Month: March 2022

No one is actually hiring. They are posting jobs and wasting time doing interviews so the company can say they are “trying to staff” while already reallocating those payroll dollars to upper management bonuses and incentives… Then have the audacity to blame the employees drowning at the customer level for poor performance and loss of revenue… it’s a dog and pony show for the lobbyists in D.C. to say “look how hard we are trying but I guess poor people like being poor…” GTFOH I have, in ‘22, applied for jobs that the only requirement are a high school diploma and get told I’m not qualified. Based on what? My college degree? My 18 years of customer service/management experience? My ability to effectively work in word, excel, and quick books? The years I’ve spent perfecting my time management skills while doing inventory, labor control, scheduling, hiring and firing? The last…

2 years remote now, record profits, great productivity, and all of the sudden our leadership went from “work from home, local remote is fine” to “everyone has to be hybrid, but you can chose to work from home if you want” to “everyone needs at least 2 set days in the office” all in the last two months. I went into the new building today… 5'x4' cubes, with 1/2 height cube walls jammed into a building with almost no windows. I'm a manager, I have a team of 12 people and I spend 4 – 6 hours in meetings all day, talking about projects and things that can't always be shared out, salaries, costs, etc. I told my boss he could either move me to “locally remote” or leave me at hybrid, but I'd never work a single day in that cubefarm. If that was a problem, he could fire…

I (F28) have been working as an admin for the IT department for over two years. I handled all the software renewals for the department, all the bills for hardware and internet (15+ offices, 600 employees, not counting employees that don’t need IT gear). Before I started, my manager told me that they would frequently go into arrears on internet services and get disconnected at a few offices because there was no one tracking the monthly bills. I did all the internal IT triage. Phone calls, emails, walk-ins. Shipping & receiving. A lot of small stuff. Some big stuff, like department budgeting. I had an objectively good morning. Took the dogs for a nice walk, played around with some new makeup I got the night before. I decided to dress up a little because I figured I may as well if I’m going to wear nice makeup. I walk in…

At my old job I regularly worked over 55 hours a week. It wasn't rare for me to hit 70. I would sometimes only see my kids while they were sleeping for up to 4 days straight. At the JOB I currently work at I work 40 hours. I chose this job so I could have more family time. My coworker bragged about getting over 160 hours in two weeks. He treated me like I'm lazy for being fine working only 40 hours a week. I pay my bills and am building a slow savings and a really slow retirement. I've also been asked why I don't move into management. It's regular for managers to work 6 days 11 hours. Not always but it's it not rare. When I answer that I like to spend time with my family they start telling about missing their kids childhood like it's what…