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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Woman Offers to Drive Coworker to Work. Her Generosity Backfires
A woman on Reddit feels conflicted when an offer to drive a coworker to their shared workplace led to unforeseen consequences The coworker's tardiness led the woman to be written up several times The poster tried to back out of their carpool arrangement, but her coworker put up a fightA woman on Reddit is seeking advice after a kind gesture for a coworker led to unforeseen consequences. On Reddit's Am I the A------ forum, a 25-year-old woman shares that she's been giving her coworker a ride to work every morning for the last three months. They work at the same company but in different departments, and only live a few blocks from each other. "At the beginning, everything was fine. But over the past month, she's started running late — like really late," she writes. "I text her when I leave my house, and sometimes I end up sitting outside for 10-15 minutes waiting. A few times she's even asked me to swing by a coffee shop or drop her off at a different entrance, which adds time." Though the poster has tried to be understanding, she says that the continued tardiness has led to both of them being written up on two separate occasions, putting her job in jeopardy. As a result, the woman has felt like she needs to put her foot down. "I finally told her this week that I can't keep driving her if she's not ready on time. I said I like her and I don't want to fall out over something small, but I need to look out for myself and my job," she shares. Unfortunately, her coworker did not take the ultimatum well and went around to other employees saying she feels "ditched." "She got really quiet and said she 'didn't think it was that big a deal' and that I was being 'kind of cold' over something that 'was supposed to be a favor,'" the poster writes. This frustrated the Reddit user, who "didn't mean to hurt" the other woman, but feels taken advantage of. "I feel like I was doing her a favor and she started treating it like a service. I'm not her Uber driver," she continues. Though the poster feels conflicted about her decision to put her foot down, others in the comments are firmly on her side. They noted that she was more than kind to repeatedly offer the other woman a ride to work, despite her continued tardiness. "She's a funny one to be upset with you for not wanting to be fired," a commenter writes. "Sounds like she doesn't need her job, so she really should have no issues with you protecting yours by leaving her in time to get there on time." Others suggested she set a firm departure time, giving the other woman a chance to maintain the morning rides, but preventing them from being late again. "I would tell her that you'll continue to drive her but you're not going to wait for her," another commenter suggests. "You'll be outside her house or apartment at such and such a time, and you'll honk your horn or text her that you're there, and then you will wait exactly 1 minute and if she's not out you will take off even if she begs you to wait just another minute or two. And then stick to that." Read the original article on People
The Independent
6 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
More Americans file for jobless aid but layoffs remain low despite economic uncertainty over tariffs
Filings for U.S. jobless aid jumped last week but American workers broadly remain secure in their jobs despite economic uncertainty over global trade. Jobless benefits applications rose by 14,000 to 240,000 for the week ending May 24, the Labor Department said Thursday. Analysts had forecast 226,000 new applications. Weekly applications for jobless benefits are seen as representative of U.S. layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically healthy range between 200,000 and 250,000 since COVID-19 throttled the economy in the spring of 2020, wiping out millions of jobs. The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week ups and downs during more volatile stretches, ticked down by 250 to 230,750. The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for the week of May 17 increased by 26,000 to 1.92 million.
CBC
27-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Workers 'better be worried' about AI taking their jobs, TRU prof says
As more tech companies create generative AI advancements, there are concerns that many humans could lose their jobs. Vivek Kumar, a computer science professor at Thompson Rivers University, said it's imperative that people brush up on their "soft skills" like collaboration and creativity in the years to come.
Phone Arena
26-05-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
Even a successful manager of a T-Mobile TPR store has no job security
Besides the corporate T-Mobile stores owned by the company itself, there are retail locations known as TPR ( T-Mobile Premium Retailer) which are owned and operated by independent firms that have the permission to use T-Mobile branding and sell the same products you'd find in a corporate store. According to a social media post written by an employee who works for one of the independent operators of T-Mobilr TPR stores, it sounds as though job security at these stores is pretty low even if you're a successful store manager. For example, Redditor prodbyfear wrote a long post explaining what happened after he started working at an unnamed T-Mobile TPR in February 2022. Two years later he became assistant manager as his sales numbers put him among the leaders in his district finishing in the first quintile every month. He was promoted to store manager last August and, as he put it, "me and my reps were making wonderful commission checks way into the new year." Outside of a T-Mobile store in Butler, New Jersey. | Image credit-T-Mobile The first problem occurred this past January when two of his reps (one with the "override" code) applied an unauthorized discount to iPhone 16 purchases in their employee accounts. The store manager was out at the time, and didn't even know about the discounts until loss prevention put the hammer down and canned the two salesmen. This left the store manager without two of his best reps forcing him and two other employees to put in outrageous hours. In February the store fell into the fifth and bottom quintile. Making matters worse, the company that owns these stores raised the metrics that its reps have to meet or face losing their jobs. The monthly goal of activating 90 voice lines (125% of the target) rose to 120-130 voice line activations (again, this was 125% of the monthly goal). For a store that is struggling, making the metrics goal harder to top might not have been such a smart thing to do. The store manager made a critical mistake in retrospect when he told the company he works for that he needed help. The firm told him that he shouldn't need to ask for additional help and that there is no reason for the store not to remain profitable and remain a top 50 store in the company. The store manager got involved in a personal issue that had nothing to do with the store (he was arrested for a misdemeanor outside of work and the charge has been cleared). Still, when he returned, the District Manager came by the store, and out of camera view he told the store manager that he was going to be demoted and if he didn't agree to the demotion the company would "kick rocks" at him and get him fired. The only thing I can think of reading this is that when it comes to some of T-Mobile 's TPRs, shady does as shady is. I know many of you younger phone enthusiasts out there might consider a career selling the devices you love so much. One thing I learned as a younger smartphone fan before I got the PhoneArena gig is that reps really don't care about smartphones. Nor do they keep up with the news in the industry. I used to visit a Verizon store near me and chew the fat with some of the reps about upcoming phones and not one rep I spoke with knew what new phones were on the horizon. That seemed surprising at first until I realized that it is a sales job and their job is selling the inventory they have, not telling a customer to wait for the next model because it will have a better ultra-wide camera sensor. If you do decide to check out mobile device sales as a possible career, my advice would be to stick with corporate-owned stores and stay away from the seamy, slimy side of smartphone sales that you could experience by working for the wrong third-party authorized dealer. We have reached out to T-Mobile asking for a comment on this article. Any response will be added in an update to this story.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Target staff panic about store closures and job losses after cultural madness led to huge sales slump: 'We are cooked'
Target is struggling. Employees are worried. Online message boards used by hundreds of in-store staff are lighting up with fears about job security, increased workloads, and potential store closures. 'We are cooked,' one employee said on Reddit. 'Less and less hours with little to no change with what the expectations are from us all.' Another wrote: 'All we can do is ride it out and hope for the best. If it comes down to it, prepare a resume just in case.' Several workers have also posted TikTok videos showing backrooms overwhelmed with merchandise that hasn't made it to the sales floor — alleging that understaffing is leaving them buried. 'I hope these go viral so the corporate people might rethink how they unstaffed their stores and expect spotless departments,' one employee commented on a video showing mounds of backroom clothing. Target hasn't responded to request for comment on the employee predictions and complaints. But two days ago, the company released its quarterly earnings, which badly missed Wall Street's expectations. 'Target has found itself in a challenging position,' Neil Saunders, a retail expert at GlobalData, told 'The business is not terrible, but it is under pressure and that is causing nervousness among associates.' Fewer shoppers went into Target stores during the last quarter, and when they did, they spent less money. The company reported $23.85 billion in sales during the last quarter, a 2.8 percent drop from the previous three-month period. Analysts predicted the store would make $24.23 billion. So far this year, Target's share price has shed over 31 percent. 'I want to be clear, we're not satisfied with these results, so we're moving with urgency to navigate through this period of volatility,' Target CEO Brian Cornell said. 'We've got to drive traffic back into our stores or visits to our site.' The company also announced that it was paring back its financial outlook for 2025, signaling it believes a recovery might take a while. Conservative activists have taken issue with the company's yearly Pride Month collections Target isn't in dire financial shape. The company made $5 billion in profit last year, and is still raking in money. But it's wobbles are in stark contrast to its biggest competitor, Walmart, which has reported gigantic sales figures. 'Underlying profit at Target is squeezed and that makes it more likely the company will be cautious in hiring and tight in the labor hours it allocates,' Saunders added. 'That makes staff worry for their own jobs. All of this is exacerbated because communication from management has, generally, been poor.' Target is dealing with other non-employement headwinds, too. Cornell joined Walmart and Home Depot's CEOs in a private White House meeting, warning President Donald Trump that his tariff regime threatened to deplete product availability and increase prices on consumers. The company has publicly warned that tariffs will slash billions from profits, making it harder to continue business investments. 'They have cancelled some remodels,' one Target employee claimed on Reddit. Another added: 'Sales are so low I would be shocked if it doesn't close sooner rather than later.' Staffers expressed concern that the company would hire fewer seasonal employees and potentially close stores (stock image) Target's employees have been sounding off online Plus, the brand is facing customer anger from both right- and left-leaning shoppers. Target walked back diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in a pitch to appease the Trump administration. Conservatives have been boycotting the brand over Pride Month collections that included bathing suits for trans swimmers. Meanwhile, Target has already silently started increasing prices on products made in other countries. It's a particularly difficult time to balance higher prices in the US economy. Consumer confidence has slumped for five consecutive months, with shoppers reporting fears over continued inflation. American shoppers have been smacked with increasingly lofty grocery prices after the inflation rate peaked over 9 percent in 2022. Still, the overall economy has remained resilient despite the price hikes.
