#workplace-issues

#workplace-issues

I used to be a bartender. Our owner came in to have a meal with his family before opening. He owned the whole block, including a Mexican restaurant a few businesses down. The owner told the server to get him a margarita from the restaurant. The girl looked at me and kind of chuckled, but he said, 'No, I'm serious.' It was POURING rain. At that point, he was treating her like a servant, not a server. I didn't want to work for someone like that, so I walked out and never looked back.

Sleeping with the boss has almost never ended well for anyone - not the boss, and not the person sleeping with the boss. And that's not even counting the chaos that ensues for the rest of the workplace when this happens! In other words, this is a potential professional minefield, and you're right to be concerned about possible repercussions.

It's generous of you to help your boss get home safely, but it has turned into a regular problem that should not be yours to solve.

Before you go, could you use your tenured position to advocate for others at the institution who have less power? Graduate students organizing a union could always use more support from faculty.

In 'Sololand,' Blasim captures postwar Iraq's unsettling blend of humor and horror, expertly showcasing the tragic absurdity of life amidst violence.

The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a 'plan to drive union membership.'

Helen O'Connor, GMB Membership Development Officer stated: "Our members provide vital services to the patients in both NHS trusts and they are sick and tired of the bullying and harassment, having pay held down and staffing cutbacks." She termed the treatment of outsourced staff as profoundly unfair, calling the discrepancies in pay and benefits between outsourced and directly employed NHS staff into question.

I believe that if OSHA had attempted to investigate the seriousness of the concerns I raised on multiple occasions, this tragedy may have been prevented.

Federal firefighters have been waiting for years for revisions to outdated job descriptions, leading to increased pressures and responsibilities, which in turn contributes to burnout.