She's dead on with the scheduling though. I'm about to start job hunting. I should have done it six months ago. But the prospect of applying for jobs when you don't have open scheduling is daunting. And by open scheduling, I merely mean that I can't start a shift until 2pm on Sunday and I can't work on Wednesdays after five, that's it. That really shouldn't be a problem. But it will be. Trust me. Even if they are primarily looking for someone to fill in days for all of the SCAD students who are back in session, they aren't going to want to hire someone who can't come in if someone calls out on Wednesday night or Sunday morning.
If I saw, well, I could be called it but don't schedule me, they will schedule me anyway.
And yes, many of these jobs absolutely will give me ten hours this week, thirty hours the next and five the week after. Some chick who has been there two years and is flaky as shit will still get priority scheduling even if I'm a better worker. So if she comes in and says oh hey, I'm going out of town to hang out with my friends, I can come into a schedule that has me working completely opposite of my usual and leave me scrambling to come up with childcare. But if I have a more legit reason, I'll be made to feel like shit.
It's really unfun.
THIS! Until I got my job now, the idea of trying to find a second job was completely daunting and overwhelming since when I worked in FF, they never got the schedule out until the day before the new weeks start. I thank my lucky stars that somehow H has three jobs that accommodate his school schedule (full-time student, with random weekend and evening obligations), and each other. One of his employers is horrible and he consistently has to stay a few hours after they are supposed to be closed, but the chance of finding a better job to fit his needs is slim to none.
I think it's odd to note that this woman isn't a good spokesperson for the working poor because she smokes and made some odd choices and may or may not suck at being honest with herself. because isn't that the entire POINT of this piece? That the working poor pretty universally lack "perfect" spokespeople because the experience of being poor is going to lead to some pretty shit decisions (looking at them from the outside)?
I think it's odd to note that this woman isn't a good spokesperson for the working poor because she smokes and made some odd choices and may or may not suck at being honest with herself. because isn't that the entire POINT of this piece? That the working poor pretty universally lack "perfect" spokespeople because the experience of being poor is going to lead to some pretty shit decisions (looking at them from the outside)?
Yes, exactly. I mean I'm talking smack about this woman, don't get me wrong but I don't think this means she's not a good representative. I think her outlook is pretty standard. It's rather common to not be aware of what's available and to be more vocal about the shit you take criticism for. I am side eyeing her defense of smoking being her sum up part but I see sooooooooooooo many people blathering about how poor people should just quit or if they have money for cigarettes, then they don't need assistance.
That's when they gave them at my H's Christmas party. And door prizes, which you have to be there to get and are totally random. People were getting $500 as door prizes ffs.
And what's the best candidate may I ask? I think her perspective is odd in some places and perhaps she's not quite honest but I think where she lacks honesty is with herself and that's definitely poverty mentality. I'm not mad at her at all.
Some of it sounds like excuses, some of it is. But it's also reality.
I stand corrected. At the same time I think her complaint about it is childish. I think her lack of honesty about the healthcare and food while pregnant and her focus on the justification of the cigarettes is not representative of most working poor people and, taken together with her rant about the Christmas party after her unexplained "injury at work" (she had about 200 words on her cigarette habit and 3 about her injury) undermines her integrity and the viewpoint of the working poor she is purporting to represent.
Do you know many truly poor people? Because this piece, while scattered and unfocused, pretty much captures the life. And on a related note, the scattered, unfocused tone of the piece reflects the lifestyle perfectly as well, so I appreciate it.
I stand corrected. At the same time I think her complaint about it is childish. I think her lack of honesty about the healthcare and food while pregnant and her focus on the justification of the cigarettes is not representative of most working poor people and, taken together with her rant about the Christmas party after her unexplained "injury at work" (she had about 200 words on her cigarette habit and 3 about her injury) undermines her integrity and the viewpoint of the working poor she is purporting to represent.
I get feeling some type of way about not getting a bonus, especially when you watched everyone else get one. This is why I want to know more about the bonuses. If the policy states you must be active at the time of payout then that seems fair to me. However if no one explained this to her , I don't find the complaint childish at all.
I guess I'm confused why you need to know more. Even if there was a written policy about the bonuses that was communicated, I still think she'd be entitled to complain. If a woman who busted ass for years at her middle or upper class type job was on maternity leave for a couple months when bonuses were paid out, I'd expect that she'd still be treated as if she existed and invited to the party, and I'd fully expect her to complain about an unfair policy that excluded her from the annual bonus.
So just because there might be a policy in place doesn't mean a hardworking employee can't feel like shit because she put so much into her job that she got injured, and that very injury meant that the company could exclude her guilt-free from a party and bonuses that recognized contributions. It's not like she could have planned her injury better.
Post by statlerwaldorf on Sept 22, 2014 10:14:32 GMT -5
In some states, WIC has higher income limits than Medicaid. Some people also might not realize that they qualify for Medicaid if they were turned down in the past. Before the expansion of Medicaid in my state, non-disabled adults without children could not qualify for Medicaid at all. Adults with children had to be under 90% of the FPL, but pregnant adults had to be under 150% of the FPL.
IDK about hard working though. She fully admits that she isn't and that she does her best not to be noticed by the bosses but then she's upset when the boss doesn't recognize her.
BUT that plays right into what she's trying to say here, about the circular nature of poverty. Her choices and opportunities only improve so much via hard work so why kill yourself? But it still stings when you see how little you are valued.
I get feeling some type of way about not getting a bonus, especially when you watched everyone else get one. This is why I want to know more about the bonuses. If the policy states you must be active at the time of payout then that seems fair to me. However if no one explained this to her , I don't find the complaint childish at all.
I guess I'm confused why you need to know more. Even if there was a written policy about the bonuses that was communicated, I still think she'd be entitled to complain. If a woman who busted ass for years at her middle or upper class type job was on maternity leave for a couple months when bonuses were paid out, I'd expect that she'd still be treated as if she existed and invited to the party, and I'd fully expect her to complain about an unfair policy that excluded her from the annual bonus.
So just because there might be a policy in place doesn't mean a hardworking employee can't feel like shit because she put so much into her job that she got injured, and that very injury meant that the company could exclude her guilt-free from a party and bonuses that recognized contributions. It's not like she could have planned her injury better.
I want to know the nature of the incentive plan. Is it quarterly or Annual? If annual at the very least it needs to be prorated, and it would be shitty to have someone be on payroll at the time of payout. If they are quarterly I feel differently. Scrolling back it seems only managers get bonuses? That's shitty if it's true. Finally when it comes to people complaining about their companies you are ALWAYS going to see me ask for more information.
Post by simplyinpenguin on Sept 22, 2014 14:26:59 GMT -5
It sucks to bust ass and work hard just to take home meager pay. The most common theme amongst the poor is the constant thought of "This or that?" Everything is a difficult decision and you can't have both. Pay for repairs to the car OR pay to see a doctor for an illness? To be able to work despite not being healthy or being healthy but have no way to make a living? To forego eating for a couple of days to pay student loans or eat and get penalized by the system for being late?
It sucks. When life's common emergencies arise, the middle class can and will feel that pinch, but for the poor, it is catastrophic and it alters the way you live your life for quite some time. Looking at your paycheck and then looking at the mountain of bills that exceeds your paycheck by 4x, it's hard not to get despondent, to want to just give up. But should life just be designed to just work and pay bills? The poor can't have SOMETHING to splurge on? It's not like they can afford vacations, dinners out, even a movie ticket costs more than a pack of cigarettes in most places.
Bootstraps, yeah, yeah, yeah....but the majority of the time, the poor, with skills, are waiting for someone to unlace their bootstraps for the last time and open that job. With a shifting economy still in bad shape, nobody is going anywhere. It's the waiting game for the poor.
Success requires the right attitude, a never give up mind set and a belief that things can and will improve with your efforts, good decisions and never giving up. Will that guarantee success? - no However, success will not happen without those things in place.
She makes excuses for the decisions that work against her - yes, it is understandable, however it is not workable if you want to make a change in your life.
Success requires the right attitude, a never give up mind set and a belief that things can and will improve with your efforts, good decisions and never giving up. Will that guarantee success? - no However, success will not happen without those things in place.
She makes excuses for the decisions that work against her - yes, it is understandable, however it is not workable if you want to make a change in your life.
Success requires the right attitude, a never give up mind set and a belief that things can and will improve with your efforts, good decisions and never giving up. Will that guarantee success? - no However, success will not happen without those things in place.
She makes excuses for the decisions that work against her - yes, it is understandable, however it is not workable if you want to make a change in your life.
no it doesn't. Plenty of people have success without those things, much less with all of them.
And why should someone believe something that is most likely untrue?
What is this the fucking Secret? If you believe it, it will happen?
I'd love to send this to my friend who compared poor people to wild animals but I know I'll just get a similar response picking apart every single thing that is even slightly questionable, completely missing the forest for the trees.
I think it's odd to note that this woman isn't a good spokesperson for the working poor because she smokes and made some odd choices and may or may not suck at being honest with herself. because isn't that the entire POINT of this piece? That the working poor pretty universally lack "perfect" spokespeople because the experience of being poor is going to lead to some pretty shit decisions (looking at them from the outside)?
FWIW, this capitalism-loving conservative found this piece to be very moving and thought-provoking. I was surprised to see so many read it differently. What struck me the most was the overall feeling of being disrespected.
Success requires the right attitude, a never give up mind set and a belief that things can and will improve with your efforts, good decisions and never giving up. Will that guarantee success? - no However, success will not happen without those things in place.
She makes excuses for the decisions that work against her - yes, it is understandable, however it is not workable if you want to make a change in your life.
Um, not entirely true. I know quite a few successful people with fairly shitty attitudes and a whole lot of luck.