Month: February 2022

Hello everyone. First of all I would like to thank everyone in advanced. I have a storied career at my company for 13 years. It’s been very successful but I’ve reached my physical and mental breaking point. Grocery stores and retail in general can really destroy you. I feel as if I have developed PTSD from a decades worth of pressure and stress. My boss berated me for calling out and I decided that was my final straw. I was wondering if A. should I go to a doctor about my ptsd? I have good benefits and disability available. B. Go on sabbatical? leave the company completely? C. I have already started the process of LOA and I’m waiting to hear back from HR. I am nearly illiterate when it comes to policy and standing up for myself. The employee handbook might be a good place to start. I am…

It's 4 years since I've lowered my working hours at my day job. I cannot pay for my minimum cost of living without any other source of income right now. It's really frustrating! I have 100 things that I want to do at the same time, but I am not doing anything at all! I am constantly thinking about “this” about “that”.

I work in a really small convenience store that is inside a retirement home. Salary is decent for the tasks I need to do and another plus is that I have a free lunch every shift. Since I'm a university student and it's only part time, I think the job is okay. For a student job, it could be WAY worse than that… I was the only person to apply for the job. During the “interview” which last 3 minutes, they told me the job was mine if I was interested. Just like that. But right now I'm tired. I'm getting upset. This job is getting on my nerves and on my mental health SO bad. Throughout my time since I started here (4 months now) I made some mistakes like coming in late, forgetting some tasks I needed to do. Basic stuff. But on the other hand, they didn't…

I have a job offer for as a Kitchen Manager making $85,000, health insurance, 401k match, 2 weeks PTO (on top of required paid sick leave which is over 1 more week). They said its going to be FIVE 10 hour days, with 1 hour breaks each day, so technically 45 hours 'working'. Two days off per week is guaranteed. If I monetize the perks and PTO, and assume its really 50 hours max per week, its like $34/her. Which is like $10/hr more than I earn right now. ​ This salary is significantly above the market average in my area (Seattle) for a Kitchen Manager position. I asked why it's so high, and I was told by the interviewer it's because Managers are the ones who end up covering or working harder to make the restaurant function, so there will be times you have to work more. Previously, their…

In regards to figuring out an hourly rate, does anyone else think that the hourly rate for your dream job should reflect that of your absolute nightmare job? For an example nightmare job (sorry if this offends anyone) , “you’d have to pay me £60 and hour to clean the toilets in a train station”.

We talk a lot about workplace conditions in general, but one thing that isn't mentioned often is food. A lot of food is frozen, lacking in nutrients, or contains too much high fructose corn syrup.