We'll call it a "I didn't fuck up my drawer" tax on your employer. If they're not gonna give you a raise, you're gonna give yourself one.

  • CALM_ORGANIZER_BOT [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    The saddest draconian employment conditions I've heard of is my friend who worked at a college food court. You had your Subway and Domino's and Panda Express, etc. All lined up in one giant row along the wall. They were expected to work with factory floor efficiency. There'd be three or four minimum wage college kids working each line, burn out was 4-6 weeks for most. There was one manager who would sit in his office operating all the cameras and would radio in on any employee who was on their phone, working too slow, or talking too much to customers. A perennial voice in their ear from an eye in the sky.

    Absolute torture.

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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        4 years ago

        Same happens at the Amazon warehouse. Rate is tracked on big screens and the managers comes reprimands you if you're below the floor average

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      a guy i knew worked at GAME for a couple of years, for the first 6 months he had to let management search his backpack every time he finished his shift

      99% sure that's illegal, but yeah

      • CALM_ORGANIZER_BOT [he/him]
        hexagon
        ·
        4 years ago

        I used to be a manager that had to do that.

        If I liked the employee, I'd turn a blind eye (which is pretty easy, I tend to like everybody).

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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        4 years ago

        Don't think it's illegal - happened at the Amazon warehouse I worked at. Didn't stop me tho lol.