Month: April 2023

Posting from a throwaway account, for obvious discretionary reasons. I just really needed to get this off my chest, get some advice or thoughts, and commiserate. I know this is gonna be long, but trust me, you'll want to join me in hating this guy, lol. Setting: I'm a marketing specialist at a medium sized business. We're not some huge household name, but we're also not some tiny “mom and pop” business either. It's been around over a decade and generates a lot of money for the CEO, who was already rich from other business ventures of his. But this one is his baby, so he's highly involved in it. We're a b2b service. The CEO: He is exactly what this sub and those like us hate. He's filthy rich and thinks he knows everything and can run everything himself. He's literally a poster child for what this sub stands…

I like my company and thrive in my WFH environment (plus get to be with my son), but now my company is trying to mandate monitoring us by using our webcams to see and listen to everything we do. The thing is, I have severe anxiety that can be triggered easily if I feel watched (along with other triggers obviously). Now that I know I’ll be watched, I’ll be in a constant state of stress and I know my productivity will suffer. Is there anything I can do?

Long time lurker, first time poster. How do I tell my boss as diplomatically as possible* that I refuse to start using a time tracking app that also tracks location, and this is a nonnegotiable boundary for me? (*It’s a small town and a niche industry. I can’t burn this bridge or rage quit right now.) We’re doing office type work here; I’ve never had to track hours down to the minute except at places like big box retailers in my teens and early 20s. Boss’s shady CPA who runs payroll put them onto this app essentially just to make payroll easier for themselves without regard for what the employees want or feel comfortable with. Also: My boss is anti-work from home for no discernible reason other than they perceive that they won’t have 100% control when we WFH. Once again, the shady CPA planted a seed of doubt on…

He's worked there for 7 or 8 years, his hearing isn't great, prior management had him stop taking the hearing tests. New management shows up, has no problem with him skipping two hearing tests until he damages something driving a forklift. The accident didn't hurt anyone and wasn't related to hearing at all, but now the new manager is worried about all the missing hearing tests, so threatens writeups if he doesn't go get his hearing tested. Insurance pays for the doctor visit to get referred to a hearing test, but doesn't pay for the hearing test. He brings the bill and asks them to pay but is told they won't. I've been googling OSHA and California law, but I can't tell if they're in the right because they require all new employees to take a hearing test, or if they're in the wrong because he's the only one that…

I'm hoping I can get some help here. Please don't just tell me to quit my job. I work at a gym and noticed that on my pay stubs, there is no Federal Tax Income withheld. It's at 0 where the other categories have an amount taken out. I've already done my taxes, can't do much there. I contacted management and they forwarded me to Payroll. So after a bit of back-and-forth email with the person in charge of Payroll. She called me in the middle of work after I had sent an email with 2 questions and asked if they could be answered in writing . ​ Basically, this is what she told me: – There was a law that businesses would not have to take out Federal Taxes if the employee's paycheck was less than $500 and *I* should have known about it – It was not up…

I was gone at work for a long time due to that I have Bacterial infection that become too complicated. Then I got COVID both were so severe, I have to be off work. I provided doctor's notes and everything.

I’ve accepted a position for a demanding role last week. They practically begged me to join the team with how quick my interviews went by and how they were back-to-back, and they quickly offered me a salary much higher than what I was expecting. I was reached for the position from an in-house staff specialist for them who came to know of my profile from an application I submitted for the company months ago. Now, I’ve started this role and I’m expected to fully immerse myself with the team and to catch up 3 months of work in ~2 weeks. Our project due date is in 90 days about. When accepting the offer it came with a clause that I had to go through an introductory period first (which is 90 days) and that the company could terminate me at any time. I can’t help but feel as if I…

Just a vent… I'm actually pretty lucky in terms of where I work but there's still so much bullshit. I have a lot of support, but I've been overworked for at least the last year due to staffing issues. Here's the thing. I know I've made mistakes. I own them. But at the same time, I'm human. I have a max capacity, and I'm being pushed over the line. At any given point in the last year, I've been juggling 3-5 major projects and a litany of smaller tasks. It sucks because I do take pride in my work and generally am a rockstar. As much as I want to care less, I can't help but try. And that's what makes failing so hard. I have always been honest that logistics is a weak spot for me and that's exactly where I'm making mistakes. Staying on top of emails is…

I’ve worked at this company for almost 2 years. It is my first job out of college. It’s a global company, however this site seems to have been neglected. It’s unorganized, understaffed, and honestly unsafe. I’ve considered quitting before, and even went through a few interviews but nothing really came of that. Anyway, my partner and I have decided that we would like to move out of the area we’re in. We just want to try a new city and have some fun before we settle down. So, I’ve been interviewing for jobs and hopeful we’ll be able to move sometime this year. However, I feel like I am getting sucked in more and more to this company. More responsibilities (but no pay increase ofc), trainings scheduled for later this year, new projects being started, etc. And of course, last week, my coworker (same title as me), put in his…