Month: April 2022

So I live in Germany and have been working as a financial consultant for one year. I just got promoted and feel lucky af to be making 60k because to me that‘s a ton of money. Hours are not too bad although can be long. Yesterday I met a 21yo in a group who told me about his internship at an M&A boutique where they make him work from 9am-1am daily. I was baffled when he told me about how he loved it and how much of an impact one has in being part of M&A. He then told me that entry level he will make about 70-90k base plus up to 100% bonus, which of course is a shit ton of money here (for me at least) but I don‘t get how brainwashed you have to be to think it‘s amazing to be working like that?!?!?! He will be…

i felt like this is a good place to share my story. i worked at walmart for the 3 month probation period as an overnight stocker, thought it would be okay since i hate working with customers and i like working physically. what i didnt realize is i dont like being a topic of rumours, being severely underpaid, overworked, and annoyed by incompetent and annoying coworkers. biggest part that drove me insane was that they had me put away food all night when i couldnt afford to feed myself, and im very underweight (21yo male, 5’8, 110 pounds) i started to call in sick a ton and ended up calling out for two weeks straight because i was literally having panic attacks and suicidal thoughts because of the actual torture they were putting me through, taunting me with food, saying im “slow” behind my back, and making me work the…

For reference I am am jewish, gay, and autistic. Today a man came into our thrift store wearing a shirt with the iron cross and totenkopf(ss skill symbol) on it. When I asked a supervisor what to do about the situation he told me “Stop policing his choices, this is America, he can do what he wants and you cant stop him”. When I tried to explain to him why this was a big issue to me and how much of my family died because of the SS he told me “Stop worrying and do your job, he's allowed to do what he wants because we have free speech”. Maybe I'm overreacting but this situation has me very angry.

I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I'm not happy at my current place of employment so I started job hunting. At first it was quite depressing becasue the salary for the positions I applied were not as good as my current place. I applied forany places and 2 places got back to me. Let's say company A is a comfortable position which I think I'm over qualified for. The position has quite entry level but there seems to be good career progression. The salary is quite a bit less than my current place. Company B will be a challenge but I've always wanted to be in this role. I've never done this line of work before. It's challenging, exhausting but at the same time very meaningful work. The pay is great but the line of work might be a lot or my mental health. I also know…

Apparently responding to between 51-74% makes them a “responsive employer” That's kind of brutal in my opinion. Also, seeing the position has been up for more than 30 days when they're “hiring one candidate”, is concerning, especially when they last looked at candidates 6 days ago.

When I asked what the attendance policy was, I was pointed to a metric which I am currently meeting. Then I was told out of the blue ive missed too many days (less than 2 days in the past 6 months) and been late two much (late twice). Basically being threatened to be let go.. Meanwhile, theres a few coworkers who miss hours every week and another couple of people who consistently miss monday and/or friday every week. Dont know where this is coming from but if you have an attendance policy, it should be stated openly and enforced fairly among all employees…not hidden…not used to set people up for failure and ruin their lives. I love this job and thought I was doing great.

I started reading this feed around 3months ago and thanks to all of the posts on here realised I deserved better. So I'm from England and have been working for a large leisure centre provider as an Assistant Manager for the last 7/8years progressed from a lifeguard through the ranks. In the last 2/3years the centre lost its Centre Manager and I have been expected to cover that role and my own but of course stay on the same salary. I had multiple conversations with upper management requesting changes to no avail. I know I should have looked at other options much sooner but this centre was in my local town and I knew it would collapse without me so I tried to get it to a safe position that I could leave and it not be too negatively impacted. I was working 50hr plus weeks working 5/6days a week…