• audaxdreik@pawb.social
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    7 hours ago

    I used to work in the financial industry where it was mandated for compliance reasons that we take 2 (TWO) solid weeks of vacation. Reason being that if you were doing anything funny like cooking the systems, either people would catch it when they took over your duties or your absence would cause a discrepancy when you were unable to keep up your shenanigans.

    I only had 2 (TWO) weeks of vacation. So in an act of mercy the company decided to bend compliance so that I only needed to take one solid week off and the other week was mine to take at another time or split up as needed. You know, rather than give me any more vacation time.

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      5 hours ago

      As a european, I simply do not understand how America even acts as if it functions. Shit cost of living, Shit work hours/week, shit vacation time, “benefits” that we see as the bare fucking minimum for us to even show up to an interview, shit healthcare system, shit unemployment system.

      Y’all are slaves, but most of you don’t even realise it.

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        4 hours ago

        Literally everything is a farce, almost every product, every deal and agreement is an inherent ripoff, and there’s a catch to everything short of taking a walk in a park.

        shit, they towed my car