Month: May 2023

Trigger warning: Self harm and suicide Hi everybody. This is my very first post. Hope I am not breaking any rules. The following is a very long and challenging read. Before I start please know that this was a few years ago and I am absolutely fine now and have much better support than I had back then. This is just the worst work experience I have ever had and I thought some people might be interested in what happened, as well as learn from my experiences so should they find themselves in my position they have a little more perspective. Ten years ago I lost my brother to suicide. It was completely out of the blue. He had never spoken to anybody about any mental health issues and I don’t know how long he’d been battling with depression. That night the insidious voice in his head said the right…

I’ve spoken on this platform before about my (now former) boss and how she spied on all her employees and attempted to write them up or fire them for “talking badly about her”. Well, there was a rumor floating around that she had gotten a stern talking to over that, and I had heard it from one of the other women in my dept. We and a bunch of other women from my dept were standing around having coffee in the break room when she said it and I responded “Hm I dont know she just went on vacation to see her sister, whatever.” And walked away. Later that day I got called into the boss’s office and met with a write up for “talking badly about boss’s name” because I engaged in speculation that she got in trouble for doing exactly what she was attempting to do to me.…

I am fed up with my job, particularly my supervisor. She micromanages me to death and it seems like every day she's found something to pick at me for. I want to quit so badly but I am scared because I make the majority of the income for my family (spouse, two kids) and carry the medical insurance through my employer. My spouse makes about $20/hr and has never really made much more than that in the nearly 14 years we've been together. With credit card debt, the impending return of student loans payments, our mortgage, utilities and other bills, and childcare for our youngest, I don't even know how we'd make ends meet if I wasn't carrying the financial burden. But… I am miserable. I cried the entire hour of therapy yesterday because I am so depressed. I even went as far as taking 5 weeks of FMLA in…

Throwaway account because you never know who can doxx even from shit like this. I’m in middle management in education environment. Im so fucking over it. My job does not need to exist – my team are competent and just get their shit done, I usually don’t even track their hours anymore as long as they get the job done. I feel like I’m on standby to make decisions on minor shit that doesn’t need a manager to approve because staff can solve the problem between themselves. I feel like I’m just watching other people do their jobs and then going and telling someone else what they’re doing and how I’m doing well because they’re doing well. What the fuck? I haven’t added any value to their work. TLDR; I have a bullshit job that doesn’t need to exist because my staff know what they’re doing.

The company that I work at is, for all intents and purposes, a shit place to work. The money is pretty good and the employees are nice, however after staying there a while, most people realise that no amount of money is worth the terrible work/life balance or negative effect on mental health. When people first start, they are asked to write a glassdoor review. As they are usually in the honeymoon phase, it's always 5 stars and super positive. However, occasionally, when someone leaves, they will write an honest review about what it's like working there (usually one star). Somehow, the company manages to take these reviews down in a few days and maintain their 5 star status. Does anyone know how this could be allowed?!

Should I have been more harsh about the severity of this issue? and what would I do if he just ignores this or retaliates? Message I sent to him.

I’ve been in my current position (fully remote) since I was hired by my current company (also fully remote) 2 years ago. The job responsibilities were very clear when I was hired and have been the same the entire time I’ve been working. My team had our old AMAZING boss replaced at the beginning of this year (I think to get someone else in that would be a lower salary). The new boss sent an email to the team on Friday saying that we are getting our job responsibilities changed over the next few weeks without giving us any say in the matter. They are nearly doubling our current workload for each one of us. My boss said they will be covering the details more in depth in our team meeting next week, but I have a feeling this doesn’t come with a pay increase whatsoever. I’m very frustrated because…