more approval than yours do. If you're doing this to just be mean and nasty (they never said they were the only place that has that they just said it shouldn't be a thing that people, especially older employees, have to sneak in a chair to be able to be comfortable enough to work at the best of their capabilities. Is it a thing? Unfortunately and stupidly yes. Does that mean it SHOULD be a thing along with not being able to have a drink of water whenever you need one even though I can't think of anyone (reasonable) who would be like ' x le gasp x they are taking a full second of MY precious time after asking me politely (most people would understand even without the employee having to ask as long as its not prolonged for the sake of being a brat and taking advantage) drinking water on a hot day or just because they want some?! The audacity! They may as well be on their phone and not paying any attention to me at all! I'm going to get them fired JUST for that!'? No it does not.) then just leave this comment section because we don't need that here.
"you don't need a two bed room apartment" yeah? well good luck finding a one bedroom anywhere
the point of anti work is to tell you that your not a drone for a corporation that you are not a slave to shity bosses . keep your heads up dont let no one treat you like peon.
I love this. You have the idea of the ravagery of greed. Yes we are all human, but those at the top see as cogs in the machines. They have been doing that for centuries cause capitalism promotes the mindset that your employees are assets, not people
@@Lucid5630 Capitalism is a numbers game. Everyone except those ate the very top are simply a number on a spreadsheet. You are not a person to those in positions of power.
This should be a mandatory watch for all employers and managers.
This video comes off as people that don't understand economics and cry over anything, but okay 😂
Estimated an average of 33 empty house per one homeless person. It's ridiculous. Edit:The interviwer thing happened to me too. Applied to a waffle house as a dishwasher. The manager interviewing me was condescending and rude. So glad I didn't get hired there, I would have miserable.
So for the days off poster at 43:27 I decided to do the math. The hour lunch is really stupid (from experience the employer will have you in for 9 hours if you have an hour lunch to get 8 hours of work).
They basically fibbed the numbers for coffee and lunch break somehow going from the actual number of 5.5 days "lost" to coffee breaks to 23 days. Along with the lunch break being 10 days not 46 days (also that is unpaid if it is hourly). In addition, every day off would really only take 8 hours off each day, I personally got 64 days each year of pure working.
"you'll never actually learn to do your job well if you keep jumping" at my last place of employment I was the best employee there within months and I still had to leave after 2 years because they started cutting everyone's hours to around 30/week still at $15/hour
That same CEO who posted that afaik actually jumped jobs all the time to get a bigger bag, too.
That problem is mostly created by employers. Job openings usually try to offer as little money as possible to get someone with the right qualifications into the office to do the job. I. e. market rate.
If hopping jobs gives you a 20 % salary, that therefore means that your boss has been short-changing you by 20 % for your experience or position unless you traded up... In which case your boss can hardly complain if they didn't have a job opening in the new, better role you qualified for or neglected to adjust your salary so it is competitive for the work you do.
If bosses regularly dispensed raises to keep up with going rates of labour, people wouldn't need to job hop to get what their hours are worth.
Most jobs are NOT skilled...yes they require familiarity with how certain things are done within a specific company but no business is that unique that the jobs are highly skilled
i work at a starbucks in a grocery store and my manager denied me a lunch so the kiosk could stay open. i just said "okay" and took a fully paid lunch about an hour later and she didnt know. 15 minutes after i got back, she came in to cover me and said "time for your 10!" and i just said "but i just got back from break" and she just said "oh alright" and left
Watching over 2.5 hours of Emkay r/Antiwork while at work to relieve stress.
Count me in
There is 168 hours in a week trying to get someone to work 100 in one week is borderline criminal I would never I would pass the hell out 29:51
And you probably need be sleeping for around 56 hours of those hours
The fact that Robin had to do all of this, literally all the chapters are just Robin. Poor Robin, he got all them bad subreddits.
1:48:37 after they gave her the tip and she was fired the same guy made sure the whole $4,400 went TO THE WAITRESS and then started a gofundme that helped raise $10,000 for her after this happened. I JUST saw a tiktok about this right before resuming the video where I left off. The whole reason she got THAT BIG OF A TIP was because the table was a 30 top and it was a bunch of executives.
I only ever got 1 call from work after hours.
It was actually for a good reason:
We had to print something on fabric with a name on it, that was spelled a very "unique" way and my boss wanted to be sure, it was right.
Yes, it was. Had the customer spell it out and proof read it (proof reading was always required). But I would have called to, just to make 100% sure, because mistakes happen.
Kenny you legend. We appreciate the hell out of you guys.
Who tf is kenny
@@poison-LICKTHEPOISONthe editor
@poison-LICKTHEPOISON the man who lives in the walls and hears everything Robin says so Robin watches what he says.
I worked for Comerica bank for 2 years and they sent our entire branch ONE pack of starburst to split between the whole staff as our “Christmas bonus” I’ll name and shame them every chance I get.
Well if it makes you feel better I at least have never heard of Comerica but they sound like um...'douches' (to put it nicer than they probably deserve).
If you get told to work, though, you are sicker than a stray dog, then show up and COUGH LIKE YOU GOT LUNG CANCER. What are they going to do? Send you home?
My mom worked for Costa Vida while in college... she was told by her boss that she could have the day off to go on a vacation with family. the next day she found out she had been fired for "not showing up for work"... gotta love people
A day is not even enough for a vacation.
All this subreddit has taught me is that it's horrible to work in the "great" country of the United states of America
It's horrible to *live* there.
Unless you're a billionaire.
I know I'm late but I love robins rants of anger because he is like the Mufasa of a powerful roar to point all about all the problems. Much love to robin!
"Nobody, no matter what job, should do 100 hrs a week"
*Med student & resident regularly doing 100+ hrs a week* : what ? You are not allowed to do that ? But we did it for free/minimum wage/tuition cost
Yes but no need me forced you to do that
I work at a theme park and they were hiring for a bunch of things like merchandise and rides and so on, but I applied for the face painting job. Right after I finish the over the phone interview they said ok so you can consider yourself hired. Great this was good. When I get there for my first day I learn that actually, no, they won’t be opening the face painting this year due to staff issues. Which is the only reason I took that job. So I would be working in merchandise which also includes a bake shop and at first we never took tips. Over half the staff were 18 and younger and I’m assuming that since this was the case a lot of people who visited the park felt as though they should tip.
The thing that annoyed me the most was that if we were given a tip we had to just put it in the till. After a lot complaints the owners finally allowed us to take tips but only in the food places. So the one day I was sent to the bake shop with someone else there was a tip cup and I never put it there. The one owner and my manager come in and the owner sees the tip cup and say “absolutely not. This is so tacky and unprofessional. It seems like we’re begging and that is disgusting.”
And so we explain that the cup was already there and the owner ends up going on a rant how she didn’t even want us to take tips. Then she asks us if we care if we get tips and since she’s the owner there was no way in hell I was going to say yes actually I do care. And the other girl with me was like 15 so she wasn’t going to say anything either. But then my manager comments how the owners husband (the other owner) would rather give us a raise then let us take tips but his wife would rather just let us have the tips then up our pay.
I worked for a small company where the owners, who were always showing pictures of their new car and huge house/renovations therein, called a meeting to say that we were not allowed to have our cell phones out at all, even for emergencies. They said the main reason was "If I pay you for the ten minutes you're on your phone, that's fifty minutes -almost an HOUR - each week I'm paying for you to do nothing. Sounds fair?" The office brown nose yipped some affirmative reply while the rest of us were silent. I quit less than a month later, but I'd been planning that anyway. But Y I K E S. They expected family to call through the office phones. Which recorded everything. Hell no.
I HATE when companies do that! We need to normalize saying that “we’re adults who don’t need to be babysat by corporate assholes” because I’m tired of them doing it
I had a place do that. Said place was my middle school, and even there I found it to be an insane policy. It took less time to just text my mom about whatever than it was to go all the way up to the office phone, so I just texted my mom if necessary.
1:13:39 I agree. My mom (former) workplace do company R&R every year in December... and when they go for a Company outing, I am not talking a day picnic, I am talking about 3-5 days full vacation somewhere like a scenic or cultural spot with minor cook outs and/or buffet dinner in between.
Everyone can follow the outing basically free of charge, but, if you bring a family, you need to fork about 15-20 bucks extra per day of vacation.
But that's reasonable, because if you pay that 15-20 bucks, you'll get a Family Suite or equivalent sized room for the accomodation instead of the Standard sized one that you might share with a co worker.
Everything else? The company paid it for you. The trip to and from the place, the food, you even get about 20 bucks comp in Souvenir budget (not much but if you're alone, that's a quite neat).
Sadly, that place is now ruled by a Egotistical Maniac and my mom have been quitting not only because of the toxicity of that place now... but also because her health
When i left my summer job at a pet store, i heard my managers discussing who to hire to replace me, and they mentioned that my hourly pay ($11) was considered "too much" by the company!! This place had MAX 3 employees in the store at any time and had very few employees at all. Cut corners wherever they could. I dont blame my managers because they were just following the company's orders but damn, cheap ass store didnt even want to pay a new part time employee $11 an hour :/
this is upsetting
If that’s how they treated the employees, I hate to think about how little they likely cared about the animals. Yeesh. Capitalism is cancer.
I didn't even notice this was two hours, Robin's voice is so calming, while at the same time being like, a actual good person.
My last job switch was for a nearly identical job to my old one, just being paid about 40% more. Best decision I've made in a long time
I recently started working at Home Depot, they have machinery you can get licensed for to do tasks, help customers out etc. Apparently they don't pay more to get licensed on these. Because of this workers have been turning in their licenses because it makes no sense to do more work with the same pay
Just realized, isn't forcing people who work remotely to go into the office just a new form of constructive dismissal?
The pizza party thing, especially with the employees paying for it, is so dam relatable argh
As someone who worked for UPS. It’s not the money or the benefits that’s the problem. It’s the absolutely horrific work environment. I don’t mean like glass everywhere. I mean the back stabbing bosses, higher ups and, coworkers. The constant failure to do simple tasks that are very important to making the building run. But if you take a piss when you’re not on break they’ll fire you for it. DO NOT WORK FOR THEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE BELITTLED AND FIRED
No bonuses, you’ll be lucky if they remember to give you your well earned year safety award on time
I don't often make comments like this but God, its refreshing to not be shunned and hated for once. I'm a gen z and all I ever hear is how bad we are. To hear Robin compliment and say he has hope for us feels so good. It's nice to actually see someone not join the trend of hating gen z. It may seem minor but going day to day when I'm part of the "laziest" or the "greediest" generation is so difficult. So thanks Robin. You just made my day.
Definitely the most gullible generation
my first day at my first job i was alone because people did not show up for their shifts so there was nobody available to train me, i was a cook in a stadium and my first shift was on what was supposed to be the busiest night of the year with around 13000 people (13000 tickets sold online, likely a few thousand more people bought tickets at the doors). made ~1000 meals in 4 to 5 hours and almost collapsed from heat stroke, caught myself on the way down by accidentally pressing my arm on a heated stovetop but luckily our workplace has trainee/student EMTs and police around during big events so they can get practice in a somewhat controlled environment. EMT people got some free training that night.
19:06 has got to be the most sadistic "Oh Yes" I have ever heard, it has me slightly scared.
I have a bone sickness where standing up for long periods of time becomes painful. To prevent this, I have to sit down for a few minutes every once in a while. Got fired a few times because they insisted I was being dramatic :/ . We are slaves. Yeah we get paid but we are essentially slaves. No one cares about us and no one wants us to be happy or to be okay with life. It's so sad.
This whole subreddit reminds me of a show called superstore, It’s basically just the office, but minimum wage Depression.
Poor EmKay gonna get an aneurysm from reading all these horrible workplace practices, but I do love the sound effects/sounds he uses whenever he has to censor a swear word the alarm one got me laughing hard. Keep up the good work though.
Damn dude, you're brutally honest and I'm here for it
2:36 Did anybody else see that mandatory meeting was on freaking New Years Day?!😂 They must have people in mind they want to let go of because that is how you do it😂
It's so nice to work for a company which actually seems to care for employees
38:00 actually I think he means the additional bonus from doubling his profits, it was implied to be money, but was just socks.
20:11 THIS IS WHY MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER ARE SO BBG 😭😭😭💀💀💀💀💀
2:49 that is literally how my boss was dressed in my interview and still dress and he's been the best boss i've ever had.
For the "babysitter rate for teachers" post, even if it's just 10 dollars per kid per day, that's like 40-50k for a class of 28 (depending how many instructional days per year), which is better than the like 30-40k they get. Babysitters have a better rate either way
I did that same math. Honestly, if teachers had all the resources they and their students needed, supportive leadership, and a comfortable school to work in… I think most of them would be more than happy with the $50,400.
@@YellaBellaRenothe thing is that teachers work with way more than just 28 kids daily
@@santiv4 but should they? Or should they until a certain grade?
As someone who just turned 22, working since 16 and in university(not living in the US, thank god), I've only had to quit my job twice. Once was when I was 16, working as a bartender in one of the most expensive beach holiday complexes in my country, making BELOW minimum wage, at the outside pool bar, on the hottest days in 30 years, in full uniform(black pants, white long sleeve shirt, polished black shoes). The second job was working as a bartender again, but in a closed bar that only took orders from the waiters. I quit the second one because the boss systematically threw things at me when he was angry. I love my current job as a devops, because most of the day, I just watch youtube or study for uni, and get paid more than all my previous jobs combined. Don't take shit from employers!
I am 17 and a senior in highschool. I am apart of West Johnston Highschools JROTC Army program and I participate in Raiders, Color Guard, and Drill (when needed). Im a Let 4 in the program and have leadership responsibilities for two of the three afterschool activities mentioned above. I also work at McDonalds part time and make $11 an hour. Between all of those things that I try to balance, I still work on average, 8-12 hour shifts mostly ranging from 1pm- 1am on weeks ends (closing) to 4/5 (depending on the rotc activity that takes place that day) through 9/10/11 pm on weekdays. I work usually for to five shifts a week on average. I still wouldn’t make enough to live on my own and continue to build my future up with those after school activities. The fact that one can’t survive and try and build themselves a future is absolutely insane. I just got off work about an hour ago (got home about 20 minutes ago) on a Sunday night, I still have homework to and an AAR for the raider comp yesterday not to mention prep for practice for this week… Even if I worked my ass off even more, I wouldn’t make enough in NC to live in a small apartment/ house and be able to eat. And ppl say “no one wants to work” I’ve never understood why ppl don’t want to work until I started working. Ppl are so grossly underpaid that there isn’t a point to work bc even working, the outcome is the same, YOUR FUCKED. I fortunately have loving parents that are supportive and have been helping me through my transition into adulthood. I can’t imagine what it’s like for those that don’t have that support in there life, the struggle for them must be overwhelming and honestly, this ahit has to end bc this is just absolutely bs. Thank you for reading my dumb rant❤
I forgot to mention that most of the time, we are under staffed during the evening hours so much so that I have to run the meat fryer and the grill while’s being the runner for the grill team. For nearly a quarter of my shift, I’m doing THREE jobs at once
43:05 I'm pretty sure that Ebenezer Scrooge (a metaphor for the bad side of capitalism) had a similar argument as to not give Bob Cratchet Christmas off.
I can't wait to get comfortable and watch this all in one go
My half Asian aunt (I’m also half Filipino) she grew up a die hard Republican. (Her parents were 20 years apart 😳) she made her own $ , she’s been rich rich in my eyes since a kid. Always living in mansions & having multiple cars. Her, my cousin & step cousins are equestrians. She almost bought a pony for my sis & I as kids.
I can’t stand their political views.
I went on their boat with my mom & after we stayed & had lunch at the dock (there’s a place to sit and eat with a pool; they’re loaded) the friend says “I love doing things like this, and it’s not even about the money” all my aunt’s friends are also Republican & rich. (Lives in NJ) the friend, her husband is a cop. They’re rich too?! They also have a similar boat?!
I’ve been poor all my life. My cousin is spoiled. She never does anything with me & I in return. Her grandma yelled at her to take me to DQ to get a milkshake. I asked 10x before her & my sister left. I didn’t drive at the time, still don’t 😭.
Once she came to our house in PA to pick my sister up. I was making fried chicken from scratch. I couldn’t do anything when she came in. She told my mom “he didn’t say hi to me” she was 25-26 at the time. That’s the most we say to each other.
Once in 2018 I paid 2K for my senior trip to Ecuador & the Galapagos. We spent a night/weekend at their house. I wake up, go downstairs, hear my cousin say “they’re poor, why are is he going?”
She’s also an idiot. We have family in the Philippines. It’s POOR POOR. My family loves American poor. We sent boxes over. She asked “we always send boxes, why don’t they?” 🙄🤦🏽♂️
Even remember her saying poor ppl shouldn’t take/go on vacation. SHE GOES TO OLACES LIKE TURKS & CAICOS for free bc her step dad pays
What we really need to do, but I understand will be very difficult, is to organize a multi-industry nation-wide strike. All "unskilled" employees, all minimum-wage jobs, all unsafe environments. Everybody needs to collaborate and work together on this.
But the communication issues and lack of unions in many states and industries will make this exceptionally difficult.
So in case anyone was wondering: if you do the math RIGHT at 43:25 you’ll come out with 1560 hours which you spend working or 240 days you come to work each year.
Here’s how you come to that conclusion:
Days per year - weekends - sick days - holidays - vacation = days you come into work per year (diw)
365-105-2-5-14=240
diw x hours per day
240x24=5760
Total hours of these days - (diw x hours you spend away from work)
5760-(240x16)=1920
Remaining hours working (rhw)- (diw x coffee breaks)
1920-(240x0,5)=1800
rhw - (diw x lunch breaks)
1800-240=1560
Which means that, even with the “days working” being counted as 24 hours of work, you would be coming in 65 days of the years.
@51:20 Fun Fact: Depending on where you live and the exact definition of "On-Call" You are entitled to your hourly rate, even if you don't go in or do work. Indy calls it "Engaged to Wait"