Month: April 2023

I recently got a job that was advertised as WFH. I asked in the interview as well, and they confirmed. They had requirements about my wifi speed, so I arranged for an upgrade. They also said I need space for three monitors, so I bought a new desk. Also, I just did all my summer clothing shopping and I did not buy any office attire because I was told I will not need any. I am a student so I have a limited number of business formal outfits. Now I am told to meet in the office on my first day “as I will be working from there”. This may mean I am working there for my first day/week which I don’t mind, but I took this job because it was WFH. My last job was on-site and I had trouble eating healthily and I got major burnout from masking…

I've been working in tech for a while now, but I've also been in school so they've used that as an excuse to underpay me by over 50% of my positions market value. Daily I'll go to work early in the day and deal with bullshit from boomers who want everything right now and from executives who don't understand we are needed. Then I get on the 2 hour bus ride back home and read or study on the way. When I get home its workout routines, attending classes and studying, while also studying stuff like networking, programming, robotics, and foreign languages. I'm up until the early morning and cant lessen the workload since I have deadlines coming up that I need to be ready for. Well, I finally convinced them, after the CEO had a temper tantrum at me because of basic things and was screaming, that I can…

I was terminated after on medical leave last week after suffering from a manic episode. I thought the CIA and NSA had infiltrated the company and I accused 3 employees of being spies. After getting cleared by the doctor the company terminated me saying I violated company handbook policy. No severance, no nothing. Sucks man.

So today is my last day at my retail management job. I just found out I passed the background check for my new job last night and am ready to be done with my current position. I’ve always given notice so I’m not sure how to do this. Do I tell my manager this morning that it’s my last day? Or do I leave my keys on her desk at the end of the day to find tomorrow morning? I know either way she’s going to be pissed and I really hate confrontation. I’m just not sure of what to do. The ingrained guilt of not giving any notice is making this tough for me.

Background: I'm an electrical engineer by education. 15 months ago I changed to the current job and had been happy until about 3 weeks ago. Boss was reasonable and shielded us from a lot of BS coming from above. I got over a 50% pay rise from my previous job too so that was nice. What BS, you may ask? I work in Test & Measurement sales. Like any sales organization we have a sales goal thrust upon us by upper management. Our 2022 sales goal was YOY 29% higher than the previous year. Just ridiculous. Then they took away a pretty major product line that could have helped grow the business. Basically the sales goal was impossible. Because the sales goal was impossible, two sales managers left. I think I should also discuss the structure a bit. Our sales department is responsible for all North, Central, and South America.…