Month: October 2022

I apologize for the long rant but I felt like I had to talk about it somewhere. Made a throwaway since I don't want it coming back to bite me. I worked for a smaller but known company for a few months. I was recently let go because I “wasn’t at the level of efficiency they needed” I worked on a Team with multiple people; hardly had to work closely with my manager but did work often with Account Execs. My main job was to assist the AEs and whoever else above them within the sales process using mostly Excel. At the end of the day I know I was getting paid far less than most people in this company and was expected to do hard work for it. Even though there are people in the same city making at least 15K more for the same job title, I took…

I need to vent about the week I've had with my boss. It just got so fucking absurd today. I'm ready to just walk out. For context, I've been at this job for almost three years. My boss has been an issue pretty much from day one. She's incredibly passive-aggressive, someone you cannot communicate with and is just one of those people who is always having a bad day and everything is constantly negative….but of course it's always someone else's fault. This particular incident started off last week when my boss sent me and email asking me to have lunch with her that following Monday. Now, when my boss says “come have lunch” what she means is “I'm going to take you to a restaurant somewhere, give you shit for 20 minutes about how she thinks your awful, then have to make awkward small talk until we can leave.” So…

Too long, didn't read..format. (summarize) Got hired for a job Monday noon. Was told the hours were from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM but training was at 9 AM on the next day, Tuesday, so I went in. Most people walk in at 9 and leave by 11, break time, because of how terrible the manager handles things. I stayed there for a month. Backstory. No ONE wants to work there. The job is hard. No, extremely hard if you're a guy. Hardly any breaks. -5 minutes before and after break has started. Sometimes. What do I mean by that? A 15 minute break meant 3-5 minutes getting your gear off before break, and 3-5 minutes before the end of your break. So. 15min break = 5 min break. A 30 minute break= 20 minute break. Awesome sweet sauce. I've let anyone and everyone since know what they may be…

I have a 1-year contract, with hourly pay, they fired the staff, and I am one of them, they informed me 2 days before and told me that I would only receive 1 week's pay. Is this legal under US law or can I claim compensation? Thanks

Throwaway incase of any recognition. I started a new job a few weeks ago, and everything was fine until this week. Sure, it's been stressful and busy, but I was managing fine. And then Tuesday I was pulled into our head of HR's office, door closed, and was proceeded to be told to “mind what I say”, that we need to put on an inclusive front, and then coached about what I would be talking about in my 1:1 with the new VERY top of HR at our sister company. Then yesterday I found out they had gotten wind of someone being harassed by another employee. That employee being harassed (C) did not make the report and saw it as “stupid and not a big deal”. HR bothered C for multiple days to let them go through her personal text messages to build a case. C eventually let them just…

Kinda curious how people view the “quiet quitting”/ “quiet firing” movement. I definitely feel this has been going on way before it's hitting headlines, but the viewpoints seem to be: Either employees are “slacking off” or “focusing on other aspects in their lives”. I used to like my job, but new management stepped in in 2020 and it sucks. They don't communicate well and offer little support to my department. I started noticing my opportunities for promotions were drying up and my yearly review was “accidentally forgotten”. I've been vocal about what needs to change in the workplace, but management asked us workers for feedback. Rather than “be a leader” (i.e. doing extra work without appropiate compensation), I've decided to work what I'm worth for this company. I've found out I make the same as new inexperienced workers while I've been there for five years. I don't go the extra…

Hello friends. My first post here. Not sure this is even the right sub. I am in need of some advice. A “friend” has worked for a company for about four years here in the land of the maple syrup, basically enlsaved, not getting paid a third of what they own him. For immigration reasons he decided to stay enduring the pain. Now he is free of the immigration binds and is thirsty for some vendetta. He is alredy over the fact that he cant legally sue the company and get the 30K they own him,because he was also wrong in accepting to work in such conditions that would go against the beaver laws. However, would any of you know a way to report such a company, that keeps hiring and tricking people from other countries to come and work for them from free here in the beautiful land of…