Month: October 2022

This is just to vent about my current situation! I’m not looking for advice or anything, I thankfully don’t depend on having a job since I still live with my parents, but I just need to get some things off my chest and hope folks here will understand. So today, I unexpectedly got fired from my job. No previous warning, no anything, they just called me for a meeting and fired me. I had been expecting it for a while. Basically, to give a brief rundown: I worked in the tourism industry selling services. I got the job in May and the first months were great, but apparently, we weren’t making enough money to satisfy the company, so starting from September, they refocused the whole thing from something that I actually enjoyed doing to just sell, sell and sell. And I’m very bad at that. So I was already expecting…

I was told “too many people called out” at my job so now if you call out, you need a doctors note. The doctor I see absolutely despises this because this policy just takes his time from others. I hate it because instead of resting, I have to drive 30 minutes away to see my doctor for a simple cold. On top of this, I am basically charged 50 bucks for the visit. It’s like getting charged for being sick just for a stupid note. I have a disability on top of this. So whenever I have narcolepsy attacks that leave me unable to drive, guess what? I have to go to the doctor. I miss maybe 1-3 days a month. So it’s like a 150 dollar sick bill. On top of my neurologist appointments which are more expensive (around 140 copay). I can’t afford the doctors notes. At the…

The very first time I met with my boss, he said the hours are 8-5, and anyone working outside of those hours is a failure on his part. My coworkers routinely show up at 7:30 and work past 5:00. Meanwhile, I get to my desk right as our 8:00 meeting starts and I’m saying my goodbyes at 5:00 on the dot. By any metric we have, I rank first or second each month. My coworkers consistently make comments about the hours I put in. First of all. If I’m performing better than them over less hours, I think we’re critiquing the wrong person. More importantly, these people are putting in about an hour of extra, unpaid work every day. That’s equal to 6.5 weeks of unpaid labor every year. 33 days of free labor! But I’m the asshole.

They know that employees’ costs are up 20-30%. And that there’s still a labor shortage. And when you don’t give a raise, employees will either: 1. Quit or 2. Reduce their productivity to more than compensate for the reduced buying power (I.e. if buying power is down 20%, I’ll reduce my productivity by 50%. Gotta factor in the spite tax.) So in either scenario the employer loses way more money than if they’d just given a raise. Do they honestly think people are gonna just smile and take it? Funny to see

I jsut foudn out that my contract is not being renewed for my current role. I am not going to hate on them or anything like that. I've enjoyed what I have done and the people I have done it with. My real problem…my mental health. I am a 35 year old male with, what we to believe, undiagnosed ADD/ADHD. I already have depression and anxiety that I already take meds for. My other issues won't let me focus on any specific tasks for any length of time and my doctors haven't done anything for the numerous times I have mentioned it. Has anyone else experienced similar issues and, if so, how did you go about getting something done?

So, I am the manager of a coffee shop in the UK, and we are now going to be open Christmas day, with no extra pay or additional benefits at all. We were also open the day of the queen's funeral, which turned out to be our busiest day that week, my staff are discussing joining a union and trying to secure something extra for those working over Christmas, which includes me, I want to help them, but don't know how involved I can be without jeopardizing my job. Any advice welcome!