#temp worker

If they haven’t said anything to her, it’s probably a good idea for her to say something. Could she say something like “hey, I just wanted to follow up on what you said last month about the possibility of a permanent position. Has a decision been made about that? I’m very interested in becoming a permanent employee if the opportunity is still available”. 

The New Democrats will try to bolster the Ontario Liberal government’s proposed workplace reforms with new protections for temporary workers when the Legislature returns next week from its fall break.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Wednesday that her party’s amendments to Bill 148 would force employers to make temporary workers “permanent employees” after 90 days on the job.

In a related measure, companies could have no more than 20 per cent of their workforce composed of temporary workers.

Workers need “more hope” than they have been given under the Liberal bill, added Horwath, whose party will resurrect other amendments previously rejected by a legislative committee studying the reforms, which include a $15-minimum-wage in 2019.

This post is a response to a question initially posed on Quora, and can also be accessed via “https://www.quora.com/Is-the-gig-economy-a-sustainable-model-for-future-employment/answer/Antonio-Amaral-1“ No. The so-called “gig economy” is just a scam for large corporations to get away with paying people on a minimal scale for tasks without any commitment or standard employee protections, benefits,…

Like I work in this really shitty logistics company. It's monotone af, sometimes involving heavy lifting, doing the same tasks over and over for 8-9 hours.

BUT they 'grand' us besides the regular 1x 30 mins break, 2x 5 min 'smoker' breaks after 2h. It's the only times you can sit down and chill for a moment. And of course 5 minutes are practically nothing BUT still better than nothing. And of course you try to stretch it a bit. Like I use min 5 to slowly get back at my place. At min 6 I put my gloves back on etc. But some of the older ones just continue doing some small clean up tasks or whatever. Or are back full into work mode when the clock hit's min 5...

TAKE YOUR FUCKING BREAK MAN.

Also the same for people who desperately try to always level up the productivity numbers to get praise. To accomplish more and more, getting faster day by day. What is the point??? Why??? It's the most unimportant company and job. We just ship fucking BMW parts from A to B. It's not worth to ruin your health over this??

Also the work place is one big heath hazard, dirty, old af tools, and desks (recently one just fell over luckily NOT onto a person), broken & rusty tools, they don't even give us proper air conditioning in this freaking heat or don't allow us to take off the warning wests when we stand secure at our desks because "we have to ask the managers above and that's so complicated to get an ok". Also they force you into overtime (overtime: late shift = 1h longer each day of the whole week, early shift = normal time BUT working on Saturday). And if you have some urgent appointment on Saturday, they expect you to tell them 4 weeks in advance !! Even though the overtime always comes random only few days in advance.

And the little spite wars between the different departments and teams. Also between fulltime worker and temporary worker. As temp worker you are always trash (and potential job rival), regardless where you are. The fulltime employees always think they are better and smarter than the other groups. It's such an artificial rivalry microcosm just for capitalism sake. The way some of the longterm employees literally don't have anything else to talk and complain about than other coworker, other departments and work in general.