Month: April 2023

I'm in a squadron within the military that works shifts. I would rather not get too specific beyond that. We do two day shifts, two night shifts, and then get four days off. Each shift is twelve hours. It's a very physically and mentally demanding job, so getting a good work life balance is really important. Every member of the UK military gets 38 days of leave, to use as they want. But my squadron has a weird policy. One day off costs us one day of leave (as you might expect). Two days costs three days of leave, three costs four, and four costs six. So if you book off four days at a time (an entire shift rotation), which is what most personnel do, then you're actually getting about 25 days of leave a year, rather than 38. I went looking through the all the regulations, publications, and…

Basically the title. I’ve been rocking back and forth between staying at my current job and leaving almost every other week. I work with kids (K-5) with diagnosed behavior disorders and special needs. While I absolutely adore these children, I have been feeling so burnt out. I am the one employee on my team that seems to do everything. When I bring concerns about student behavior to my boss they are shut down with “different strategies” to use. While I appreciated this, the strategies aren’t working and I feel like a doormat to these kids. I always feel like I’m doing something wrong. My boss and I have a weird relationship as she confides in me about a lot of stuff and it makes me scared to quit. I feel stuck. So the question is, do I stick this out for 4 1/2 more months, or do I put in…

38/F. No kids, unmarried. The situation is that I'm currently in a job (software) that pays extremely well (over 120K) but requires me to do virtually nothing. This is a senior level position but I have no direct reports. I fly solo and I'm accountable to no one. My boss is hands-off and I don't have 1 on 1's with him. I'm two timezones away and work from home so I often find myself just taking the few meetings I do have from bed since I don't need to actually speak. I don't even go to my desk anymore — I pretty much just keep up appearances from my phone (Slack, Outlook). The problem is I'm lonely, disconnected, bored, and I do actually feel really guilty for this level of wanton coasting. This is a career I've worked hard to forge and while I fear I'm losing my edge, my…

I've just been informed that I have to travel to my company offices next month. It's a 5-6 hour round-trip. I'm 100% WFH and this is in England. A photographer is coming to take photographs for a marketing campaign. Everyone must be available with no exceptions. It's mandatory. No annual leave is to be approved. I'm not too sure how to react to this. I don't want my photo to be used in marketing materials. What's worse by far is that a manager just casually mentioned video interviews. I like my job and I don't want to cause unnecessary tension. I'm hoping that these video interviews are going to be limited to sales staff or those who have agreed prior. I will not be a part of any video. I'm reasonable. If they want a full-company group photo or similar, I'll be in it. If they want a single passport…

I received my annual evaluation from the city I work for. The first 4 where rated at above satisfactory. This last one I received was rated at needs improvement. I feel the reason behind this is because I disagreed with a policy they have. In a professional and polite way I asked our leadership why are we doing this procedure a certain way. We where told this is how we are going to do it and if you don’t like it than this may not be the place for you to work. Like an idiot I contacted HR because I believed it was an ethical issue. HR contacted me the very next day and said, I have spoken with your leadership about the procedure in question and if you do not follow protocol, that can be grounds for insubordination and disrespect. So I left it alone. Shockingly enough those are…

Idk where to post this rant, sorry if it's against rules or some shit. I entered the workforce at 21 (tried since 18) and am now 29. Ever since I started working, older people (like 40+) would always be suspicious of me. For example, id be working and stop for a couple minutes to breath or chat for a minute with a passerby (retail work) and some 60 year old manager would act like im not doing ANYTHING (when i worked salesfloor). This has been ongoing. Id be doing the same quality of work as everyone else and sometimes better. Some managers, especially front end, would appreciate me and see that I was a good worker and some even recommended me to be a supervisor on the front but I didn't want it (when I was a casheir). Now I'm at another store, I don't overly socialize. I'm a cartpusher…

I’m certainly not condoning sexual harassment of any kind, but it seems odd that men can be cited for sexual harassment when they talk about sexual subjects, yet when a group of women, usually in their 20s or whatnot, talk quite frankly about sexual positions, penis size, and sex toys, it’s waved away as “girl talk”. I’m not at all saying “if women can do this men should too” quite the opposite! If this type of behavior is considered obscene for men, then why isn’t it with women?