I quit a toxic job/boss that I was doing for the last five years, and started a new one right away, and I can say that all the anxiety disappeared over night! Two days out and its already a distant memory!!!
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Month: April 2023
“Eventually, Sherrell, shell shocked by this series of events, applied for worker’s compensation. He was asked to take time off, and when he returned his hours had been cut. Then he was terminated.”
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The Joys Of Sales
When your biggest account knows that they are your biggest account and are a cossal dick, you get e-mails like this. I wasn't even a commission employee. I just had to sit there and take his abuse for salary.
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More Hours = Same Salary?
My schedule just got updated from 4 days a week @ 48 hours to 5 days a week @ 50 hours. Four 12s turned into five 10s. If I've ever seen the fine print over what my salary covers, it was back when I was eager to even have the position in the first place, but I feel like two hours worked is two hours earned. Am I in a position to insist I be compensated for the extra time?
I need a sanity check … So, my job is requiring me to stay in a hotel in a rural area for M-F, 12 hour days, for about 3-4 months this summer. This all came out of nowhere and I only found out about this a couple of weeks ago (starting this next week). The only fortunate thing is that I'm able to drive back after the work day on Friday to be back at my place for the weekend (2.5 hour drive). There is practically nothing to do there; no healthy restaurants, no kitchenette. A lot of my hobbies involve the internet and I've been trying to build an online-based business (which is a bit of a pipe-dream but I really enjoy it) & the internet availability at this hotel is practically non-existant…so I will lose any momentum that I've built up. Any sports commitments…I cant do. I have…