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> Having to breathe jet exhaust fumes while suffering through 85 degree indoor temperatures and drinking algae-filled water is nowhere near normal. I was told

• Fiveplus 5y ago
  >was I hope you left that shithole company and glassdoored their management hard.
  • HWR_14 5y ago
    >glassdoored I hope you meant reported to regulators
  • drenvuk 5y ago
    glassdoor is a fucking lie, use blind instead for real reviews. The coverage isn't as wide though.
    • pmlnr 5y ago
      Internet reviews are all becoming unreliable as f* to be honest.
      • ewmiller 5y ago
        This. Those with money and an interest in maintaining a positive appearance online can do so easily.
• mrweasel 5y ago
  Could you clearify “don’t care”? Because here you simply report the company anonymously. You even have a person among the staff, who is extremely difficult to fire, that can do the reporting for you. Companies will be fined for this kind of environment and the office will be closed if things aren’t improved. You can’t choose to not care.
  • duckfang 5y ago
    > You can’t choose to not care. It's all a matter of priorities. If caring means you lose your job, yeah, you're not gonna care. And losing your job in the USA means: hunger, homelessness, no internet, less chance of being hired with unemployment record, assumption that you did something terrible, low/no medical, etc. For many, especially those whom can't save a nest egg of appreciable value (6 months out of work kind), then it's better to STFU, apply elsewhere, and THEN make complaints.
    • mrweasel 5y ago
      Sorry, I meant the company can’t choose to not care. I can certainly understand it from the employees point of view. But even in the US I would assume that companies aren’t just allowed to break the laws regarding work environment. Isn’t there some control visits, some way of reporting a company?
      • duckfang 5y ago
        Unfortunately, the US is extremely caveat emptor in many ways. We have a legal system that greatly benefits rich people (companies are legally people). Unions have the lowest numbers in our history. Laws in different states like "Right to work" and similar kneecap workers rights. And worst is the "gig work" which pays sub-minimum wage of 7.25$/hr or $2.35 for restaurant server work (and the min wage hasnt increased since 2009). But if you're in software, it's a good life. Usually.
        • fastball 5y ago
          So don't work in these industries if the pay isn't good enough. Employers shouldn't be subjecting their employees to illegal working conditions, but neither does anyone owe anyone else a job.
      • ajford 5y ago
        Likely only if/when someone complains to something like OSHA or the local Dept. of Labor. And that follows on whether you can handle looking for a new job. If your name comes out, you might just loose your job, and most people in that situation aren't going to be able to pursue legal action regarding retaliation or the like unless they get lucky finding the right lawyer. Or, you could potentially cause the company to go under/get shut down (rightly so) which equally leaves you seeking a new job.
• chasd00 5y ago
  even in Texas this situation would be a phone call away from getting addressed.