• 0 Posts
  • 51 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

help-circle












  • Have you ever talked to her about it? Are you a supervisor or any sort even if she’s not a direct report?

    This is minor, but if it bothers you and distracts you from your work I’d say address it as feedback - “Hey, I’m usually pretty busy when you come in. You seemed upset that I don’t get a chance to stop and properly greet you, but I’m focused on work at that time, let’s catch up on a break/lunch”

    I used to let so many of these little things go because it wasn’t worth it but little things add up and can make the workplace miserable. I’ve found people are pretty understanding and I started being more assertive about distractions and my work life has improved a lot. I’m ADHD and getting derailed kills my productivity. People eating at their desks, approaching me the moment they need something, asking questions when the answers are available on SharePoint, etc.






  • Avoid retail because those jobs will be brutal and pay less. Check indeed for warehousing, the good jobs will be small businesses and 3PL as they both typically operate during normal business hours. Apply even if you don’t have experience, it’s not complicated work so… I can only speak for myself but I mostly look for aptitude, effort, and attention to detail.

    We currently have 2 full-time jobs open and our 3PL is an hour away in the suburbs and they’re also struggling to find people, full time M-F. Obvious positions like receiving and pick/pack, forklift drivers, and also kitting/assembly, special projects like labelling, etc. It can be mind numbing work at times but if you stay open to trying new things you’ll end up doing something different every day and moving between departments. If you’re reliable and put in effort it’s easy to move into a supervisory role and salary can be anywhere from $50-$80k+ but 60k is typical.

    I did all these things and I’m an operations manager now and make very good money. People see warehousing as a dead end job but honestly it opens a lot of doors into operations jobs.


  • Well maybe we shouldn’t turn something people need to survive into a game of min/max P&L. I know construction and real estate companies need a profit to survive, but unchecked profit maximizing is bad for everyone but shareholders.

    Why build a ranch when you can build a 2flat or multi family unit that takes up the entire lot, that only corporations can scoop up as an investment, or already wealthy individuals can buy outright and rent it out to squeeze any potential profit out of the working class that’s struggling to survive. That’s why there’s so few affordable single family homes being built, and if you don’t see that as a problem right now then I don’t know what to tell ya.