Month: June 2022

Just got fired from my job of 2 years this morning. I gave a lot to them and had, what I considered, fairly good relationships with my managers. Guess I’m the fool for thinking I was anything more than another expendable cog to them. The reason? Not being willing to put my personal health and well-being to the side. Missing one day, half of which I actually had Sick time to account for, because of waking up in horrible pain. The best part of it all is that my manager lied right to me about it. During a call last night, they brought it up as just a “quick touch-base about attendance” and made it seem like it wasn’t a big deal at all. Something that would just take a few minutes before I had to leave for my shift today. When we were setting up the time, I even…

I wake up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed, I wake up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed, I wake up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed, I wake up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed, I wake up, I go to work, I come home, I go to bed. I wake up, I stare at my computer screen, I go to bed, I wake up, I stare at my computer screen, I go to bed. I repeat. I do this for 50 years and then I die. Tell me why I should want to be alive. Convince me why this is better than just offing myself sooner than later.

Hello everyone. This is my first time posting here. So I don’t know if this post belongs here. And pardon my English. I’am 24 years old. Born and raise in Canada. Graduate from High School but didn’t go to college. Slow learner for me. As you can see. That I was fired for working slow at some marijuana company for about three weeks. Apparently I was working a bit slow when it comes to cutting the stems or plucking the leaves. So they put me in processing. But here’s the thing. The supervisor or leadership NEVER told me anything about the way I work. So I assume I was doing all right. If they at least tell me what I was doing wrong, show me an example, give me an advice or give me a chance. Maybe I would work a little faster and understand. I did receive training but…

Sorry, it's a little long. I work retail at a gas station in a relatively small town in SC, USA and have been there for almost seven months. When I was first hired, everything seemed fine. They were transitioning from one store manager to another and it seemed to be going smoothly. The store was relatively clean 99% of the time and everyone did their part. Then my GM (general manager) got Covid (after the guidelines were redone) and everything went downhill. My DM (district manager) would not give her time off and forced her to come in almost every day while sick. After that, she still had to work 90+ hours a week for almost three months straight. She was overworked and underpaid and burnt out. Because of my GM's circumstances, I tried to be understanding and help out where I could be of use. I took over a…

Hopefully this is allowed! I recently took a job in a 'cool' industry (at least, to me!). I was so excited, got myself hyped up, made plans to travel to their home office to meet my boss, etc. It has been the most toxic workplace of my life, and I haven't even finished probation. Meanwhile, a friend offered me a higher paying job, better benefits, the works. I have been wracked with guilt: do I really leave my 'new' company so early? Am I really 'that' person? What does this say about me as a flaky employee? My anxiety was through the roof. A former boss of mine, who I consider mentor, said it best: “Probation isn't just a company trying YOU out, you're trying THEM out too, and they failed the tryouts.” Maybe this has already been said in this group, but that statement helped me decide that I…