My previous posts go over my toxic work environment and how I negotiated my way out. The paperwork does not say I quit nor does it say I was fired. I did not (nor could they try to make me) give up my right to collect unemployment. Or at least to file for it. My severance pay ended yesterday. I applied for unemployment today. The question is whether they fight it or not. I'm reasonably certain they won't, but you never know.
I had no problems in school. Passed with flying colors. Next thing you know I enter the workforce and it ruins my life. Nobody told me how hard it would be to hold down a job. If i'm not fired within 3 months I develop PTSD and have daily nightmares about the job, or the job becomes stupidly hard and someone realizes I can't do even the simplest thing. Therapists are useless, everyone thinks i'm an idiot. I seem to be getting more miserable with each passing day and welfare is starting to look like a better option at this point.
So I know leaving early isn’t responsible trust me. But in this circumstance there was no way to get around it. I was supposed to work a 10 hour shift (6 am-4 pm) but I had promised my sister I would watch my niece starting at 2 pm on Thursday of last week (work schedule doesn’t go out until Sundays so I didn’t know I would be working today). Anyways when I saw I was scheduled I texted my manager telling him ill be leaving at 1 pm instead of 4 pm. He tells me to contact the assistant manager as he’s on vacation. I asked for the assistant managers phone number (new to the job and don’t have many peoples info) to which he told me to check the call log. I asked where the call log is, no response. So I said f it and went in today,…
We have a point system for our attendance. Every time you call out or are late or leave early, you get a point. We have 8 points we can use for a whole year, hit 9 and you're terminated. Now, here's what is mind numbing to me, if you're even 1 min late for work, that's a point. Why? That seems a little harsh. I'm up to 7 points for being a min or 2 late and it's only April. Which means I can only miss 1 more day for the rest of the year wtf is that? We have around 200 employees at this particular plant but is it really necessary to give a point for being a few min late?
This will be quite a long post, but I have some steam to offload to a community that hopefully understands and shares my experience. I am currently in university and about to graduate. I have been applying for jobs back to back and the jobs that did call me back, told me that I was unfit for the role. Let me give you some background. I am currently a marketing student and I applied for a role as a Communications Analyst at a nice company in the City. I had the interview a few days ago, and they emailed me yesterday morning to inform me that while I was engaging and I knew my subject well and I was a great contender, they felt that I was better suited to marketing than communications because they wanted to hear me talk about other content outside of social media – which I…
I have been working for a company for the past 3 years as an engineer. The past year I got pushed into a production leader role due to someone getting injured and not being able to work. I thought this would be a good taste of management, it was and it turns out I really don't like managing people. I really enjoy my operators but my day is made of running around ragged and running in circles because upper management has a hard time communicating what they want for daily production needs. Add labor shortages and the company pushing harder and harder to produce more the stress has made it unbearable, plus working 12hr shifts sucks. I have two process techs that work under me. One of them mentioned to me he had heard a rumor that management wanted me back into my engineering role. I was shocked but excited…
