Month: October 2022

Or more so a question. Why don't employers want to mess up their precious work schedule? I get that they have hrs of operation that they need to maintain and what not for public opinions, but what I don't get is why they aren't willing to work with more p/t workers. It seems everybody wants the 8-12hr workers, but I'm not built for that. My best hyper-focusing is at most 5hrs, later on in the evening. I've never been an early bird and I've joked around my whole life saying I'm more of a vampire than anything. I also have a bad stutter when I'm overwhelmed, so customer service anything is out. I use to cook, but now my tremors in my hands keep me from holding the knives safely. I feel like I'm running out of options at this point. Anyways, I know I'm not the only one with…

I work on a passenger ship. We're contracted to work 10 hours per day 7 days per week. Previously we worked 7:30-5:30 with 1hr for lunch 12-1 which I would call 10 hours. This has just been changed to 8am to 8pm, with 1hr for lunch 12-1 and 1hr for dinner 5-6. Because of the food breaks (which I remind you are necessary for us to not die) the company now has us working 8am till 8pm 7 days a week. Also worth noting: I'm a cadet. My monthly cadet bursary works out to about $2 per hour at this number of hours. I also have to do paperwork for my cadetship in my own time, so to recap, work 8-8, bed at 00:00 by the latest so I can sleep 7 hours, this gives me 4 hours in the evening for rest, my homework, and any other tasks like…

Today I got to yell at a crazy person at work m, and no I won’t suffer consequences for doing so.

Received an email with HR copied on it. (documentation purposes) I understand you are having health issues….. we need more productivity etc. I communicated very clearly what was going on and have a personal relationship with my boss. I responded with my health is more important than anything else right now. I also responded that I feel completely minimized by those comments of health issues. They made me feel hurt and less than beyond my disability of being diagnosed Bipolar II. Quick rant. If no one comments, that's fine. I wanted to get it off my chest so I don't scream or punch a wall here. I broke a knuckle doing the same thing over the summer.

I work at a fine dining restaurant in a hotel, and guests are able to charge their restaurant bills to their rooms. To do so, they must fill out their room number & print their name. Last night I had a $207 ticket and the guest didn’t fill out those portions, so when I told the manager he said I can come in today(my day off) and stand in the lobby and try to find them and if I can’t they’re going to have to “document me”, whatever that means. This is the fourth time room service charges have been an issue for me since I started two weeks ago. First time when I was training, my trainer had a table put down a random name/room number and then left immediately. They didn’t even have a room at the hotel. The second time I had to chase the couple down…

I interviewed last week for a data entry position that sounds like a dream: work from home, pays well, and best part, no phone calls! During this interview, the guy asks if I’d like to be considered for another position. He said my resume would also be a match, and because I’m desperate for work, I mistakenly said yes. (I’ve been unemployed for 2.5 months and searching constantly with no luck, so I really need to start working ASAP). The next day, he interviews me for this other job. I won’t say the title, but it definitely requires talking to people (cold calls, talking to customers, getting payment). The guy try to sell me on it, even though I make it clear it’s not exactly what I’m looking for, but acknowledge there’s some crossover. At the end of the interview, he asks: even though I’m more interested in the data…

I started this new job this week and since starting my schedule has changed 2-3 times. I received a call two days ago saying that I was supposed to work today. When I showed up I noticed I wasn’t put on the schedule so I thought there was some scheduling issue or a misunderstanding going on. I asked my supervisor about it and she said I could go home if I wanted so I did. I received a call from the owner of the place asking why I didn’t stay for my shift, that a manager had called and told me to come in for today. She seemed upset and like she was going to fire me. I feel like I’m fucking this up and I don’t know if it’s my fault or not.

So I've been at a position for a little over a month. I help organize monthly kink events and told them that I'm part of the organization team and I'd need at least one weekend off a month to do it. This was agreed upon prior to my hiring. I put notice in for our after-thanksgiving party, but my supervisor said “Oh, well we're super busy on black friday and thanksgiving, nobody gets those off, but you might because you're the first to try” . I know the event wouldn't suffer without me really but I'm still not missing it. This isn't even retail.