Month: April 2022

My boss said I probably can't have this upcoming Monday off, but we'll “talk about it” at the meeting Thursday–this meeting with all my coworkers present. I shouldn't let that happen, right? Does he have the right to discuss my schedule in front of coworkers? What should I say to make it clear that I hate that idea while still being respectful? For context: It's my birthday this Friday and I already have Friday off (at this job your birthday is considered a holiday, so it's automatic paid time off). I also worked this past Saturday for four hours and when we work Saturday we get to take 4 hours off another day to make up for it. So my plan was to take the whole day Monday, with half of that being the 4 hours makeup from working Saturday and the other 4 hours I would just bite the…

So I haven't posted here before but I just wanna let people know that it's okay to leave when you've had enough. Im a 23 yr old designer who worked at an engineering firm as a cad designer and really fell out of love for the work. Part of that is due to me wanting to have a more normal work-life balance and the other because management is incompetent and leaves no time to complete work which left everyone stressed & depressed including me. I the remote/office work really really wasn't for me and I really thought long nights about this new career path since I'm also looking to go back to school for my electrical engineering degree. I've studied the field I'm going into quite a bit (of course I'll be a green thumb in the filed I'm jumping Into but they really wanna teach me new stuff at…

By “treated well,” define that however you like. For me it would be fair pay (equal to the value I bring to the business), health benefits, pension, generous PTO, etc. etc. I was wondering about this because I am not a slacker–I kind of hate downtime. I don't enjoy browsing my phone, and I'd rather be doing something productive than nothing. I can't just sit still and chill (disclaimer: I have ADHD, lol) I don't currently have a full-time job–I work 8 hours a week at a small shop for 10/hour. Yeah, i know it sucks but lots of times I get paid more than the shop brings in, and I like the owner, so it's fine for now. But there is LOTS of downtime, which I hate. I'd like to be doing things. Right now I've been watching Outer Limits episodes, lol Do most of you feel that way?…

Hi all, I need some advice on my current situation. My background: -26 Years old -Advanced Diploma in Business Admin -Bachelors of Business Admin with specialization in Accounting. – Prior internship experience working as an analyst (1 year) My story: I work for a small/mid sized manufacturing company in a niche market. I was hired back in August by the owner, the terms of the role were a little vague but to generalize I was told I would be across various accounting functions and getting good experience, so I accepted the below market wage at $20/h (Ontario,Canada). Turns out it was just invoicing and billing customers so data entry really. Once I got the hang of the role within a few months I spoke to the owner and asked if there were other areas I could help in. I ended up tracking and analyzing our shipping and freight while creating…

During the first UK lockdown I started a new job, which meant I worked remotely. During my first couple of months I attended a classic 'meet the MD' call with 5 or 6 other people. Simple. 18 months later we were back to the office part time and for some unknown reason the MD wanted to rehost these meetings but face to face. He had dozens lined up in his diary to get through the backlog of remote new starters, in groups of 12-15. I was invited to attend one of these meetings, but kindly asked his PA if I could amend my date as I wasn't able to be in the office for that day, for personal reasons (I couldn't get a dog sitter/walker scheduled in time, and I refuse to leave her for 10+ hours of the day alone) but I didn't go into that detail, as I…

I have always had a strong work ethic. I started working IT for a major company last year. We work in seasons. They lay us off two months per year, so they don't have to offer us benefits. The very first thing that they did to me, was lie about my starting wage. How can you start off a decent working relationship, when the very first thing that you do, is lie to me about my wage? I called them on it and they claimed that the recruiting manager, “made a mistake,” and they stuck to the lower amount. Reluctantly, I still accepted the offer. Many lies followed after that, too. I've always been the first out of my team to complete my work, complete any given learning assignments, and install new equipment. My mother has been having problems and having enough money in a “rainy day fund”, I wanted…

I have been slacking off at work for months now. Like, maybe doing a couple of hours of work for every day that I'm here. I'm exhausted. The last time I had time off work, it was because I had COVID. I've been working 55 hours a week for 2 years without ever getting paid for overtime. I know that I should care, that this job is how I survive, I spend about 50% of my waking hours here, and I actually like what I do most of the time. I just… don't care. I wait. I wait for 5:30 to roll around so I can go home and have 2 hours to do what I need to do. I wait for the weekend to roll around so I can make some kind of a life out of 2 days, and to catch up on sleep. I just. Don't. Care.

It may be helpful to know that you can report this online to the Department of Labor. If you work through lunch and not compensated, work overtime and not compensated, or know your time card is being doctored, report it. https://www.worker.gov/actions/whd-claim/