Month: December 2022

I originally posted in askreddit but I don’t think it’s a good fit there , and you deserve a platform cuz I’ve worked there and my boss cried on the reg because she was verbally berated quite regularly and we were often lined up before our shift to be yelled at before we started our shift 🙂 that place is a hellhole

I work at the HQ for a local chapter of an international union. We all just got 2 weeks pay as a Christmas bonus and everyone gets annual raises no matter what (as far as I can tell). There’s two executive assistants that have been here 15-20 years and make well over $100k because their pays just goes up every year. I get three weeks PTO and 8 sick days. 8:30-4:30 work hours with an hour paid lunch. I have the best health insurance of anyone I know. The office is really laid back and slow paced. Causal attire. Most of the time people are just hanging around chatting. My friends tell me horror stories about their offices and I can’t help but feel like if I ever leave this job, it’ll be hell out there. Is it common at all the have situations like mine? Because I feel like…

BACKGROUND OVERVIEW I work at a corporate service based company, only 10 employees including myself and were all women. I’m the youngest and one of newest (Ive had the position for 8 months now). The position itself was clearly a great fit for me. I got this job (front desk girl) 8 months ago while my confidence and mental well-being were at complete zero: creating a constant feeling of *fear..* So in the spirit of trying, I gave this job my all, I hit it off beautifully with the staff and clients despite these on going feelings. I learned how to cope by NOT identifying with the these feelings, but rather acknowledging them as symptoms, which worked very well, but i now know this wasn't a solution, it was just how i coped. I thought this job would help me become myself again, by forcing myself into an environment where…

Folks, my mind is blown. We have a new day-shift manager who is trying the most ridiculous flex of power I've ever seen and is demanding I replace my name tag because they feel as though I'm lying to the customers about what my actual name is. He has even gone as far as to order me a new one, which I have already told him I will not wear. This is a retail job that I'm doing currently while I put myself through school and I work Monday-Friday 8-4 and then I head to night-school. Without saying what my name is (perhaps some of you can sleuth it out), I'll describe the situation. I have a VERY common white name that is 11 characters long. The GRAND majority of the world goes by the first 5 as a short-form. I, however, since I was 8 have gone by the…