I worked for a company in GA doing inventory work that required us to work 10 hours straight on our feet with no breaks. Is this legal? If not, how do I file a complaint against this company?
self-employed landscape worker - waiter - college - dishwasher - banker/operations - banker/trader - - college again - private energy company cio (cfo) - start-up hedge fund mgr/entrepreneur - tech company ceo/entrepreneur - social media company ceo/entrepreneur/ & Worker's advocate!
takeaway #1 - John Lennon was right "Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans".. who could predict that path? takeaway #2 - education is the most awesome force for life-transformation. Always make the investment in your own training/learning/education (this does NOT have to mean a formal college degree! - lots of ways to keep growing in training& education that don't include that path!!) takeaway #3 - advocating for todays workers is the most fun and rewarding yet! Hang in there - if you are making your way through your own journey... the best may just be yet to come (even when you can't quite see through to it quite yet).
So, what's your path?
Is there a website where I can find employee reviews for Amazon? I have applied for several positions with the company so I’m getting my company research info together. The other companies that employee 100k or more employees usually have an official or ‘unofficial’ website with uninhibited employee comments about the work life at Amazon.
My father, an insurance agent in Ohio, was a man who woke before the sun and came home far after it set on most days to try to provide for his family. But he had a great mentor who told him to "never forget what you are working for". In my Dad's case, this was his family. He never missed a game, a show, or anything else his kids thought important. I think that focus on "WHY" is important to carry us through challenging times in our worklives.
At Jobcase I have a couple: 1) like my father, I too am working for my kids and 2) like every other employee of Jobcase - I feel a tremendous commitment to the mission of empowering working folks in the USA (and eventually Globally). Its not easy out there and its getting tougher - but if we have a platform that can provide real-time on-demand connections where people help people, where info is curated without clutter, and tools make managing our worklives better organized, free and openly accessible - then we can all have MUCH higher chance of succeeding in our work - for whatever we are working for. These 2 missions drive me to also be in before the sun rises and often return home much after it sets. And it definitely gets me through the plethora of tough times that the entrepreneurial road brings.
Those are my 2. What are yours? What are you working for?? And do you find it the proper source of motivation to get through the tough times, and to enjoy the good times all the more?
Have you been working toward a goal in your worklife but it keeps eluding you? I think one of the toughest calls to make is deciding whether "patience is the better part of valor" and sticking to a plan, or to "cut bait" and switch strategies admitting that current path isn't working. Different circumstances lead to different answers. But ..... In my experience, pausing to consider the question is always a good thing!
When's the busiest time for HVAC techs at Service Experts - during the summer (cooling) or winter (heating)? Curious to know!
Just saw this infographic from Nat'l Low Income Housing Coalition. I think it helps explain the longer commutes, longer time living with Mom/Dad, and increase in adults getting roommates. But wondering what you think? Do these numbers seem right and if so, have you found living close to work challenging because of high rents?
I am writing an article about the Ticket To Work Self-Suficiency Incentive for a local newletter and I would like to post it here, in this forum when it is completed. I recently completed a class entitled Social Policy Anaylsis and Used the TTWI program as my focus. The next publication for the newsletter will be early fall around August or September. Of course you may review it before I submit here if neccessary. Thank you,
Check out this chart. When I was a kid in Toledo, unions were a big deal. This chart shows how they have weakened a lot. What r your thoughts about them?