Month: May 2023

He said “You can transfer to another branch in another area or quit but I won’t let you go to another department in our branch”. He just can’t deny my transfer because he doesn’t like the other mangers in our branch and doesn’t want them to benefit from my skills. I’m a 24 years old civil engineer and my company basically paid thousands to train me and get me certified last year. It doesn’t make sense for them to lose me now. Should I report him to his boss and HR to cause problems until he allows it or just quit?

Went to a group interview for a position at a chain grocery store yesterday trying to lock down a full-time summer job before transitioning to a part-time job in the fall when I start a master's program. The vibes were off immediately. We got a “tour” of the store where we were told all the ways we could get in trouble if we didn't follow the rules. There are a lot of rules. We were also told that in addition to the typical grocery store work we would be responsible for mantianice repairs and custodial work. They then informed us this store was a drama-free workplace (never a good sign) and that if we hated our coworkers we could do it at home. The tour guide also said that they were extremely short staffed so there wouldn't be a consistent schedule and that wouldn't change going forward as corporate was…

My husband left his job at an unnamed hospital. He is in not great health so we wanted to take his life insurance policy with us because no company would issue him a new policy. This was incredibly difficult. The company wouldn’t (and still won’t) let us pay online. Payments were “delayed”. HR was no help. Neither was the insurance company. We finally penetrated the bureaucracy and figured out how to get them to accept our premium payments. We now have to go old school and send them an actual check every quarter. I work at a different company with similar benefits. I was talking with my friend who works with our union and mediates with the benefits council. Yesterday I learned why the difficulty carrying the policy over. Our employer, his former employer and most large corporations offer employees life insurance. Ours in really generous, which is unusual. We’ve…

I couldn't get to sleep, so I decided to watch some Elon interviews. This guy is stupid incarnate. He reminded me of when I had to give public speeches in college for the 1st time. He can't formulate coherent sentences. Took at least 15 seconds to answer a difficult question. And I got so aggravated by the uuuhms, ehhs, and just being a blatant idiot. He's the 2nd richest man alive, and appears to be a complete and utter dumbass. I've worked in warehouses for some time, and I don't even think I could trust this dumbass on a forklift.

I’m a guy in my 40s and I want to paint the picture what work was like for me when entering the work force. I say this as an ally, not to brag about my fortune. I say this to show the different world that people entering the workforce face today. I got a job at a customer service call center in college (in 1998) making 11.50 an hour. I used that job to start my career. Even part time, it allowed me to pay my rent ($520 a month rent, split in half with a roommate, and about $150 in household expenses, leaving me about $100 a week for food and entertainment, which I managed to do without much trouble). The other day I was attempting to help a friends son look up job openings by showing them the various job hunting websites. I saw a posting for the…

I guess this is extremely sentimental and emotional. I literally dont see why I should even try to find something, what is even the point. Without going into too much information and detail I started with a very well paid job with great social benefits, but that job was so boring and mental killing I quit. Then I did a job I loved, but the salary was near minimum wage, even tho I loved the job it was too demanding to do 40 hours a week, so eventually because of money and some other personal problem I was fired then jumped into several different kind of job, where most of them I never keep them for more than a year. Recently I went into a burn out and was sick for nearly 2 months, the job I had killed my brain, my fun because it was extremely boring and long…

i have chronic pain and mental illnesses/developmental disabilities. i told my therapist recently that i felt bad about not being self sufficient because of not being able to work. i said i felt erased by the nature of my disabilities, that no one would ask me to walk if i couldnt use my legs. apparently, they would? because he told me i need to “learn to walk”. i told him i dont understand, and he doubled down. he said i should just, get better. and didnt even tell me how i should try to do this. refused to explain even when i asked. i have already been denied disability before. but i can't work! and my therapist wont listen, and actively insists that i'm fine and should just become able. i dont know what to do. i dont have familial support. and i can't be supported entirely by my partner.…