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Thinking of when one of our co-workers committed suicide the night before. They called us all together for the morning meeting and let us know. The manager was in tears. Most the crew is in tears. Then we turned around and opened the store and that was the last time it was mentioned.

We still have a business to run.

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"We still have a business to run" is simultaneously the same and exactly the opposite of "The show must go on"

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Tread here.

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Union Real Talk for a mo.

My coworker broke her foot today because of an unsafe wobbly cart combined with a poorly maintained ramp.

Our union rep (when contacted) came over and had a quick less than 10min chat with the supervisor. After that chat?

1. My coworker was given admin time to go get X-rays as opposed to needing to use sick time.

2. The Union rep helped her successfully fill out the worker's comp forms so she doesn't have to pay for it

3. They're getting rid of that cart

4. All carts are being re-routed to the front entrance until the ramp is fixed

5. She's going to work at home for the next month while her foot heals.

Without a union present? Maybe #5 would have happened, but the rest? Doubtful

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Working in retail be like

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Please fucking lie to your employer. Like they don’t need to know your mental health issues or what drugs you do. Ffs

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its not lying if its to employers or cops

and look up ur rights on what they can and cannot ask u many places ban asking about ur record and transportation status and things like that resources will also tell u how they reword sketchy questions so ur prepared

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Hey. Take it from a former HR person… this goes double right now. I just spent some time putting in some job applications myself (not for HR, lol) and got about 15 interviews. And idk if it’s because of COVID uncertainty or if places just don’t fucking care anymore because they know people are desperate for work, but the amount of straight up illegal shit my interviewers asked me was appalling. (That’s not even counting the questions that were technically legal but clearly fishing for information they’re not legally allowed to ask.)

A tame example? Two questions into a phone interview, the guy on the other end of the line asked: “How old are you?” I said “Excuse me?” - giving him a chance to rethink that. He didn’t. “How old are you?” “Sir, you are not allowed to ask me that question.” “Well, I want to know. I’m asking.” “And you’re legally not allowed to ask me that. I’m not required to tell you my age.” At that point, I guess he managed to remember an old HR bulletin or something (I hope to god he wasn’t actually HR himself), and he said, “Well, I need to know if you’re over the age of 18.” (Which is what he should have asked in the first place… or not, since that was in the application that he could have read.) “Yes. I’m over the age of 18.” And we moved on. Two questions later, he tried another illegal question. I called him on it again and ended the interview, citing that a workplace with such a clear disregard for the law, especially upon first contact with a potential employee, was not going to be a good fit. (They offered me the job anyway, lol. I didn’t send a thank-you or a response.)

At a different interview, the majority of questions were “fishing” questions - just looking for that info they’re not actually allowed to ask. (This person was also either not really HR or an HR person who was exceptionally bad at their job.)

I could tell they were getting frustrated when I dodged answering the personal stuff, and they actually got extremely upset when I mentioned later in the interview (re: less relevant work experience) I had worked in HR. They were super flustered for the remainder of our time, and I watched them skip over questions on their sheet they had clearly planned on asking. They KNEW they were being sketchy and were counting on me not knowing anything about HR - or my rights - and so they got upset when I did. These were super tame examples. I’m begging you, if you’re job searching right now, PLEASE know your rights. Please know what interviewers are allowed to ask. Please don’t volunteer information or elaborate more than you’re required to about personal things. Save your words (and everyone’s time) by elaborating why you’re good for the position/what you can do. I may create a resource list on this shit later but PLEASE PLEASE KNOW THIS STUFF BEFORE YOU TALK TO AN EMPLOYER. This goes for anywhere you’re interviewing as well as your current employer. This also goes for HR. HR may be the person you go to when shitty stuff happens, but that doesn’t mean they’re your friend (or competent). They don’t need to know your age (beyond 16+, 18+, or 21+, depending on the job). They don’t need to know your medical history. (For the love of god, do NOT answer the “have you been diagnosed with depression?” question.) They don’t need to know if you have kids or whatever. They don’t need to know a LOT of those things that may appear on an application, including your veteran status, whether you’re on/have been on unemployment, etc. They’re not entitled to know specifics about your transportation (unless you’re using that transportation for the job, like Uber/delivery drivers). Look this up for your state/the job’s state. Beware questions like “What year did you graduate?” if you’re like me and don’t put dates on your resume (I just put amount of time spent at employers, not dates of employment). They’re fishing for your age. It’s “Oh, you know, 100 years ago,” if you feel comfortable making a joke, or “About [generic number, like 5 or 10] years ago” if not. Also beware things like the “What do you do in your free time?” question, even if you already work there. This is not a friendly getting-to-know-you question. This is a basis for judgement. Not up to an invisible standard? They’re going to be biased against you for pay raises, promotions, etc. Mention kids/lots of family/social engagements? That’s a tick against you for not being the kind of person who lives to work (yes, it’s gross and stupid). Mention lots of solitary things? Cool, that’s their mental note to ask more from you because you’re “not doing anything anyway.” By all means, be friendly with your coworkers/talk about shared interests if you want, but it is none of your boss’s business, and be aware what could get back to them. Don’t. Tell. Employers. Shit.

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We wrote up a handy list of those illegal questions here:

10 Questions You Should Never Be Asked in a Job Interview

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This is actually, non-ironically, a great way of asking about benefits and company culture without asking about those things directly.

Before you go into the world today

Consider some facts - shit sucks right now, for everyone

- it sucks more for some people than it does for others

- it sucks extra for service workers, frontline staff, and minimum wage employees

Now that you have taken a moment to remember that, please consider these tips for being a better human being to people just trying to do their jobs - If a front line employee needs to ask you to wash your hands before entering the premises just do it. Please do not dump the hand sanitizer into the trash right in front of them, claim you just washed them in your car, etc. It puts them in a shitty position. They’re supposed to see you clean your hands, so clean your hands.

- If a front line employee has to get you to fill out the same health screening form you filled out for your job, your last dentist appointment, your visit to your aunt in long term care etc. They’re supposed to get you to fill out the form. Just fill out the form.

- If that sixteen year old charged with manning the front door by their manager says they aren’t supposed to let you in without a mask on, then just put it on. And consider the fact they’ve probably been wearing one for at least 5 hours without a break, they get fifteen minutes to drink water “soon, maybe, if they can get away from the door for a second” and then they got to put it back on for the rest of their shift. They’re not supposed to open the door until you put your mask on. Not a single one of those people is responsible for the pandemic, or their company policies surrounding it. They are doing what they have been told to do by the person who signs their pay cheques. Many of them were forced to sign contracts agreeing to ‘new job requirements’ when they returned to work after government mandated lock downs, and face reprimand if they do not enforce these rules and get your cooperation. Some people have been flat out threatened by their employers with dismissal for negligence if an outbreak at their work place is traced to them not following a new protocol. That’s right, their job security, rightly or wrongly, might depend on you being a decent person today. So whether you agree with them or not, please, for the love of everything you hold dear, do not make the job of a minimum wage employee -terrified of a collapsing economy, who has taken hours cuts, and pay cuts “because we’re all making sacrifices as a team” with a forced smile because they know they’re “lucky to have a job at all”, and just received a memo from their boss informing them that they no longer have health benefits or bonuses, or insurance of any kind- harder than it already is. They are tired. They are struggling. They don’t want to have to tell a grown ass adult to wash their hands anymore than you want to be told. Do not ask someone without the power to make that decision to make an exception for you. Just do it. Then smile and say thank you.

#wash your damn hands #just doing my job #your mask protects me #not just for shits and giggles #Be a grown ass human #don't be that guy