I get 40 hours of sick time off per year that I can use for vacation. This is the New York State minimum that had to be fought for.
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1984@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Wtf are you guys eating over there… Jesus christ, I wonder why Americans seem so crazy. Artificial food, artificial media, Artificial work culture…
And two weeks vacation, maybe, on a full year of work… What? And still no money in the wallet at the end of the day?
Legom7@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
MTZ@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I mean, yeah…a lot of people here have it very rough. I am lucky in that I work for the federal government and get 10 weeks plus holidays off. A lot of people here do not get that.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
I had that once, turned out the head of my department was a sociopath though. Never been unhappier at work in my life. I had managers that handled themselves better at a car wash than this lady did at a public library.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I am definitely doing life wrong, mind if I ask the field?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
They eat shit and buy 85" TVs .
daannii@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Yeah but the TVs are like $300. And one week of groceries is like $300.
It’s not really fair to say people waste their money on tvs
Damage@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
I tried reading the rest of the comments on this post but I think my soul broke, I wanted to reply to multiple of them but the words just didn’t come to me
1984@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
I also feel deep sadness over it because its just so incredibly unfair and evil.
Aneb@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Welcome to unregulated capitalism. I was screamed at by my managers all the fucking time when I made $13/hr with 35 hours of paid sick, that never rolled over and counted as vacation time. Now I make nothing and I only scream at myself. I’ll take a win where I can get one
1984@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
Yeah. Actually i admire your human spirit. Taking so much crap and still not letting it beat you down. I honestly dont know how it would transform myself if I was subjected to it. You are talking to someone who always had cushy office jobs in IT their entire career, well paid, in Sweden.
I havent come close to suffering the way you have in my career.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Highschool needs to teach financial literacy. $200 a month for insurance is insane. I pay that for 3 vehicles on full coverage (older trucks and suv, but damn).
Not saying this guy is wrong to be pissed but I see a lot of people who just don’t understand how to shop around for shit and just eat the cost.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Insurance rates change depending where you are and who you are. 250 a month per vehicle for full coverage where I am. We just dropped coverage to minimum on one of them and it went down barely 15%. Shopping around found only higher rates somehow. I think insurance agencies are colluding to fix prices.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
O they absolutely collude on pricing, but $250 a month for full coverage means you’re probably driving a nearly brand new car…just why. Why does everyone buy the latest and greatest constantly and then cry about how much shit costs.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Nope, ones a 2015 and the others a 2017. I bought the 2017 for under 10k.
djehuti@programming.dev 6 hours ago
$200 a month for insurance is peanuts if you have a teen on your policy. Our premiums tripled when we added our 16yo. He’s 24 now, so pretty soon we’re going to remove him from our policy and enjoy the savings.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
16 year olds shouldn’t be driving anyways, so I’m not surprised your premiums went up. Also…24 and you’re still paying for his insurance???
Aneb@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
In most states the guardians can pay insurance for their dependent up until 25, at least for healthcare and the parents are probably extending that to their son’s car insurance, generously. My mom kicked me off her plan when I was 23, but I’ve always had to pay for my car’s insurance
moseschrute@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
How tf do you shop around for insurance.
My employer: you have 3 options. The high deductible HSA plan, the medium deductible plan, or the low deductible plan.
Even if there are other options that aren’t subsidized by my employer, you can’t change your plan most of the year because of fucking open enrollment.
How is this user error and not America being America?
SupraMario@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Car…car insurance, it’s why I called out we needing single payer healthcare. This video was a dude bitching about car insurance.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
LOL guess I just proved Americans are illiterate cause I reread the comment and it clearly said car insurance
Malfeasant@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
people who just don’t understand how to shop around for shit and just eat the cost.
The problem is, you can shop around and find a good deal, but that good deal is “introductory”, only for new customers, so after a while the price goes back to “normal” and you have to do it all over again. Then you have to do that for every damn thing, it gets pretty tiring.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Yea usually you gotta do it every few years.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I have had 1 week off the whole year. I have some PTO coming up. I feel guilty using it (even though I shouldn’t).
mastertigurius@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Two weeks? If you’re middle to upper middle class, sure. If you’re lower middle to lower class, you’ll get a week, if anything at all, unpaid. Sick? Unpaid. Spouse died? Unpaid. What, give people welfare? Not on my tax dollar, that’s communism!
The US stopped being the land of opportunity two generations ago, and only now people are starting to realize.
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
“You can have the funeral in the alley behind the restaurant during your lunch break. Throw your wife in the dumpster after you’re done.”
-Your manager
mastertigurius@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
“The price of meat is skyrocketing, you sure your wife couldn’t… contribute?”
-Owner
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
“Your wife didn’t have enough meat on her bones, bring in your eldest child on Monday.”
-Corporate