Month: February 2023

Can I be deducted 15 minutes of pay for being a single minute late if it is in my company handbook but not my contract? I live in UK thank you

My boss likes to play stupid. I could write a much longer post about EVERY instance of this, but I'll stick with right now. We got a bunch of snow and ice over night. I'm parked on the street, pointed upward on a hill. My street was plowed, but very poorly, and no road salt was put down. I tried to get off my street, and my car literally will not move… At best I can do a lot of sliding and wiggling even a penguin would be envious of. I text my boss this, saying I'm stuck and my car just isn't going to cut through the ice on a hill. Took the liberty of sending her a video too! She says: “I'll push your appointments back 15 minutes, no worries!” Okay… I'll keep trying then, I'd like to get paid today. So I keep trying. Another 15 minutes…

​ I used to love my boss. Never messed with me, helped me, gave me good reviews… but i just got word last week that he is being moved to another customer team and that i will be getting a new manager. Since then, he has been giving me a shit load of work. The easy going calls, turned into cold emails asking me to do more work, this or that…. This morning, he ask me to do another task on top of what i already have. So i told him my schedule, my workload, etc.. and he just put a deadline and was like “well, this needs to be done by next week”…. I replied with “will do”, but im gunna tell you right now, its not gunna get done…. What gives, and why did he become such a tyrant a$$hat all of a sudden? EDIT: There are only…

​ ​ I suffer from severe depression that I inherited from my mom's side of the family. The weird thing about me is that none of the medication I tried worked well on me. As a result, I can't hold down a job. Some people think I'm coddled, but they don't realize how debilitating depression is. I have no energy or motivation to be productive and that is a symptom of the illness. My uncle was just like me. He had schizophrenia and depression and he never held stable employment. I don't think he had a single job that lasted even a year. My mom took care of him until he passed. Now she's taking care of me. Not everybody considers depression to be a disability but I consider it to be.

That’s it. Work in ABA as a behavior tech and my hours suck. Plus I realize I kinda hate working directly with kids kids. A lot. Found a job working in a hospital with more stable hours and better benefits as a medical assistant. Gave my current employers literally as much notice as possible so I can help train my replacement and one of the case managers and HR are big mad I didn’t give “more notice.” They are trying to withhold my PTO payout as a result of the inconvenience. I’ve had such as struggle with working the last year that I’m just over it. Letting it happen. Idgaf anymore. This was my 5th job in 12 months because I couldn’t find one in my preferred field. Ah well. I probably won’t like the next one much but at least I’ll have stable hours and won’t have to go…

Lord of the Flies vibes.