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Tim Hortons

Today I went to Tim Hortons to grab a shitty coffee. I used the touch screen kiosk, and you have to type a name for the order. I typed I quit. And the person that made my Double-Double actually yelled out “I quit!!!” when they gave me my coffee. My day was made. (They probably still work there)

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My boss has been directly, verbally, telling me that I should be working outside of work hours “like everyone else.”

My boss confronted me today telling me that my progress towards a full-stack developer isn't as far along as he had anticipated in 9ish months. He had put me on irrelevant projects towards that goal so it was frustrating to hear. I know 9 months is a long time and I wish I was further along too, trust me. Anyway, he said right from the start that everyone in the dept works extra hours “because we all like it” and I said right from the start that I wasn't interested in unpaid work. “But it's not work. Like I do it because it's fun like instead of reading or fishing.” “So do you not see that you're telling me how to spend my free time and what hobbies to have?” “No, you're misunderstanding.” Am I… Anyway. I feel that my tech education was somewhat irregular (Went to a subpar game…

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Lost my 10th trainee today. “Nobody wants to work anymore”.

Quality control optician by trade. I don't want to toot my own horn (j/k: toot-toot) but I'm pretty competent at my job. This place brought me back with an offer I couldn't turn down to overhaul the quality control department. I implemented a training program, retrained the people already there. I've managed to build up a 2 shift team of 12 people over the last 4 years but we keep losing people. The position I'm trying to fill now we have hired and lost 10 people for. They get trained up, start hitting their stride, then come in demanding a raise, and then quit when this place doesn't match an offer they've received. “We can't give you that big of a raise so soon” “What makes these people think they can demand a $5/hr raise after only 3 months!?” etc. etc. You know the drill. Every single time they come…

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Wondering if I should quit

Basically a customer got mad and for some reason was taking pictures of me because I had to close for my lunch. I let her in and didn’t say anything cause she was already and I didn’t want to escalate things. She got her things and ask me my name and left. My boss then got mad at me for not kissing her ass and apologizing for taking a lunch. She gets mad if I say something she gets mad at me if I dont. She hyper analyzes everything I do and dont do. She makes me fill out a checklist every night so the next morning she can tell me all I did wrong. All I hear is how bad I do. Alot of the things arent my doing either. Im so beaten down and I hate myself more and more that I work here. Feels like she turned…

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Don’t be afraid to share your salary with others

Full disclosure. I'm a capitalist (pig). I own a couple companies. I try to pay my employees fairly. And yes, I'm fully aware most of you here hate people like me. I still consider myself part of this movement. Years ago back when I was an employee before I quit and started my own businesses, I got hired by an engineering firm along with another guy. We were same age, same resume, same experience level, pretty much same everything. We both worked there for years. Then a manager position came up and I got promoted. I started managing a team of engineers including that guy. This was when I found out that when we got hired his pay offer was so much higher than mine that even with the pay bump from the promotion I was still making less than him. I'm Asian American. I'm sure you all have heard…

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Job hunting has been interesting to say the least

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Just told my boss to shove it. I quit.

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Working late nights on holidays is my dream!

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Minimum of 40 hours. Love, Elon

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I dont know why I feel bad. I just can’t do this anymore. I don’t like being this kind of person, but we have to start being heard.