Lol that sounds like every office with a ping pong table. Like of course you mostly hire 22 year olds that leave before they turn 25. Who tf else do you think doesn't mind low pay and gets impressed by toys?
I had one exit interview where she just looked defeated and was like "Yeah, I hear that a lot. I'll pass it on..."
At my first corporate job I actually liked our HR person. she was cool and i thought that maybe she'd be on the side our side or something (This was before i really woke up politically).
Then we had an anonymous survey of employees to find how they felt about various things about the job.
A few weeks later we got a printed newsletter from HR. "Many of you felt that you weren't being compensated enough. Did you know that your compensation isn't just your paycheck? There are lots of things that are part of your compensation blah blah blah"
That's when I knew that HR is just the smiling face of a company mouthpiece. They will never take your side. They know the name on their checks.
but what about a company foosball table with your name on it to show how much we appreciate your hard work?
Quick! Quick! Start a Corporate Union where you and your fellow workers lobby your boss for increasing efficiency through cost-saving measures such as taking away needless "safety" features, and stepping up for your corporate family through unpaid overtime too!
I was lucky enough to be able to ghost a job during this pandemic and it made me so happy to ignore the calls and then listen to this HR lady's voicemails begging me to fill out the online background check and call her back.
Especially after she didn't even remember that I had an interview with her that day, and she got my fucking name wrong, convinced herself that I wanted to work graveyard shift, and she also told me I wouldn't make more than $0.10 above minimum wage because of my "lack of experience" at a fucking supermarket
Always good to have a reminder that HR’s job is to work backwards from a conclusion. They don’t give a shit about your experience, which is why so few places actually verify work history
Yeah i mean the only reason I even had the interview is because I was still on unemployment and i was waiting for the job i have now to actually call my references and do a background check, so I was just doing hella applications in the meantime and interviews in the meantime.
What really made me mad is that this lady took Labor Day off lol
Cops are pigs and HR are snakes. Simple as.
I don’t give a shit if your rep is “nice” or “has helped in the past”. When they stop representing the interests of your oppressors, then feel free to have a beer with them or whatever.
You don’t volunteer ammunition and intel to the enemy. In many companies HR is hired not by the company, but by the company’s holding company. If you wouldn’t tell something to your CEO, you definitely shouldn’t tell it to your CEO’s boss.
Learn your rights. HR will only be your friend as long as you’re not tugging on your leash. If you’ve been thinking about organizing your workplace, here’s your sign.
Step 1 is finding a union rep and reaching out to them for organizer 101 training. Read the stuff pinned in !labour. If you don’t know how to pick a union, ask in the megathread from an alt or just default to the IWW (all workers are welcome). It’s time. If you can spare the 30 minutes to google a union and send an email, do it now before you forget and fall back into inaction.
Sometimes telling people to organize has a real “there’s always money in the banana stand” feel. It’s a lot simpler than it’s made out to be (though not easier) and people here are generally sitting on way more resources than they realize.
the exit interview isn't for you, so there's no reason to be forthcoming or honest.
When would I even have time to use a ping pong table without getting yelled at by the boss? Ridiculous.
Are your breaks really that short? We have an hour siesta twice a day because it gets so hot you need to take some time for recuperation.
I work a retail position and get a 15 minute paid every x hours and a mandatory hour unpaid. In other states the hour would be paid since it’s overnight and we can’t leave.
Edit: not the person you asked, but the company I work for despite being terrible is on the better side.
Depends on the workplace and how you want to think about it.
Worked at a place once where you'd get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch in any department that you worked in.
BUT
If you worked at the cash registers, all your breaks where scheduled and kinda rigidly enforced. So it was normal to start your work shift at around the same time that it would be a normal human's lunch time (noon-ish). But your first break would be the 15 minute one with your scheduled 30 minute break somewhere around 4~5PM during the "afterwork" rush so getting started on that 30 minute break on time was a rarity.
Then there's the 30 minute lunch break. It's 30 minutes long but you've gotta get to the break room, use the bathroom, wash your hands, wait in line to get into the staff fridge, wait in line to use the microwave, sit down and eat, clean up after yourself, put your stuff away, go to the bathroom (maybe), etc. So that 30 minutes of time to "eat" winds up being around 10~15 minutes of actually focusing on eating.
I keep offering my landlord a ping pong table in place of rent money but I keep getting evicted please help
Dear valued housing provider,
You need to remember that "rent" isn't just your monthly check. It's also the repairs I do for you to keep you away from my home, the security deposit I'm going to graciously donate to you, and the lifestyle my rent checks enable.
I'd imagine that the pay is often not the sole reason people leave a job and it comes down to just shitty conditions overall, but people would be more likely to put up with shit if they're making a solid chunk of cash at the same time. I know for a fact that as a nurse I'm criminally underpaid for the stressand work I'm required to do, but I make enough to have a decent living so if I hadn't been fired my primary reason for leaving would have been because the workplace was so fucking toxic, something I brought up multiple times where I was basically told that they just don't care. Would love to know when I could play ping pong or some other bullshit when I have a patient coding and my manager then calls me to tell me about how I haven't written my narrative note for the day.
people would be more likely to put up with shit if they’re making a solid chunk of cash at the same time
I've found certain efforts at retention are insultingly small. There are a few perks - reduced commute, better hours, possibly a more stable or growth oriented industry - that you're unlikely to be able to meet. But by and large, just paying above the median rate keeps people indefinitely.
What's the correct answer? "Additional responsibilities" with no additional pay? :agony-minion:
