Month: October 2022

Planning to quit my job tomorrow without notice and without anything lined up. I work in a call center with a pharmaceutical company. I used to do strictly non-phone case work but earlier this year they had to cut people from my team so I volunteered to transfer as I was the newest and felt stuck anyway so I thought it would be good for me, but it’s just been exhausting. Job searching and interviews give me a lot of anxiety, but i’m hoping I’ll be able to manage it and can spread out my job hunt over all the free time I’ll have after quitting. At the least I’ll probably try to score a part time job until I can find something permanent so I can still bring in some money. Hoping I’m not making a mistake, but I am miserable right now.

I don't think people should be pressured or required to tip, but I still do, since I know restaurant workers still don't get paid what they should. At least at most places, staff relies on tips as more than just “bonus” pay. I occasionally see notes on the bill or menu like “we pay our staff a living wage, so there's no pressure to tip.” But more often I see “suggested” tip amounts from 20-25% or it's already been added to the bill. Discuss. [Edit] Sorry – should have said: 'Murican Tipping Culture.

Hi all, I am a 20 year old, 2nd year Fabrication and Welding Apprentice here in the UK. I have been having endless problems with my employer pretty much since starting my apprenticeship but I'm so far in now I wouldn't want to leave. The current, most recent issue I'm having with my employer has me incredibly stumped on what to do and whether I have any leverage here. When I applied for the job and attended the interview, I was very clear with them that I did not possess a maths GCSE. I was consequently told that it's completely fine and that they would support us through anything we needed. The first year of college we did not attend maths and therefore had no chance at an exam. Now, in the second year, they have tried putting me on a maths course that is after work and completely unpaid.…

I'm in a workplace where there's definitely a culture of the team going out for 'office drinks' regularly after work. How do you feel about it? Have you ever worked in a place where there's a 'drinking culture?' I work in a city with lots of bars and restaurants. There's definitely a work hard, play hard culture sometimes. While I enjoy doing it from time to time, sometimes there is definitely a unmentioned pressure to go out to be seen to get in the good books of your colleagues (and boss) to get up in the ranks. The pressure definitely isn't Japanese workplace levels of pressure to go out on the town though.

I couldn’t go another day in the hamster wheel of the infamous 8-4 and now I’m left trying to figure out what to do for alternative income. I should have made a plan but I literally just couldn’t anymore. My new journey begins

I know it is customary to give two weeks notice, but I have been so poorly treated at this place that I would like to just leave. What do you think? What will happen to me, aside from them saying I am unprofessional? I've only worked there two months.