Month: May 2022

At this time of year our company usually does salary reviews, this is usually to match inflation and provide increases based on good work etc. Where I’m based, the last few years inflation has come in at 4% and then 6% this last year vs a usual of around 2%. When I asked if our salary would be adjusted to match this, the response was that the company couldn’t afford it. I also work with some of the financials for my sector, and have seen that we have been charging our clients adjusted markups in line with inflation for the last few years, so this was total bull. Put my cv out and landed a job with a decent increase in pay, and just handed in my notice, I couldn’t be happier!

My physiotherapist told me to take time off work to nurse a work-sustained back injury. After they illegally threatened to fire me if I took time off for it, I took it anyway. My fucking manager just pulled up outside my house and stared into my windows for a solid two minutes. How did I catch him? Because I'm 30 fucking years old and nursing a back injury, not a kid playing hooky from school. I feel extremely invaded. Edit: I'm Aussie.

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I have IBS and it causes me to be late for work between 0-3 times per week. My boss has known this for quite some time. He has said this doesn’t affect him, and just to communicate about my ETA. Fine by me. 9 months into my 1 year of employment, HR and the GM (my boss’ boss) started noticing this behavior and got cranky about it. My boss communicated to me that I need to try to come in earlier and try not to spontaneously work from home (which, LOL, IBS is spontaneous). So, I did make an effort over 6 weeks to work in the office more, be on time, even do overtime. However, my boss would still surface the complaint, and we’ve both been getting visibly uncomfortable that the issue is still being harped on. So I said, “fine, we’ve never formally addressed that this is disability…

I work housekeeping at a retirement home. I work mostly by myself but there's two housekeepers to an apartment. One cleans bathrooms and the other the kitchen. There's little communication between us as we're busy working. I like to wear an earbud and listen to a podcast to help pass the time. I've never had any issues talking to people. I worked a few days ago with a housekeeper and I didn't hear what she said to me the first time as she mumbled. I asked her to repeat herself and she berated me for wearing an earbud and said she wasn't going to deal with it and told me to take it our. I didn't because it causes no issues and she's not my boss. Well I just found out she's my managers sister in law. The very next day I'm in the bathroom and hear my manager and…

Hello! Okay so, I had a zoom interview for a company on Monday. It went great, she told me she loved my answers to all of her questions and that she loves my resume. She then said that because I was what she was looking for, that she'd love to have me begin the onboarding process. She told me she would email me and that I had until Wednesday evening to let her know If I was interested in working at the company. She never sent an email.I sent her a follow-up email on Tuesday telling her how great it was to meet with her, how great it was learning about the company, and how I was looking forward to hearing about the onboarding process. Wednesday- still no response. Now it's Thursday evening, still nothing. Should I send a second follow-up re-stating my interest and asking if I'm still being…

When I first started working, I felt the same as many in this sub. I hated my life, didn't see a way out, and contemplated suicide. But it doesn't have to be that way. I know it's easy to scoff at 1% billionaires as only getting there through luck. And it's true, they mostly did. But just because you need luck to get to the 1%, that doesn't mean top 10% isn't possible without it. That would be a damn good life for anyone. It's not just “easy to say,” either. Simply knowing certain information can make almost anyone succeed. I'm talking WITH student loans and zero financial help. In my industry, and basically any that deals with state or federal government contracts, they often stipulate a hiring budget that requires a number of people on it. Even if you suck, anyone with a degree in that field can make…