If it wasn't for the fact I'm just weary from all the mountains of shit these so-called journalists pour out of their mouths I'd be screaming like Matt Christman right now

    • TheVelvetGentleman [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      I worked at a place that sourced and handled touristy souvenirs and other garbage for those stores you see in cities and airports like "Boston Memories". Essentially I was folding cheap t-shirts and putting a price tag on them all day. I was told that I couldn't get vacation or insurance until a 6 month probationary period was over. Then after 6 months they dropped my hours to part time so I got no benefits at all.

      • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Same at my place with insurance. They cut it to three months temporarily due to the labor shortages during the pandemic. I'm fortunate in that I was able to get a full time position right away.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      We used to have that here as well, although you could transfer paid vacation from one job to the next you still had to work for a full year to get paid time off so if you were entering the workforce you were fucked.

      Luckily they changed the law a few years ago so you now start earning paid time off full the moment you begin working.