Asklemmy

hideshow 8 child comments

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

I'm a local truck driver for a smallish local trucking company. My company installed new dash cams with both internal and external cameras. Every truck I know has at the internal camera at least covered in tape, if not removed completely (Mine is gone completely). If my company required the internal cameras, at least half the fleet would likely quit and it would be catastrophic for the company.

One of the perks of the job is being alone and just chilling out most of the day. You don't get to watch me.

hideshow 7 child comments

parent

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I find it unreal that this is legal. This is why we need unions.

hideshow 3 child comments

parent

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I have coals in the fire for unionizing my industry. Waiting until later this year where I have a better financial situation as a backup plan in case I need to do it unemployed.

But when I'm done, my friends and co-workers will be unionized.

hideshow 2 child comments

parent

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Good luck!

I’ve grown up in a country where unions are as natural as air. The unions are so strong that there basically is very limited employment laws - and no minimum wage; there’s just not need for the state to intervene that much because unions are EVERYWHERE. And yes, a Big Mac meal costs a fortune because employees actually have to make a living. I’m ok with it.

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago*

Funny enough, our entire industry is unionized except for our sector. From the producers to the plants, everyone is protected except for what we do. It shouldn't be difficult to get us unionized but it's still a rather uphill battle. And talking to some of my co-workers, everyone is willing but I'm the only one taking the lead on it.

parent

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm moving across the country soon so it won't be my problem but 3/4 of the people who work there are already looking for jobs because of other micromanaging shit that's started happening. We're the highest producing, lowest issue location and all of a sudden they're treating us like toddlers. Everyone is pissed.

hideshow 2 child comments

parent

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I'm a highly intelligent person. It's always been both infuriating and absolutely dumbfounded how management of a company can have all the information on how their company is run, how employee interviews, evaluations, and observations occur, how profit growth vs expenditures relate to each other, and still sit down in a board room together and not only brainstorm, but literally agree to an idea that makes their company fucking worse in every possible way, and piss off everyone who is why they're in this position.

I will never understand it. Especially with my company who doesn't have shareholders or shit. We're a completely private and insular company. We're family owned. And yet they still make decisions that hurt them by pissing off the people that work for them.

It's fascinating.

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah that's the same setup as my company. I have a feeling, because I've been here before, that the owner of my company is looking to sell. This is exactly what we went through at my last company and then they announced that they sold out. Oddly enough 5 of us all worked at that place. I'm really really beyond sick of private equity.