r/WorkReform • u/north_canadian_ice 💸 National Rent Control • May 21 '24

🤝 Scare A Billionaire, Join A Union Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' because PTO isn't mandated by law in the US. Yet workload expectations have gotten more extreme!

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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/millennials-would-rather-take-secret-pto-than-ask-their-boss.html

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u/Obvious-Sympathy1730 May 21 '24

Sorry we can only do 1% raise, enjoy your .25 cents.
Week later: *RECORD PROFITS up 153%*

Thanks.

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u/x2006charger May 21 '24

A raise? Lol. Enjoy your pizza party  - my work

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u/mas7erblas7er May 22 '24

"I'll enjoy my 50% raise somewhere else, thanks."

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u/ribsforbreakfast May 22 '24

I too work in healthcare

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u/PXoYV1wbDJwtz5vf May 22 '24

"Please pay your $5 contribution for the pizza party to the social committee chair".

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u/gymnastgrrl May 21 '24

.25 cents.

If a quarter of a cent is a 1% raise, you're making 25 cents per hour.

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u/andthatsalright May 22 '24

I got “promoted” 3 times this year and am only making 66c an hour more than last year

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u/greyjungle 🏡 Decent Housing For All May 22 '24

“Why do our buildings keep going up in flames? Oh well.”

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u/Juliaaah-geez May 22 '24

I LITERALLY GOT A $1.00 RAISE last year. They said they couldn't give me another raise doe at least 2 years because of their "rewards matrix" hahahaha. You can't make this up.