Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Dell is making everyone return to office, too (www.theverge.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by [email protected] to c/workreform

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly!
I was accepted a proposed timeline based on promised resources, which I never got.
And when shit hit the fan, they just said, but it's your timeline?!

That was the point, where I promised myself, I'll do nothing important anymore on the phone, because I'll need written evidence.

And just a few months later, I was in that exact position, where I was blamed that something wasn't ready, which was promised to the customer.
But as I had everything written in mails, what I've promised to accomplish, I could show, that everything there was actually finished and only the stuff managers promised, which I have objected to, was just horse shit.

Can't trust anyone.
They will act friendly on the phone, just to throw you under the bus, when the heat comes up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

I love my coworkers but I've been bitten in the past and now I only trust emails, even for small projects and even if I can't be fired.

In the past, the CTO of a company destroyed the Linux servers by putting random commands in bash (he only knew Windows). They tried to put the blame on me, I printed all the emails where I warned them that it was the worst idea ever and said something like "you suck, it's your fault, don't try to sue me, I quit." There is no need to put your whole life (personal and money) in danger because one idiot cannot do his job.