Month: April 2022

So I'm a graduate working for about 1 year at my company (I replaced the senior engineer, dude knew everything). So at the middel of last year the other engineer left, giving me all his projects. So I was the most senior engineer and I had to train 3 other engineers in using Solidworks as well. I had one massive, badly defined project and when the other engineer left I had basically 3 total big projects (again, salesman badly defined those projects as well). Fast forward couple of months and 3 even more larger projects where given to me. And of course the client wants everything yesterday. All these projects are a disaster. Everytime I ask for some guidance I get ” you should know this” “you're the engineer” or “the saleman did all the work for you”. I don't have time to focus on one thing and all I'm…

My poor boyfriend is texting me from work right now (Olive Garden, where apparently there are no cameras), rightfully infuriated because he just spent hours serving a party of many people and the cash tip they left on the table was stolen by the busboy. He said he knows for a fact who took it, confronted the kid only to be practically ignored, told a manager what happened and the manager keeps laughing it off and telling him “oh man well that sucks.” It’s only one table and at the end of the day how much of a fuss can you really make without it seeming like you’re overreacting? But at the same time – how can you run a place of work like that and not expect it to happen consistently now that there has been no consequence? I’m so angry for him and I know he’s been working…

I know breaks are supposed to be 15min every 4 hours but no place I’ve worked or my friends actually have it so you can take a break

In a few weeks my employer is going to start making us go into the office twice a week. On the days we go in they want us to come in 20 minutes early to take a covid test. They are telling us we cannot clock in once we get to work, only once our shift starts after taking the covid test. Is this legal? From US btw

We worked through the entire pandemic in office except for a few experimental weeks at home, which obviously couldn't be done as we deal with the homeless, mentally unwell and dysfunctional families and its very paper and in person heavy. Compassion fatigue and burn out is rampant. They aren't filling vacancies. They changed my job on me a month ago, for the same pay. TOLD me what I'd be doing because we are short and i'm “so good at it”. I didn't want that job, i hate it, and I told them as much. I also have seniority. I went back to them 2 weeks ago to say I can't handle it, I'm overloaded, highly stressed, have my own medical issues I'm dealing with (waiting heart surgery), and I'm burnt out. My boss tells me she's a psychic. And can read what I'm thinking. Tells me to not even think…

My direct manager and I have a great relationship. She's supportive, instructive and has always fought for better pay/expectations for me. We are the only two people at our company who work in our specific area. It's often high volume, high priority work that can affect a lot of other departments. My company, however, is run by a cadre of old multi-millionaires who are all smoke and mirrors when it comes to company culture. We were one of the first companies in our area to come back to the office and we were expected to be super grateful for a 6% raise (normally it is 2-4%). I know for a fact our CEO got a 15%+ raise. Unsurprisingly people are leaving in droves and they just can't understand that if you offered more flexibility and more pay people might actual stay, and no one cares about the shitty donuts you…

Not that we’d change our values but I think the man has no idea how much that number affects the fire in the belly of the masses to end them. Enough of the right kind of pressure we make that number happen, we still fight but maybe with fewer molotov’s. 🙂

So, I stopped what I was doing and grabbed the store manager (who was also threatened by the same guy) and I asked “What the hell is he doing here?” The store manager said that he had talked with the owner and was allowed to come back. I’m absolutely livid. One, there should be a zero tolerance for aggressive behavior from both customers and employees. Second, I wasn’t even consulted regarding the decision to allow him to return. Thirdly, I am appalled by the blatant disregard for my safety from my employer. I am in an area all by myself. If I was to be attacked, I wouldn’t have any immediate help. I am in complete disbelief.