Month: August 2022

Hoping this is acceptable to post here. (It's also long) So my partner works for this company that's going on strike soon. They have a few days strike planned over the next few weeks. Where we live, there are multiple worker strikes happening in the next few months, different industries etc. And we were chatting with her work mates about it the other day, none of them really want to strike as they won't be getting paid for the that day and everything is so expensive now. But if they don't strike they know it's going to be a very hostile reception from other staff/ union members. And yeah we all agree with some of the reasoning behind striking but a valid point was made. Don't want to be too specific but upcoming strikes are train drivers, mail companies and waste disposal companies. And in each, the workers just don't…

There’s a lot of us here. If we all put our energy and man hours to one source we can cause change. But what is this one source? What ideas do you have to make this world better for the worker?

Today is my last day at my first office job! It was terrible! I have been working at a small office for the last 6 months – in the last 2 months, ten (10)! people have quit. In my time there, I have been given almost no direction on what to work on (despite repeatedly asking), and have spent countless hours just, like…googling stuff. Maybe that's a fine way for some people to spend their time at work (I have certainly been acting my wage), but I have spent periods of time at this job feeling so bored I was literally suicidal. Everyone in the office unanimously complains about the boss, who is male, while the entire office staff is female. At my going away lunch yesterday, he was talking about me leaving and said “Well, she isn't disgruntled, so that's good.” BIG assumption. After lunch, I was talking to…

Hello Redditors, I want some outside opinions on a situation that has developed this week, kinda AITA-style. Background: I work for a small, but very successful company. I am the longest-serving member of staff besides my boss, and have some supervisory responsibilities. I recently came back to work after maternity leave, and have two children in day care. My boss has been less than understanding about day care illness policy, and I have made numerous outside arrangements over the past few months when my children were unable to attend, so that I didn’t miss work (despite having 12 unused sick days, 3 weeks of vacation time, and a “flexible” working policy). On Monday, my one year old was very unwell. I sent a text message to my boss and two colleagues to let them know I would be working from home. Texting is our established communication method, especially early in…

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good day. Sorry for the long post, but I'm stuck and don't know what to do. I work as a designer and I'm very privileged to work from home. Me and my partner were able to start saving up rather than live paycheck to paycheck, and we both work. I earn just enough to bring money so that we can barely stay afloat. Without this small contribution, we will go in negative. But this is just for context. So, I am outsourced by a social media managing company that works with cryptobros. This job was given to me by my private client, who is now my “manager”. My job is a social media content designer. I enjoyed my job at first, I tried my best to make new ideas and better execution, even though I didn't believe in the cause. My, or…

Every job that I’ve had since I’ve graduated from school I slowly started to resent. It always happens around 6 months of working there. It’s like I look for reason to quit after about 6 months. I just want to do something I actually love and care about. And if I’m not doing something I love , I at least want to do something that I don’t mind doing.

Biden talks about canceling 10K in student debt for people who earn under a certain threshold. Republicans: “GREEDY LIBErAL aRTs GRADUATES ARE GETTING $200,000 in debt canceled EVEN THOUGH Vets had to serve their country to get the GI bill!!!11eleven!”

So I’ve applied for a well known company in the tech space and I’ve aced my 4 rounds of interviews. Today I had my final discussion with the team lead and suddenly right from the start I screwed up. I got nervous and started to fumble my words a lot. I also started to stammer a bit due to the nervousness and in between my answers I even asked the interviewer to provide clarity on the question again. I had also kept my phone on silent and I don’t know how but in the middle of a serious conversation my fucking phone rang and I immediately silenced the call. I was sure that the interviewer wasn’t convinced and at this point of time I feel like I have wasted the last 3 weeks running behind this and not focusing on my university applications. I would be completely depressed if I…

Hi everyone! I’m pretty new to Reddit, but I’ve been a part of this group since I joined. So, first time poster! 🙂 Just as a bit of background on myself I guess, I’m graduating with my Bachelors soon, and I plan on entering the workforce before I decide what I go to grad school for (since I don’t know what I want to do as a career). I don’t think it’s a problem that I don’t know what I want to do (I’ve gotten lots of advice from real adults and they say it’s a good thing to take a break between degrees). But, I’ve been working full-time this summer and I’m absolutely exhausted with it. It frustrates me & I can’t imagine working like this non-stop. I enjoy my job sometimes, but it feels like I’m lucky to be able to do so. My parents both dislike their…