For some context, I worked retail for 4 years, and did a lot more work than I should’ve. When I asked about a promotion they told me “we want you to have the responsibility but not the role” So I would always bust my ass, but I would get treated poorly. I couldn’t even take my lunch without my boss calling me to get my ass to work (I wouldn’t, but he would always yell at me.) his idea of being a boss is adding more work so it can stress you out and “make you faster and a better worker.” All it did was cause people to get breakdowns and quit the job. My manager was always getting yelled at too and he was great at treating his employees right, but was let go recently. About a year ago I messed up my back on the job and my…
Month: April 2023
My coworker threw away my lunch
I work noc shift as a caregiver and the business is about 10-15 minutes away from everything, with lunch breaks only being 30 minutes, so naturally I bring my own lunch. My coworker and I have had problems before. He’s lazy and would rather gossip than take care of our residents. I’m typically the only one cleaning and caring for them. When I first started working, on the second day of him none stop gossiping and not getting the hint that no one cares, I told him to leave me alone and that I didn’t not care for his gossiping or his laziness. He didn’t take this well and loudly went off on me, calling me “fucking delusional” for telling him I’m not the only one who feels this way (my coworkers have also mentioned it and I was only on day two). I told management and nothing was done.…
“work is not meant to be fun”
I never understood this in the context of when you had bad managers, your organisation never supported you etc. There weren’t any bridges to burn in the first place! If you weren’t supported initially whilst they were meant to be managing you, why would they in the future? They’ve already shown their true colours. I think this phrase comes out of insecurity, ie having somewhere and/or someone to fall back onto. There is no incentive to maintain these bridges if your organisation and managers didn’t treat you well initially. In fact, I’d rather the bridges were burned.
In my early days, I'd just sign and get on with my life. In recent years I challenged a contract and the manager told me I can just change it and send it back to him. That's what I did! Today I had a shower thought – How much am I actually allowed to change in a contract I receive? Does every company allow this, or is this just different from one company to another?
Soon-to-be college grad job hunting
Not sure if this is the right sub, but I’m here to complain. I’m graduating college in 3 weeks and have been job hunting since mid-February with little success. I’ve had 5 interviews and 1 second interview and have applied to over 100 jobs. This nightmare has only reinforced my anti-capitalist viewpoint on work, because why is finding jobs to apply to a full time job in and of itself???? Absolutely horrible!!!!!
Is this workplace sexual harassment?
I m(18) just started working at McDonald’s about a month ago. I’ve been doing good and have made friends with some of the staff there. However, these 3 kitchen ladies (all Hispanic with limited English proficiency) have begun complimenting me and telling me how “handsome I am”. It struck me as odd and definitely out of the ordinary but I shrugged it off at first. It progressed into one of them asking for my number and consistently texting me after work or at night. I eventually just left her on delivered. As of the writing of this it has now evolved to a point where I feel increasingly uncomfortable working with these ladies and do my best to avoid them. They now refer to me as “guapo” (handsome in Spanish) instead of my name because they have difficulty pronouncing it. For example, they are restocking a cooler cabinet and are…
You can only be successful if we say so
My friend shared this post. I guess she wants to make sure her kids get a “real” job.