Month: September 2022

Australian here. I’ve been working at this company for 13 months now. Pay is minimal however the team is somewhat wonderful. I’m currently getting paid $26.25 AUD at 30 hours maximum a week. I’ve been offered two jobs 20 hours at $31 per hour (flexible hours- friend is the manager) 15 hours at $35 per hour (casual however my friend is the manager) I would like to accept both jobs however would I be an asshole for leaving the company one month before a ‘black out period’ (staff are not allowed to take leave during December) The pay I’m currently on is not survivable in the city I live in, I’m barely able to enjoy life after paying the bills and groceries. Pay rise is very unlikely. If I moved to full time I’d still get paid less than $28 I feel bad as the company has been wonderful to…

I am honestly in shock. I have two bosses, “D” (who is 2nd ranked and essentially runs the school) and “B” (super-wealthy owner of the school who is rarely around). I am an ESL teacher. I explained in a meeting yesterday with “D” that my schedule changes between last year to this have made my work unmanageable. I am paid per class, not per hour, and they swapped all my low-effort solo tutoring sessions with massive groups that come with additional work– classroom management, making copies, checking and marking homework, marking essays, etc. Therefore, my working hours have increased 50%, though my pay has not. They promised me more online classes, and I have none. They promised to remove a long and torturous morning, and they did not. In fact, they added more to it. I confirmed with “D” that this was the result of every other teacher receiving concessions,…

I’m a teacher who splits class hours with other teachers—we teach the same groups on different days—so we do have to coordinate outside of normal working hours. I’ve worked with many a teacher who will wait to text me with class summaries or requests for the next class at 23:00 the night before my classes… but my new coworker always sends me the information promptly and with explicit instructions to not respond until I have time to complete my part until next day’s working hours. I had gotten so used to ridiculous requests that I didn’t realize how bad it was!

They told me it would be a urinalysis and then I checked the paperwork. Surprise, it's a hair test for an office job. The last time I used anything was delta 8 in mid July. Before that, it was basically nothing for like a year. Delta 8 is legal, but I don't know if that will even matter. It just seems really draconian for a desk job to have that extreme of a test. I now understand why they couldn't find anyone. I already left my other job too, so I'm strapped in for whatever happens.

So a bit of back story. I work in retail and I've been at my job for about 6 years and am currently a supervisor. I get paid very little, (less than 40p over minimum wage for alot of extra duties) which was fine at first because experience etc. I always thought I had a good relationship with the people at work BUT About a month ago I was on a week off, when i came back I was instantly told I'd never be promoted further (had spoke to my manager about it before my holiday) because someone else had been promoted to a supervisor as well. What didn't help is I was feeling abit off due to the holiday wrecking my sleep schedule and I was coming down with flu. I did vent a little to the other supervisor because I thought we were friends, mentioned the shit pay…