I was working at a production company, and I am a Sabbath-observant Jew with food allergies. There were many problematic instances at this company. I was told I received less of a bonus than my colleagues not because of my work product, but because I took more (unpaid) time off
In 2020, in the midst of the protests and the beginning of the pandemic, I moved to a new city and was looking for work. Because of COVID, the opportunities were pretty limited in my field so, when I was contacted about a marketing position with a private school, I
When working for a state assembly, employees were expected to push out as much work as possible with little regard to how the amount of work was going to impact the people working for them. I started out as an unpaid intern and eventually moved on as a full time
In October 2018, I started working in a meat manufacturing facility as a Quality Assurance Tech. The company was not transparent in the interview with me or anyone else about the hours and schedule. I was told that my hours would be Monday through Friday from 6am to 2:30pm, but
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