Month: July 2023

So short story I live in a medical weed state, currently work full time with heavy machinery and saws so I only smoke and consume in my evenings. I have had workers comp before where I was asked for a copy of my medical card from the lab and my employer was told I passed my drug screen. I’m now looking for other work and have gotten along great with an interview. Asked about a drug test and to me I never lied, stated I can pass one without issues. Sadly was called by the lab that’s in another state that ran my test stated they have to let my employer know even though I have a medical card. Now I’m not asking about hippa laws, I understand it’s still federal. What I need to know is should I call my future work place and explain what happened and that…

This happened a long time ago. A friend and I got relocated from our cubicle to a corner office just down the hall from the Directors. It was available and I had asked about the chance to use it. This office was AWESOME! It had full windows on the two outside walls. I felt like we hit the lottery. The next day we come in and 5' high cubicle partitions had been put up blocking the windows. Another friend was in facilities and responsible for the move. I asked her what the deal was. She said (pointing down the hall) “They (the Directors) didn't like that you all had windows.” (I guess they considered our level to be too low for that kind of “perk.”) Still a nice office. Or so it seemed. As the day went on and light came in through the windows – and heat being trapped…

​ Here is my selection of tips, refined after decades in the computer industry, to make office life as bearable as possible. ​ Lynx (text-based browser). Gnu screen (quickly switch screens within a terminal window). ctrl-a twice, lynx changes to a vi editor with the file you've been editing all morning. Always carry a notebook or printout when wandering the halls. Go to and from the printer if you feel like stretching your legs. Print things out because maybe you need to read hard-copy rather than staring at a screen, to lessen eye strain. Bring only a laptop to the office, No briefcase/backpack, etc. If the climate makes this impractical, see if you can stash your items (jacket, backpack, etc) in the locker room. This is to make an abrupt departure from the building more practical. In my experience, better to just go than ask the boss for permission to…

Exactly as the title says. I was helping this guy on the phone with a report he wanted done. He was complaining because it was blank and I told him, “it’s because you haven’t added any templates to populate the information you are wanting.”. I tried to walk him through the process of how to add these templates (which is as simple as a couple of clicks) but he just laughed passive aggressively and said “I don’t want to learn how to do it, “I just want it done.”. He made the whole phone call a pain in the ass. Why are these guys so resistant to learning things when they are the ones in charge and should be knowledgeable on matters like this?

Story time: a long time ago when I was looking for a job I decided to apply to a job that seemed cool to me. Nothing extraordinary until I decided to test a new tactic : calling them to be sure they received my cv and maybe try to present myself to them. I found somebody from the departement and called her, it goes approximately like that: « Hi Ms, I’m X calling for the job offer » « Hi X, Which job offer are you talking about? » « It’s to become marketing assistant » « That’s not possible I’m the only marketing officer here and I am not aware of any job offer » «  Really sorry maybe I have the wrong business, am I calling Y? I have Mister AH as person of contact on the job offer. » « That’s my boss, and that’s my job » Follow a minute of being extremely mad on her side…

I have recently resigned from my teaching position at a TEP school. We were an outplacement school for behavior. I knew it was going to be tough but I never in a million years thought it would have been this bad. Admin was big into SEL (great, awesome) but refused to give consequences for behavior rather just having students talk it out. Students were bringing in guns, drugs, and knives. There were lockdowns 5 or 6 times a day for arrests and hospitalizations. When teachers and staff asked for additional resources we were told there were none available. We couldn’t even have a metal detector because they thought having a resource officer would be traumatizing. One of our specials teachers quit a month into the school year and was never replaced. Teachers were told that they were working on an alternative activity but we’d all have to lose our preps…

Edit to title: accruement So my employer is a large coffee company (not starbucks) and I am naught but a lowly assistant manager. One of my shift leads was upset that the system wasn't showing any accrued vacation time only sick time. I was informed by payroll she is not eligible for vacation time and have yet to see a response as to why. So we went digging in our company's policies and found you do no accrue any vacation time if you don't consistently work 35-40 hours a week. I can't afford to schedule everyone for more than 30 hours because corporate doesn't give me enough hours to spread around since they are forcing all assistant and store managers acrosd the company to work 45 hours (only paying us for 40 btw! Thanks salaried positions being overtime exempt in MA) After I schedule me and the SM thats 90…

She made mistakes, she gets it and making a true effort in improving. She’s stifling her personality that gets her in trouble according to her and broke down various times crying. She was disciplined for some behavior but this was months ago. Her subordinates are ganging up on her and claiming outlandish stuff that I know for a fact is a reach. It feels like game of thrones. Either way she wants out. Any recommendations on how to file for unemployment under constructive discharge would be greatly appreciated. She’s job hunting but it’s going slow and her mental health is declining. I told her to document everything, make copies of everything she’s allowed to and keep her cool no matter what. We’re reaching out to a labor lawyer to see if getting help with an exit strategy would make sense. I’m hoping between her therapist and the lawyer we can…

Hello, I am a senior in college and entering graduate school in the Fall. I currently work 20 hours per week. I can’t work more than that according to my position. My manager, upon learning I may be staying as a 20-hour employee due to graduate school, has threatened within the next year to either force me into a 30 hour position or release me. I get paid a bonus for only working 20 hours, and he comments on it very often. I was among one of the most productive bankers in our direst last year, and was even awarded my job’s most prestigious award for production and excelling in my role. Still, he wants to let me go. We argue often, and threatens to fire me very often also. What would you do?

I work in the restaurant industry. At my current job I’m on my feet 8+ hours a day with zero breaks (yes, I’m told this is illegal where I live but I have no other options right now and we’re not union.) I’m a new employee and I find myself at a loss for what to do at times. I’m often left waiting for further instructions or for an opportunity to ask a question about what to do next or where things go. My coworkers have come down hard on me for “standing around doing nothing” when I don’t know what it is that I’m supposed to be doing. The “standing” that I do lasts for maybe 15-20 seconds before someone says something. I think it’s unreasonable, especially if we’re not getting breaks. Every time I try to pick something up, someone beats me to it (sweeping the floor, wiping…