Month: March 2022

As the title says I keep seeing posts about people being given a hard time about taking a sick day off even though it’s the first in months/years. Maybe I have the worst stamina or work ethic in the world but I can barely go through a full month without feeling like I need a good rest or that it’s taking a toll on me physically. Honestly I have so much respect for you guys. Even during school I would use up the days I’m able to take off without causing administrative problems.

Overheard a rant at work today. I work in an office environment that recently started providing free snacks and drinks to the employees. Nothing like the free food at Google, but enough to be appreciated. The office administrator, who is in charge of restocking, was ranting to anyone who would listen about how bad it was to give free and drinks to employees because…..(get ready to be shocked) they're just going to take it and not buy their own stuff. This individual was of the baby boomer generation and was known to rant against providing tea and coffee to employees (which was prior to offering drinks and snacks) because once again, people would use it. Now, I'll be the first to admit that some people exploit the free stuff (picture drinking 4 red bulls during work hours, then taking one for the drive home), but most people will only occasionally…

Sort of a throwaway account to keep anonymity. Been with a company throughout my entire bachelor degree and a few years post grad. Slowly moving up within the firm. Started at $10/hr all the way up to $28/hr throughout a 7 year period. $28/hr sounds great until I saw my old college buddies making close to $40/hr with the exact or even less experience. I brought this up to my boss last Fall and he said something along the lines of “I didn’t know you went into this industry for the money.” Bro I’ve been on poverty wages half my time here and I’ve generated enough money for you to buy a new car and go on countless vacations while I heavily relied on my parents for financial support. I applied to a couple of firms for “Fuck it. Why not.” Within less than two weeks, I received 5 offers…

It’s long, feel free to skip to the TL;DR Freshmen year in college I became best friends with a guy next to my dorm room. He was a communication major, C student at best, and worked at a cellular store. At the time I was a Christian, he was/is. I worked in ministry and though my beliefs have changed, I truly tried to give everything I could to a higher calling, thinking wrongfully of course that it would offer a reward from the turmoil. He got married around his junior year in college. He stayed at the cellular store working his way up to manager to eventually working in corporate. He told me freshmen year that it was impossible for him to cry, that it must be something wrong with his tear ducts because he couldn’t cry. I struggled with depression my whole life and was very aware of crying.…

In my labour relations class, we were asked to write a list of things an employer might say to discourage employees from joining union. I did not need look anything up, I've read them all here. -we're family -you could buy a ps4 and 2 games -unions are great, for people who's employers don't listen to them.

I need to rant because I don't understand how someone can be so cruel… My wife works as a dental assistant in a private practice that was recently purchased by a new Dentist owner. Said owner decided to close down the office for 2 weeks so he could take a vacation in Hawaii. The owner is not paying my wife or any of the other dental assistants for these two weeks. My wife works 35 hours a week so she is not considered full-time, and thus has no paid time off to make up for this time. I myself do not make too much money (about 23$ an hour) and is not enough to cover for her NOT GETTING A PAYCHECK because some rich jackass decided he wanted a Hawaii vacation. We have two kids and live paycheck to paycheck and have maxed out our Credit Cards. When my wife…

Today was my last day at a very stressful, thankless job as a manager. I spent my years fighting for my employees for better work culture, pay and environment and I am exhausted physically, emotionally and mentally. I worked until 7 tonight (started at 6:30am) to make sure they were set after I leave. They are the reason I stayed as long as I did… but I cannot anymore. Time for a new chapter

So I work for a successful store. I work around 35 to 38 hours a week at $12.50 an hour. I clear a bit over $700 every pay period. Tbh, I'm not the world's best employee. I'm a single mom to a special needs child. Being in my position has been tough, I miss work when my kid gets sick or has major meltdowns at school. My job has been accommodating. I'm good at what I do, and am able to work in several specialized positions in the store. I've been there 2 years. Here recently, 2 of my co-workers have been out due to surgery. I've picked up their work for the past week and a half. I've been exhausted, but on top of it. When I left today, I got called into the office. They let me know my hours have been cut. I'm now at 30 hours…

Job post states “The salary for this position is not disclosed” Application requires “desired salary” 1. It’s infuriating 2. I put $1,000,000 I haven’t been contacted.