Month: September 2022

My director is subtly giving me opportunities to lead a team in my department. Now, normally, for the field I work in, this is a great thing and in normal circumstances, I wouldn’t be posting this here. However, I am going for an MBA next year and have already secured my admission. Therefore, all this extra workload will not yield any advantage to me, either in terms of brownie points with leadership or compensation. Is there a polite way of declining such an offer without burning bridges? Posting for a friend.

This young kind from work drove over twenty miles into work on this because he didn't want to miss and didn't have time to wait on a spare. Someone deserves a promotion.

My wife works in fast food. A customer threw a gallon of tea at her and bruised her leg. She told management and they did nothing but tell her not to call the cops. I told her to tell HR but she won’t. Is there anything I can do to get this addressed. Thanks

l hate the criticism of labor-saving technology as “job-killers”. The issue is not no work to do, it is how to distribute the benefits of technology that does it. We are seeing the “savings” benefiting a few who are getting verrrry rich. We saw this at the beginning of the last century, too. The country responded with income taxes, inheritance taxes and other steps to break up great wealth and benefit society. We have to do that again.

I have traumatic experiences from past jobs that I’ve worked at and I even ended up in the hospital because of it. I’ve been unemployed now for almost two years so I thought I’d start applying for jobs again just to see what happens. I ended up getting a job offer from a company that I thought was decent but it ended up screwing me over and lying about several crucial information leading me on and leaving me back to feeling helpless which started to cause extreme panic attacks.

So I just had to call out for the first time in my 9 months working at a Safeway because I am currently coughing like hell and can’t go 30 minutes away from the bathroom (both things they tell you are valid reasons not to go in when you work with I dunno food) so I told my manager and she was upset but could hear my voice and got it, the higher up’s however told me to check in closer to my shift cause it might clear up like ma’am I’m calling you ON THE TOILET and last time I checked sickness doesn’t just pack up and head out in 6 hours. Truly feel like a number today

Why don't you pay me double, as a good friend?