Month: March 2022

Maybe this can help some people…. Advice for responding to employers asking for you to work outside of your availability: JUST SAY NO. If they press for an explanation then tell them your are unavailable. If they press more than say its a prior commitment. Alternative between those three things: no/unavailable/prior commitments. No other details required. It does not matter what that prior commitment is, do not tell them no matter what, they will only keep at you and make it personal. Work is work. They dont need any details about your life. Say no, be firm in the no. Give no explanation or details. Dont respond with “I cant” . Just say No. No is a complete sentence. “I cant” gives them an opening you dont want them to have. Dont invent anything to tell them either, just tell them no. Eventually they will move on to the next…

In late 2019, I've had started to pull myself together. I was a broke college graduate with crippling debt and video game addiction. I made the biggest u-turn in my whole life and I am proud of it. Sold my computer, got a part-time job in a fast-food chain during COVID, worked for months while applying for 150+ jobs until finally, I got a year contract job in a bank. The job had 70+ applicants, 3 screening processes, but only 4 vacancies, and I managed to beat the odds. It wasn't a secure full-time job and wasn't really aligned with my field but the pay was slightly higher than the minimum wage that I previously had so I just sucked it up. They said that being an entry-level worker is the hardest point in your career, but once you've gotten up the rank it'll be much easier. Everyone expects you…

I'm gonna keep this vague, but I almost had a chance to walk out of a job I don't like and I chickened out. I don't normally break down at work but something happened to a point I started crying at work. I walked out, sat in my car, and immediately called my co manager to tell her I needed the day off. Co worker took mercy on me and came in after I asked. Got a text from my boss saying she appreciates what I do etc, etc. I work part time and don't make a lot for what I do. I'm too scared to find another job out of fear of it taking a toll on my mental health, but this job has been making me miserable for the last year. I have debt and I can't just walk away from this. I feel trapped and I feel…

If it weren’t for people standing up for workers, making their voices heard, paternity leave would not be a thing. Sadly it’s still not a reality for many new fathers, but I believe we are making progress. I also believe that the new wave of workers demanding more freedom and autonomy was what made my company change its practices this year and offer paid paternity leave. Because of us, because of you, my wife and I are able to be full-time parents. And yes, we’ve both averaged about 4 hours of sleep for the last week! Another cup of coffee wouldn’t hurt…

Not going to provide screenshots since they are in my native language, but in november i got contacted by an IT company for a software developer position. We discussed salary in the first call, and they made me a great offer (more than i had in mind) and promised full remote work. After four technical interviews, which i passed, they actually sent me the contract, and the pay was actually the same i already had..plus i was required to come to the office at least 3 times a week. I comunicated the discrepancy, and i was told that they would “rectify it”, then never heard from them again. I sent the contract back, unsigned. Today, the same company and recruiter contact me to tell me they had made a mistake, blamed it on some corporate shake up, and asked if i wanted to try again. I didn't ask, but it…

We have a very tight and organised system at work. We traditionally have 5 working docking bays, something like 15 HGV 18 ton and 8 Electronic pallet trucks. We're a very small operation and work in a small part of a much bigger site being the co-op. But over the years things have slowly but surely been going to shit and rather than investing money to fix the problems we're facing they're throwing more agency workers at us, it's not an issue of man-power. It's an issue of working equipment. We repeatedly stress this point and frankly we don't have the time to be training new workers. 2 Working dock bays have been broken for a good month or so, Electronic pallet trucks are falling to pieces and at times are borderline dangerous to use. Our wagons which have an excess of 1 million miles on them are in absolute…

Like I said, my state doesn't require employers to give a break of any kind. I would work 10+ hour shifts at my restaurant and still get in trouble for sneaking in the back to sit down and eat for a second. The only exception is for minors or women breastfeeding. A lot of people don't believe me when I tell them this. What are some shitty or unbelievable laws in your state?