Month: February 2023

I called out sick tonight, you know because I’m actually sick. My co worker contacts me and says, “I need you to come in. Two people are already off and the other has a family situation and can’t make it in”. I was in disbelief while reading the text. Some people really have the audacity. Like they really expected me to come in despite calling out. These are the same people who wouldn’t even think twice about you had it been them calling out. And didn’t even have the decency to ask me, only demand. Whatever. I’ll be home recovering. I’ll always put my health first.

I resigned from a job I've been at for 8 years, saying my last day will be in 13 days, as opposed to the traditional 14. I figured this was fine, as I'm in a office job where I'm paid hourly (more $20 an hour, but still hourly) and my last day falls on the last day of the pay period. My boss was very taken aback, said things like this is not ok (I don't think regarding the time frame as much as the fact I'm leaving) and just seemed very angry. To her, I'm sure it came out of nowhere, but shouldn't employees be allowed to quit whether their manager expected it or not? I don't regret my decision at all, I'm definitely in a workplace where you get punished for good work by getting more work, doesn't pay employees enough, and allows shitty employees to skate by…

I will have worked at my place of employment for 1 year in about 2 weeks. I was told when I started that I would receive PTO at the completion of my one year equal to the average number of hours worked that year. I’m a full time employee so I should be receiving somewhere around 40 hours of PTO. I started planning a vacation at the beginning of May to use my PTO but my employer informed me today that I won’t be getting any PTO. My company was sold to a new owner in October and the new owner isn’t giving anyone PTO until next October because we technically haven’t been working for the same company for a year until next year. Is this even legal? If they promised me PTO at 1 year and this is my 1 year can they really just deny me like that?…

The (only) bathroom in my workplace (retail) has a drain in the floor that every now and then within the past 24 hours decides to just push up flood water and/or sewer backup and we’re still open and expected to work? All we’ve been told: “Use the bathroom next door, I’ll get it fixed.” Plumber came earlier today, gave temporary “fix” but it happened again when the toilet was flushed. Doesn’t appear to care we’re concerned about bacterial exposure. We have store cats—will they be safe overnight if it only appears to happen when the toilet is flushed? Follow up: is this legal?

My question is simple, what do I need to do so they don’t pull this again. I am a new hire but I know I am allowed a break. They never gave me one. Also if there are anyways so I can get funds out from this tips and tricks let me know. Financial hard times sucks and being worked like a dog without break put a bad taste in my mouth.

To be honest I can't really see through scare tactics or anything like that, I've only learned that they're a thing recently. This is my first office job so I am still pretty clueless, been here for a year and a couple of months. Does anyone have any stories they would like to share too?

This happened nearly 20 years ago, yes, I'm old. LOL I worked at a bank at the time, and was a good employee. I started as a teller, going in with two banks under my belt, so with my experience and speed, they promoted me within 2 months to senior teller, which came with more responsibilities. Now, I LOVED my job. I always thought that it was easy, and learned new duties quickly. One thing about teller jobs is that everything has a system and you just gotta pay attention during training and follow the rules, then you're golden. And if you don't know how to do something, there's always a procedure book (physical or online) to guide you through. I met someone at the job and we became friends. I felt bad that she was raising three young kids on her own and did look out for her a…