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Stressed. Exhausted. Exploited. Abandoned. In a new book, Tom Juravich exposes and examines the degradation of work in the United States today. At the Altar of the Bottom Line, based on in-depth interviews with workers, lifts up the experiences of working people from diverse sectors of our economy.
Juravich, a writer, researcher, and professor at the University of Massachusetts Labor Center, spent six years interviewing workers in four different occupations:
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I got a new job at a factory. I quickly realized I HATED this place. The way they do shit was sooooooo fuckin ass backwards it’s pathetic. They wanted production out of you but the whole process was designed to SLOW you up because they have no clue about efficiency and organization. My trainer reeked also, he was some pompous old fool that spent 30 minutes of company time every morning walking the factory floors with a cup of coffee around ‘pretending to be doing something important’. He also had worst social skills, completely belittling you the whole time. I mean seriously, why do they put disgruntled fucks in charge of training new hires???? One day he got in my face and at that point I realized , yea im done with this shithole, lol I picked up a crowbar and told the silly fuck you better back off fuckhead or ima gonna wrap this bar around your fucking ugly ass…lol his reaction was priceless!
Needless to say, I quit lol
I share a job with another person, I work three days, they work 2. I have worked for 10 years for this maniac. He gives me 5 to 7 days worth of work to get out in 3 days and barely gives the other person anything. Because I make a good salary, I just got a raise after four years. The other person keeps getting raises to catch up to me. He interrupts me 1,000 times a day while I am working. He tells everyone that I take care of him. I would like to knock him out. I am always stressed at work because he will give me projects 15 minutes before I am supposed to leave and I have to tell him to give it to the other person. My stress level is over the roof. He can’t hear so I have to shout at him, he can’t remember anything so he is always asking me where something is and please come into his office and find it. He needs to retire but they will have to take him out in a box. Help Help Help. He does not have to provide any benefits, vacation, etc. because we are part time. If I am off for a holiday, not only do I not get paid, my work is doubled because he works 7 days a week, rain or shine. When I come back in from a vacation or holiday I have twice as much work and no money. Unfortunately I take shorthand so every five minutes I hear “come in with your book”. Sometimes I want to shove that book you know where. I think that is everything but I could probably think of many other things this maniac does that makes me want to just get up and walk out. I’m stuck because I make a decent hourly wage but boy do I earn every cent. I think I feel better after this, I’m not sure.
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I hate my job. For the last 10 yrs I have worked there we have always been allowed to carry some of our vacation time over to the next year. Well this year they have decided without telling the employees that use it or lose it. Owners son said this. Also that we are not allowed to take off in December. Totally illegal. Told the son it was illegal he said his dad owns the place he can do what he wants. Whatever. If we work anywhere from one min to twenty min late we don’t get paid for it but we have to stay anyway. Illegal. Told everyone hired that after 5 years of service we get 3 weeks vacation. I have been there 10 and just got my second week this year after crabbing about it for 3 years. Now they made a rule no 3 weeks anymore. O in case you are wondering there is no handbook at all. They tried to make one but found out it would hurt more then it helps. They take overtime away but still make us work late and don’t pay it. Then we have to work half day Saturday and they say they are banking our hours. Six years ago I had over forty hours. Just lost all of them. Made us come in on our days off and paint the shop. Didn’t pay. Actually took time clock away and put somewhere we couldn’t find it. They think that buying us food once a week is making us happy. Everyone there is miserable. They make some if us carry a beeper on the weekends and don’t pay unless we get called out and we can’t leave town. We have to be ten min from the shop. So if you want a date night or something to bad. O we are notified usually within a couple hours of the end if the day on Friday. One time a guy was notified as he was walking out the door. So he had to cancel all his plans. There is so much more but what use is it. They will always continue to do what they want cause they own the place and frankly we all need jobs. This job stresses me out sooo much cause of the way things are ran. I would so live to call the better business bureau but a little slap on the hand and its business like usual. So I vented now I will just have to live with it or find another job.
It is time you got a lawyer sued Fedex. It is illegal not to pay employees. Fedex was sued before for this reason. Call a lawyer today.
I really don’t HATE my job…just my soon to be boss. She is a control freak. A micro manager. She yells at people for having to go to the restroom when it isn’t their break time, even if they have a medical condition. I already have high blood pressure, depression, and IBS, but now I am stuck in a job that has great pay and benefits, but with a manager that is already sucking the life out of me! You can’t even talk about stuff on your break or lunch, because if it is even a comment about her, her leadership, or someone else at the sight, you get in trouble, even if it is on your break.
I tried to find another job, but nothing will pay the bills, or hire me because I’m playing catch up on some bills I fell behind on. I just wish this crazy witch would retire, or leave, or transfer, or anything but be assigned to my team.
Your not alone. I feel like I have ptsd. I didn’t have to read to far to recognize that mf is like my boss. They finally transferred that bastard. They adopted the changes he made, so nothing has changed. I say some things slip through the cracks, most of the shit I could be doing if my own free will, the things they would like me to do. I just hate my situation.
After being successfully self-employed for 30+ yrs., I found myself recreating my life as a grocery clerk. I thought ” Of course, We’re all adults, well-bred, and naturally, we’re all aware of correct social conduct. This should be okay.” WRONG! I’m lucky to be acknowledge when bagging.Some are so rude and treat me like I’m retarded or something .The worst is the sheeple who get` apoplectic if they’re caught “Green Bag-less.”The apologies they give! I try to assuage their pathetic self loathing and irrational fear of plastic by informing them the plastic industry employs over 10,000 Californians, as opposed to 5 mil. Chinese toddlers. 2nd, I show them the “made In” label. YUP! China! And how about that carbon footprint shipping them here. AND the unregulated smog belching factories that undo any good we do, while laughing all the way to the bank, while we self-inflict economic ruin with smug satisfaction that we’re more “Aware” than everyone else. I cap it off w/bacteria dangers,and lead levels in the bags. I thank them in French, and smile. The OTHER ones that just KILL are the patronizing customers who bestow upon me their benevolent approval of my bagging skills. I graciously thank them and naturally, concede that my ability to perform this sophisticated function is all due to the degree I earned in “Bagging Physics” from MIT w/ an emphasis on Maximizing Finite Area Efficiency. My favorite course being, No Watermelons On top Of Eggs. Great lecture class!. Some customers have actually thought I was serious!` And I’M THE DUMB BAGGER??
Um. I get your frustration but you kind of sound like a pompous ass.
hi my name is lane and i am a modern day slave. i work for a company thats all about getting money. one boss dont give a fuck unless he is making money. the other boss complains about every fucking thing and you cant never catch a break. got one lady who turned down the position to be the boss but continues to want to run shit. im fucking stuck because i cant find another job making the same pay so im fucked. i feel like kicking a football through the front window and knocking all the glass out the windows.
Think about continued education? Starting your own biz? Nothing you continue to toleratewill ever change I bet you can do it!! THink big!
I completely understand you buddy… I live that every day and am stuck because of the pay. This is ridiculous. I feel like the chinese people, over working for 8 hours straight anbd just 30 min lunch. bullshit! i need to find a way to get this palce shut down.
Fuck work fuck ashley fuck the door. fuck the phones. fuck filing charts.
I can’t believe I went to college to manage a bunch of idiots at the biggest mall hell in NC! Raising my kid to be an atheist in this area is going be more STRESS,STRESS,STRESS!
MY NAME IS BECKY AND I WORK FOR SHELL GAS AND I WILL HIRE ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO GET THEIR ASS HERE WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE!(TIRED OF WORKING OVERTIME). CALL(704) 793-1230.
I thought having my own business would rule,not!! The brats get on my nerves, the parents are pests, the horses are costly and i’m tired! BREEZY MEADOWS FARM MY LIFE IS NOT!
I WORK IN A DRUG STORE FOR A SKIRT – CHASING BOSS WHO MAKES ME LIE TO HIS WIFE CONSTANTLY AND DO ALL OF HIS WORK!! I’M 60 AND READY FOR RETIREMENT BEFORE I GET AN ULCER OR ANY BALDER!!!
I HATE MY DIRT WORK JOB!!!!! I run smaller equipment (jumping jacks, jack hammers, etc) and there’s a damn person who keeps trying to tell me to go over spots and areas and do tasks that were actually in my path and will nag and nag and nag until i actually go do it! And I can’t talk to my foreman about it since they are buddy-buddy with each other. Then when I look up to see what said person is doing, they were standing in the corner leaning on a shovel!! The hours are too long and there are only bare minimum breaks. On paper the wage looks good but when you do the actual work, it’s clearly an underpaid job.