• PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    My boss at my first job tried to tell me that i needed to be in and logged into my terminal by my shift start time

    These terminals were like 15 years old, booted over the network and took at least 5 minutes to log in if they weren’t turned off the night before. 8-10 mins if i had to turn it on as well.

    I told him to do one.

    Also if i was 1 min late for work they would dock 15 mins of pay and still expected me to work the remaining 14 mins unpaid, on minimum wage.

    My fiances POW (a care home) does this too to this day

    Carers should unionise, it’s a highly exploitative sector

    • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      19 hours ago

      Carers should unionise, it’s a highly exploitative sector

      Many care workers (in the US, at least) are unionized, through SEIU. Perhaps your fiance could reach out to them for help organizing their workplace.