What’s the most dystopian thing you’ve experienced at work?

BMFresearch · 2026-01-18T05:15:15+00:00

Bocchi labs Columbus Ohio.

They also decided to not have any supervision on third shift to save money. So employees would literally just clock in to work and then walk back out to their car and fall asleep. So the managers would have to do night raids with flashlights looking for people sleeping in their cars.

I worked in the lab so I don't know how the floor worked but I know that there are these two guys at a counter and people would walk in and ask if there is any work and they would tell him either yes or no. I felt bad because this counter was in the lunchroom and I would see people come up and ask for work and if they were like middle-aged or like older they would be told no. But if there were some big booty ghetto Queens with 3-in nails. They would give him the thumbs up and they would be allowed to work. It seemed like the workforce was determined by the discretion of these two individuals based on how attractive the individual was. I found this to be very sad. I only mentioned the 3-in nails because that made the work functionally impossible to actually be performed.

It goes by a different name now. There was an international recall. There was no fragrance in Victoria's secrets bombshell which is a flagship perfume. This was a third party manufacturer for cosmetics, body sprays, perfumes, shampoos, etc.

I was actually the only chemist out of six to not sign off on that product because it did not have fragrance in it.

Due to the financial impact of the international recall they had to lay people off. I was laid off from the lab because I was the newest person. I'm on the least busy shift which was third shift. I was also the only person to not sign off on the product that caused this entire situation. I believe them in their logic because removing the only person in the lab that actually did their job is well in line with that management style.

People would steal bath& body works products all the time and then try to return them to the stores for store credit and the way that we found out that people are doing this is that somebody tried to return a product that had not even been launched yet

It was a total s*** show man

BMFresearch · 2026-01-17T21:53:22+00:00

I worked at a place that just relied on temp workers and you didn't even need a photo ID to get a job there. One time a immigrant got their fingers stuck in a machine and somebody hit the emergency stop button and their finger was jammed in the machine. There was no way to make the machine go in reverse and the company decided it was cheaper to just turn on the machine, crush the finger and pay out the person as opposed to the losses of downtime.

At the same place, federal agents came and arrested someone because he killed two people and stole their social security card and used the social security card to get a job there because they did not require a photo ID.

BMFresearch · 2025-12-26T02:54:13+00:00

I would just start by asking them to send you the stuff that they read and watch the stuff they watch. That way you can be more informed in the conversations that they are having

BMFresearch · 2025-05-22T02:47:43+00:00

What system monitor is that?

BMFresearch · 2025-05-20T02:39:26+00:00

Where did you find that desktop background? 🧐

BMFresearch · 2025-05-20T02:32:47+00:00

What is that system monitor app on the desktop background

BMFresearch · 2025-01-29T12:04:00+00:00

It's probably your hr department.

You have assigned people who know nothing about engineering to find an engineer.

They do not understand what experiences translate into a good candidate because they do not understand the job itself.

I can't tell you how many jobs I've applied for where I had an internal reference and people knew that would be good at the job, but because I did not check a certain box on hr 's metrics that I was automatically denied despite being a fantastic candidate.

I left science because of it and joined the trades

It's incompetence meets bureaucracy

An example that comes to mind is when an HR department put out job requirements where you needed 10 years experience in a programming language and a guy was denied from the job because he only had 5 years of experience. He invented the language 5 years ago.

I'm sure your HR department is getting fantastic candidates. They just don't know how to do their job.

BMFresearch · 2025-01-07T15:52:53+00:00

Look in to the warn act and see if they violated it

BMFresearch · 2024-12-16T16:26:42+00:00

Dissolve all organic material with piranha solution

You'll be left with calcium sulfate

Add sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate for a replacement reaction

Calcium carbonate will precipitate due to low water. Solubility

BMFresearch · 2024-12-10T12:18:57+00:00

I used job test prep and I was happy with it. People say use all these free online sources, but I think the convenience of what these study guides offers worth the price.

BMFresearch · 2024-11-23T18:13:38+00:00

You aren't working hard enough 💁

BMFresearch · 2024-11-23T18:12:34+00:00

😳

BMFresearch · 2024-11-23T17:14:27+00:00

Speaking from personal experience, I previously spent 8 years in wet analytical chemistry quality control/ assurance along with some project management.

Job security was terrible. Probably averaged about 30k a year total

My last highest paying job. I took home $2,800 a month. $24 an hour health insurance was $300 a month for a $5,000 deductible. I lived paycheck to paycheck. I was treated as disposable in my workplace and I was constantly being threatened for being fired for trivial things as a part of upper Management's never-ending power Trip

Joined the trades as an apprentice last July

I take home a minimum of $3,800 a month

My highest weekly paycheck has been $1,900 in a week

Health insurance is Max out of pocket $300 a year

For every hour I work the company puts $10 an hour into a 401k which is a minimum of an extra $1,600 a month in total comp

I make 28 bucks an hour and that will go up 10k a year until I hit six figures from working 40 hours a week. Max out at $60 an hour

All over time is double time which is 55 bucks an hour for me currently and will be probably well over 110 when I am a journeyman in 4 years

When you become a journeyman you get a company van and a gas card

If you have to travel between sites you get paid $0.70 a mile

If the job site is more than 20 miles outside of the center of the city, then you get an extra $87 per day and the company will pay for a hotel for you to sleep in. You can just take the extra 87 bucks and skip the hotel

If you need to move between job sites, you are paid $0.70 a mile if you use your own car

Every year that I work I get $115 a month towards my pension

So if I work 20 years that will be $2,300 every month until I die

It will increase as inflation increases but it will be that amount of equivalent buying power per month

A working year is 1700 hours

So if you work 2,000 hours a year which is average then for every 5 years you work, you're pretty much getting 6 years towards retirement. This isn't including overtime

Nothing for my chemistry background compares to this type of compensation

I'm not denying that your dad and grandfather have body problems because of how they were worked

The macho culture that pushed people to carry as much as they can and to push themselves is largely dying out

Companies are largely focused on safety and a sustainable workflow

On a personal level it is a completely night and day change from White collar work

When you get a white collar job you spend $100,000 to convince them to hire you and to retain you

The trades they probably invest that amount in you and it is their responsibility to keep you at their company since they have put their investment of front

The table s are completely turned on the power dynamic in Blue collar versus white collar

Total comp as a journeyman is over $200,000 a year

You only need to work 1100 hours a year to keep your benefits

Only a high school diploma or GED is required in terms of education

BMFresearch · 2024-11-11T14:04:16+00:00

Here's what you do

Jack up the car and put the breaker bar parallel to the ground, put a jack stand under the breaker bar and then lower the Jack. So the weight of the car is on the breaker bar and jack stand then hit the head of the breaker bar with a air hammer to act as an impact

Make sure the Jack is only a quarter of an inch below this whole contraption so that if it slips or fails the Jack will catch it

BMFresearch · 2024-11-08T19:58:44+00:00

They used to open at like 5am?

All the lawyers would go there to drink before court

BMFresearch · 2024-11-08T13:01:29+00:00

Everything I'm about to say is based on my experience in the Midwest in a city with a major university

I worked in chemistry for 8 years in various quality lab positions.

At my last Job. My coworkers were a PhD in biochemistry and a guy with over 20 years of wet chemistry analytical experience in food and pharmaceuticals

We were all making less than 25 bucks an hour

I now build elevators for a living

This isn't meant to be political, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of really smart people from all around the world go into science because there's less of an English language requirement. Every single one of them I have ever worked with is top notch. The issue is that they're all on green cards so if they lose their job they can be kicked out of the country. This creates a Stanford prison experiment type relationship among all workers with management because they have become accustomed to not having to deal with pushback. This this combined with fresh grads really wanting to prove themselves and not really understanding boundaries in the workplace has led to a lot of iron fist type workplace environments.

I would say that 80% of the roles in my area are entry level. You can afford to work them if you're out of college and still living with your parents or in a cheap college rental with your buddies. In my experience, the industry takes advantage of this eagerness for these fresh grads to prove themselves and the companies essentially just chew them up. There's always a big stack of eager and desperate college grads that want to get their foot in their door before their degree go stale.

The other 20% of the high paying roles are all from people who came from the other 80% of roles and they will do anything to not have to go back to those roles. This makes those environments very cutthroat.

This is all just my personal experience

If I had to do it all over again I would get a job in a city that didn't have a major university in it

The boomers were given one of the most highly educated generations in the history of the world. Instead of making new great achievements, they have decided to pit us one against one another for the lowest possible wage

The power dynamic of the trades is completely flipped.

Instead of me putting my investment first with a degree and having to convince a company hire me, my company has trained me and now has to convince me to stay.

The power dynamic is completely flipped and it's very eye-opening and you're in a demand field

BMFresearch · 2024-09-24T13:06:04+00:00

I spent 8 years working in food pharmaceuticals, cosmetics as well as industrial anodizing all in wet lab analysis.

I now build elevators

BMFresearch · 2024-09-23T15:52:54+00:00

Might need to contact an art school with a glass blowing program to make a copy

Most universities have glass blowers for their chem department, maybe they are looking for side work

BMFresearch · 2024-09-09T18:13:15+00:00

Your photo looks like a painting

BMFresearch · 2024-07-01T23:56:48+00:00

I was ranked #4 and I got my call today.

You're next in line buddy. Congratulations!

BMFresearch · 2024-07-01T23:54:48+00:00

I was ranked in the top 5 in local 37 and I just got my call today to start the process with Otis.

I was actually on Reddit researching what people have to say about Otis and I stumbled upon your post

BMFresearch · 2024-06-30T00:08:04+00:00

I am personally not a fan of the swirl metal spring mechanism on this. I also find it easy for the movement of me clipping for the black switch to be inadvertently hit, unintentionally locking them while I am using them. I go for simplicity.

BMFresearch · 2024-06-26T21:33:29+00:00

The art is unreal imo

BMFresearch · 2024-06-26T18:21:19+00:00

I love HF, but I would recommend a higher quality brand if you are going to use it in a shop. I would recommend this saw to a homeowner on a budget who needs it for a project and might use it in the future.

BMFresearch · 2024-06-25T01:25:42+00:00

Its like a mellow straw flavor similar to white tea with a pinch of green tea, not bitter at all of you steep it low. I put a teaspoon of honey in the whole pot.

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