Month: July 2023

About 7 months ago I unfortunately had to move positions in the same company. The department I'm now in, as I've come to learn, is one not many people are willing to work in. So within 7 months a few ppl have left and suddenly I'm the 'Senior' in a position I've barely finished training for. I've been assigned the role of two people while they look to hire. Currently work has been light and I was in shock at the news so I didn't bring up financial compensation when it happened but performance reviews are coming up and I think it would be a good time to ask for a raise, even if it's just temporary. However I've never advocated for myself in a work setting and I'm not sure how much is too much to ask for; any advice? It's a remote job($16/hr) situated in NY.

Look we all need help at work and we're going to give someone a helping hand which is a great thing, but management always tries to make it a regular thing and for free. Look, I have 0 issue with helping folks just pay me more to do it within a fair range to do it.

So I work at john deere and I had a car appointment at 9am. Well they flipped me to first shift the following week and I had mentioned this car appointment. I thought it was 3pm but it was at 9am and I needed to get this done for transportation. They still counted it as unexcused. 🤦 just goes to show I'm just a number really and I'm 5 months in.

Hi guys, I am on the verge of: 1) Embracing a normal career, make the parents proud, earning 10k or more a month in a few years, working 5 days a week, from 8h30 to 17h30, living what I identify as an “NPC”/”Normie” life. I think I could manage it if I find the right position where I do not have to deal with too many assholes and having colleagues that would also be cynical about their situation. and 2) Following passions, relying on parent's wealth like a leech to help me if I don't make money, travelling, trying to make businesses, trying to be able to work as little as possible as fast as possible. ​ 2 is way more risky… but could be more rewarding. But it makes you feel like shit because you do not do things like society, family and so on expects you to. 1…

Rant: I’m taking two weeks in August to go to Europe. It was planned and informed (multiple times) since January. I work for a large European Corp and August is usually pretty dead anyway so it normally should not be a problem. I would be taking these two weeks no matter where in the world because it also aligns with my husbands calendar and the school closure calendar, no summer camps in my area the last two weeks of August. New boss since January is a very driven slave driver with no children or work life balance, suddenly says „next year we need to plan our vacations better, just because Europe shuts down doesn’t mean that we do. We still have a business to run“. Stunned I just sat there not saying anything. I left back to my desk without saying anything. What I really want to say is: When…

My life went to hell at the beginning of the month and so I've been going to interviews and each time it's the same thing. Jump threw the hoops, waste time and gas just to be told they've filled the job internally. They also don't communicate at all about their timelines, when they want start dates etc. To the point that I'm now convinced the teacher shortage isn't because no one wants to be a teacher but because the school districts are just run that incompetently. I'm starting to feel like if they are going to waist my time and gas I should be billing for my time and gas. LIke I know none of these cheep bastards would pay me, but I want to give them a taste of their own time-wasting bullshit.