Month: April 2023

Genuine question. Most of the people I know are salaried and don't get paid any overtime. They are contracted to say 37.5 hours a week. However I know a lot of people on such an arrangement who regularly work well in excess of that. Take my previous line manager for example – professional office environment, paid a decent wage, but zero for any overtime. In work every day at least 45 mins before due to start, and the same in the evening – so about 7.5 hours additional a week “free”. Almost seemed to brag about it and look down on people who did leave on time. And I see it in a good number of my friends – “oh yeah, I never work just 37 hours a week, always do far more”. Usually the reasoning is that they “have too much work” or “not enough time in the day”,…

During this time I meditated on what I actually wanted from life. Turns out I agree with you guys and work sucks ass. I enjoy driving so I'll be returning to work as a Driver to continue existing. But only for a couple days a week. The economy seems to be getting more flexible (UK) when it comes to work and hours.

I’m a librarian in an elementary school. My day starts at 7:30 am every day so that students can come by and swap out books. My school has tons of readers, so as soon as I open those doors, I have at least 5-10 walk ins in those first 10 minutes alone. I have been doing this for 16 years. Several years back my district added 15 minutes to the school day, but gave us no raise. So, now the teacher workday begins at 7:50 and ends at 3:50. Admin said if you are on duty at 7:30 in the morning, you can leave at 3:30 in the afternoon as long as you’re finished with all of your responsibilities (aka afternoon duty). Well, since I got there every day at 7:30, I would leave right after my duty (love that word) which is around 3:40. I’ve been doing this for…

I ask this here because you all seem to have a realistic/experienced view with work Currently unemployed but working on it, but the reason I haven't been working is fear of being bullied. I socialized horribly in school, I improved in late high school but it wasn't great. I had someone who started bullying me and I did pretty much exactly the wrong things to deal with it. I don't have a lot going for me and am severely depressed, but I really worry that with my past history of not being liked, that trend will continue. I'm prone to making mistakes and honestly think I have a learning disability. I'm 21 and probably autistic, haven't been employed for awhile which is a great sense of shame for me. What are ways to prevent bullying from happening?

I've noticed recently that jobs are becoming super strict lately. I really wish I could say I had a job I liked, but I haven't due to the structure of them. I'm working as a server in a restaurant currently, I only started less than a month, maybe 3 weeks. My manager pulled me to the side and told me to step it up. Meanwhile, I feel like I was thrown into this position with no training. Literally, nobody trained me. They're already talking about demoting me and lessening my hours, and I barely work 20 hours a week. It's not enough to pay bills and rent. Am I going insane? Why are jobs so strict and stressful nowadays?