Month: July 2022

I started a corporate job a month ago. I am a receptionist. I don't need to go above and beyond my duties, but since “maintaining clean space” is one of them, I asked for a few supplies to start to tidy up the kitchen area and the breakroom, etc. The woman (F60-something) who is supposed to be equal in terms of work heirarchy and will now be named Turdburglar, told me to tell our boss (going forward to be mentioned as Big Boss) for approval. Big Boss is like “yea go for it. tell Turdburglar to find similar items through u-line, instead of Office Depot or Staples or whatever the fuck we use” and I go, “Hi Turdburglar! I made it easy for you BY YOUR REQUEST, by giving you links to all the substitute items. The ones that I REALLY need are the acrylic signs and the fan!” I…

The title really says it all but after a 12 week paid + 6 week unpaid maternity leave I’ve decided not to return to my job. I currently have 3 weeks remaining before my return to work date. I’m planing on giving notice sometime next week (basically 2 weeks before I’d return). Any tips or anticipated pitfalls for this conversation? I know I’m likely going to have to reimburse for my insurance premiums but there’s nothing in the handbook about reimbursing the paid portion of leave if I don’t come back. FWIW I don’t plan to be a SAHM, I’m going to find another job. But returning to this job makes me feel ill.

For context I’m two months into a job and my boss is the ultimate nightmare. No one likes him and he is very rude and unprofessional. My boss was giving me very vague and non constructive criticism on my work and I’m finding it hard to improve. Today I missed a deadline to amend a presentation he was due to present. I’m not saying this wasn’t my fault but he basically threatened to sack me for no reason yesterday causing me to lose sleep and be completely unproductive today. I’m feeling very nervous tonight as I try to sleep, knowing that I have to face him tomorrow. I’ve also been working from home with covid for the past two weeks and haven’t had many chances to get support with it. Any reasonable suggestions on what to say tomorrow?

In 2012, I was a 17-year-old high school graduate with no clear direction in life. It was time to select a major at my local community college. I felt that being forced to make decisions about my future and career at such a young age was an insurmountable task. At 17, there’s no way you can know what you want to do for the rest of your life. I just knew that college was the ‘right’ thing to do. My mother had run a home daycare center for several years when I was a teen, and I did what I could to help with the kids. In my church, I had been a volunteer in the nursery since I was 11 or 12. That was the one thing I knew how to do in life at 17 – take care of children. So, inevitably, Early Childhood Education seemed like the…

Safe to say I didn’t teach him shit, I left that place with the most knowledge of the job and took it with me. One of the first reasons I raised about my unhappiness there was that I was underpaid for the amount of jobs I did. I was totally exploited and they have the cheek to bring in my replacement (on agency, I was contracted) on almost £1ph more than me. Honestly fuck that place, I’ve left it in a state and I hope it fucking crumbles. The 2 other remaining people on my main job hate it and want to leave too, and I didn’t show the new guy 1 fucking thing. Seriously, for 2 weeks I did NOTHING hahaha. It feels good to finally be fucking that place off. Roll on Monday for the new job!

Basically, are you someone who hated work for years and finally found the perfect job,? Should I be looking harder?