Month: February 2023

I work at a Fred Meyers Fuel Center and I close, the area has a really bad crime rate and crazy people come around the store often, the guy before me told me a bunch of horror stories he has working there and it's honestly super unnerving for me, worst part is, only 1 of the 3 windows are actually bulletproof and that's the small window on the right, the big window in the front and small window on the left aren't, I'm scared one of these days I'm going to get attacked after I close or worse shot through the glass with nowhere to hide and nothing to defend myself. It honestly scares me, but this job is next to where I live, has very chill management, and the pay and hours are good. Am I just being paranoid and relax more or should I find other employment?

I was never told I was fired, nor told I would be taken off the schedule. My hours were just reduced at first, because we went into the slow season and everyone's hours were being reduced so I wasn't concerned that this would lead to losing my job. I also have had no problems at work whatsoever. Always on time, no write-ups, no verbal warnings, no indication of any performance issue at all. Then I just stopped being scheduled. Every time I asked about it they'd give me the same excuse – low payroll. But I knew I was the only one getting completely cut from the schedule. Everyone else was getting SOME sort of hours every week. This has gone on for 2 months and I've been looking for work elsewhere. After doing a little googling it seems that this is perfectly legal, since I was hired at-will and…

I was informed today that my resume and cover letter were horrible. I have been working for this organization for 12 years. In addition to this I was told I was lying about all of my performance reviews being high acceptable or outstanding (I pulled all of them since I began working here at 2011, I was not lying). I was also told I didn’t show initiative and have been bad in my position. I literally write as a side hustle and got a whole ass associates and bachelors degree in three years to qualify for this position. This was all verbal, how do I go about getting this in writing? I have a union rep, but don’t want to go in she said/she said.

Essential jobs are like drs. Non essential is my bs convenience store job. People working Nightshifts is very convenient for the general public and it helps really helpfully for companies who need to boost their margins and need more productivity but dang. Working Nightshifts is not meant for humans. My body and mental stability is in constant disarray, I fell like I’ve developed many mental, social, and physical disorders from working Nightshifts. Might as well say goodbye to any friends or family cause you work all night and sleep all day. It makes me feel like my only purpose in life is the job because it becomes your only life experience, weeks pass by without a notice because it feels like your in the casino scene from the Poseidon movie. This is just horrible. I've been averaging 4 hrs of sleep per day since starting nights, which feels like torture.

My wife and I found out we’re having our first baby and she got a doctors note to be put on light duty at her job. It’s been a month and she’s gotten no response to it. She works in a psych ward with at risk youth who the courts deem unfit to be in their homes due to mental illness or criminal records. The kids can be pretty aggressive and part of the job is conflict resolution when tensions get high. She routinely has to physically restrain kids as they try to be aggressive whether it’s fighting other kids or staff. I don’t want her to get hurt and put our baby at risk. I’m pissed off that her HR department is so inept as to not process her light duty request even after a month. She’s a ball of anxiety even being on the floor knowing her kids…