Month: November 2022

Quite scared of things that might happen to me. Very stressed and worried.. Any advice for me? I'm planning to stay in this company by February.

Hi, I have general anxiety disorder and recently have been having a shitload of anxiety attacks. I called out yesterday and took a mental health day, but today is happening and i'm currently crying and spiralling in my bed. How the fuck do I take another day off? I feel so guilty.

Working hard doesn’t get you shit – working the bare minimum is the better way. Just enough to not get fired. Harder work doesn’t equate to more pay. I’ve realised that the only way I’m gonna get through the rest of my life working is to go low and slow lol

My employer has recently started requiring people to tell them the reason for their personal day before they are allowed to have it off. Is this legal? Can I deny telling them the reason? (In Canada by the way)

[Small rant] My workplaces holidays and celebrations for the end of the year. Feels a bit like a copout to get more work done even though previous years, we had that time off. Those dates for possibly coming back are not on public holidays in Australia so no special rates. Furthermore, essentially punishing those not going to the party. I’m personally not going due to family commitments that evening although I have a feeling I’ll be setting it up bc I’m an apprentice. The company makes my yearly wage in a day so it’s not like they couldn’t give us more time off or not need to have people come back during those dates. Also the celebrations are literally in the nice section of the workshop so no external venue such as a restaurant or a function room. How would you react if this was at your workplace? I feel…

I work 12 hour shifts three days a week (Sat, Sun and Mon). It’s a horrible warehouse job where I’m constantly chased for my targets/KPIs and usually don’t feel I have time to go to the toilet when I feel I have to go (because going to the toilet will jeopardise my target). It’s so physically gruelling and I am both physically and emotionally exhausted from the job, and stressed from the pressure they put on me for KPIs, in addition to mental health issues that don’t concern the job (which the job makes worse). It really is a HORRIBLE job. I’m on Stage 2 or 3 I think for absences (of the company’s stage system…stage 4 or 5 being the sack I think…but you can get warnings in between each stage depending on how they feel). I didn’t go in yesterday due to a severe bout of depression and…

I used to work at a McDonald's in my small rural town, the owners were this older couple who kinda played good cop bad cop, the husband was super nice and understanding while the wife was always a huge b word. Anyway I was a manager for them I worked there since I was 16 and at this point I was 20 or so. So one day I was making the schedules for the following week and the time rolled around for me to take my lunch so I clocked out and returned to the office computer to do some misc things while I decided what to have for lunch and play on my phone. The wife comes in and immediately is pissy and starts complaining to the other manager on duty why certain things aren't done yet, to which we had one person not show up so a few…