Month: April 2022

What the title says. When I go on indeed all I find are call center and pyramid scheme type jobs that just sound horrible to work for. Thank you for you feedback in advance.

Disclaimer: I am a European with a fairly luxurious safety cushion, so standing up for myself in that manner was easier and safer, than it would be for most people. Less, than a year ago I took a job at a warehouse, which did look somewhat unsavory, but job market is shit , where I am, so I decided to give it a shot. The major red flag was them being somewhat vague about work time (“from X till Y , but we sometimes stay late”) . There wasn't much overtime at first, but “working time” was never really a thing there. If there is more work, then you are supposed to work. And the actual times got worse fast. I was labeled problematic for refusing to work more than 10-hour shifts 5 through 2. A few workers, that were working almost 12-hour shifts 5 through 2 poked fun at…

I work in IT, not a programmer, but let's say that is similar. I work majority from home, and I can assure you that I work less that 4h a day, even if in my contract I have to work 8h. Although I'm doing this for a while, playing games, watch tv shows and so on during work hours, never no one complained and I was actually promoted recently. Of course that I'm always on during those 8h with my phone near by in case of an emergency, but I realized that some of my colleagues work way more than me and no one realizes the difference. Does that happens to you too? I'm not bragging, I don't feel great about this situation, it's just the way it is.

I've only ever worked in small businesses and never worked in a company that has HR, for example. I'm careful about what I do or say at all times. The field is really competitive, so I've had to stretch the truth about my accomplishments in a believable way from interview to first week. I've been trying not to get caught up in half-truths, so I just keep my mouth shut about past jobs most of the time. I'm also making mental notes of all the various social dynamics in the office: Who is trustworthy, who creeps me out, who's a Karen/Kevin, etc. The job itself is a breeze. I've been able to ace all my assignments. But most of the hard work comes from just preparing myself for social interactions and getting the lay of the land. It's so much easier in small businesses when you know who everyone is…

I did 3 interviews for a company im really interested in. The 3rd one was with all the team members invovled. The asked me if I would live to move into the state, they liked my project that was relevant to the position and one said when you work with us language. Told me to reach out to the team if I have any questions. They never told me at the interview will get back to you in a few weeks. ​ It felt really good to me. I sent the HR manager a thank you note 2 days later. She told me that their still interviewing people. Is it over or is there a chance?

Proud to say I’m finally quitting my job. I work as a swim teacher and as of late, my manager has been very controlling and downright nasty. Something she does is whenever there is a minor miscommunication, she attacks character and assumes the worst of you. Last Saturday, I told her that I can’t work any extra shifts in April due to college work. She misheard me as saying May and she blew up at me, threatening to punish me by not training me for desk stuff in summer (I am working front desk because I am having surgery and cannot be in the water). This was the last straw for me. Rather than use the context clues of me having 1 April availability and 3 May, she decided to accuse me of trying to screw her over. This Saturday I will be handing her a lovely letter of resignation…

So…I (24F) spent the last 6+ years working for a company who I went above and beyond for for the entirety of my employment. I worked 10-12 hour days, 6-7 days a week; working early mornings, late nights, and weekends in order to create/improve processes that made/saved the company time and money. My roles ranged from customer service, to management (team and operational), to global sales, to program development and coordination. I literally worked myself sick for them, just them to fire me (and about 20 other people) last Friday for the sole reason of “cutting costs”. It was unexpected and we were given no prior warning. I had 117 hours of accrued PTO (because I rarely took time off) that was paid out to me and I received a decent severance pay since I was let go through no fault of my own. I also qualify for unemployment insurance…

I rather be poor and happy than to work to make rich people richer!