Month: July 2023

I've been in the service industry for 5 years now. Been working back of house as a cook. I feel so trapped and I absolutely hate what the industry has put me through. I've been trying to leave for months now, redid my resume, made it look real nice and way more professional. I worked in printing for 3 years before I went into the industry. I just feel like no matter how hard I try I'm never going to get out of the industry. I don't know what I even want to do. I just know that it's not cooking anymore. I feel so frustrated. I've been denied well over thirty jobs in my area. So I thought, well let's try going back to school. I'm hopeful to be able to start that soon, take a few classes I would need in order to start a trade (ie, electrician)…

Hey all, I am going to be starting my new job next week. Training starts as soon as my first day and that schedule is set for the next several months. Now I’ve been told since my facility is 24 hours, they may need me after market hours (since it is a brokerage job) and on the weekends after my training is over and the shift bid process starts. My question is this: how do I go about picking a set schedule after my training is completed when I don’t do much or plan on doing much outside of work? I of course have preferences such as not working weekends and having the 9-5. But since again it’s a 24/7 facility, they may want people working odd hours. And I certainly don’t want to work those odd hours and be stuck there forever because once that set schedule is set,…

I am wondering what the best source is to find specifically recent corporate scandals or reports on failures of corporate responsibility. Examples might be excessive pollution, firing ethics teams, bribery, unsafe working conditions, busting unions, etc. I am trying to find good material for students that will be updated rather than picking out a handful of historical scandals or issues that make it appear as if such failures are rare. Are there any sort of business-watch organizations that comb and aggregate those kinds of news stories? E.g. In the same way that other advocacy groups will gather news that affects women's rights, or LGBTQIA+ rights, or drug legalization, or death penalty news, etc? It seems like there would be, but I don't know the name of any such org. I think that this relates to this forum because these sorts of behaviors are directly relevant to work-life and the way…

Sounds like a great perk, but how many people actually get to take off as much time as they want? If you’ve had this does you/your team get assigned so much work taking off becomes hard? Seems like a good way to get out of paying accrued PTO time when someone leaves.

Gonna be fairly vague but I work in the federal sector in the US and got an interesting thing possibly occurring. Long story short COVID screwed my lungs up and now have permanent asthma which my workplace exacerbates on a daily basis. I asked to be moved based on a reasonable accommodation as my current work position is causing almost all of my issues when having to use a respirator or enter a small confined space. I was told by leadership they might be forcing me to medically retire instead of helping me laterally transfer. I was very “wtf” in the situation. I’ve been in this position for nearly 7 years and only had issues since last year and my leadership has been nothing but brick walls constantly. Even more annoying is I’ve seen people with similar conditions in other crews get moved laterally no problem and I’m actually more…

For 6 years I was an ICU nurse, having worked strictly COVID ICU for the last 2 years. My parents always told me how much they were proud of me during this time even though I was still struggling mentally and financially, getting no sleep, working in horrible conditions, and unknowingly developing PTSD. I finally had enough and quit nursing one day with no back-up plan. I view my nursing career as a net loss because even after working 6 years straight including OT (some of it mandatory OT) I still have over $20,000 in student loans except now I have PTSD that has made it hard to hold down any job, let alone a healthcare job which is the only field at all I have any experience in (I’ve never even waited tables). If anyone tells me they are considering nursing, I tell you it is likely the biggest…

I might be getting paranoid but I hope y'all will understand… I became “antiwork” after seeing my father spend his whole life working over 60 hours a week in a high corporate job and slowly losing family, friends and anything that matters due to being focused exclusively on getting promoted. I tought my SO understood my stance on the matter, and they've said to be “antiwork” as well several times, but since they got a desk job their behaviour has been… worrying. They've started obeying every request from their boss, from having to drive hours away on minimal notice, to giving up days of remote work in order to be present for important meetings. Today they just announced to me that we wouldn't make it to the gym like we planned since they have to work half an hour past their usual time. This is their first “important job” after…

I’m a temp to perm employee for a local gov office. I’ve been here six months and found out today that the position I was moving into (call center style position) is now being filled by someone else from outside our office. I wish I could say I was surprised, but I’ve been expecting this for the past couple of months. Most all other temp employees in the office have been hired on permanently and were well established in the office before they were perm, I don’t even have an email. I manage the lobby currently in place of a security guard, which they are hiring for atm. Once they find one, there will now no longer be a position for me to fill and I’ll certainly be let go. I’ve been applying to various places for a month now and finally have an interview this week, just hoping it…

I work from home and do a pretty important job. I work with a team and we do very well together b/c of how self-sufficient we are. If someone needs help we reach out but otherwise, we don't need to communicate and everyone is okay with that. We are extremely busy so we don't have time to chat anyways. Well, a few months ago our current manager was fired and replaced with someone else who already oversees another department. This person has had a reputation for micro mangement so we were rightfully worried. Not even a few weeks later and the annoyance started. This new manager is always trying to socialize and get us to interact with each other even though we have expressed that we have no interest in it nor a need for it. He thinks that this will make our job better when in fact it does…

I’ve learned the hard way that the only reward for hard work is more work so lately I’ve been avoiding when possible. I used to pride myself in my ability to go above and beyond so that I’m prepared for any and all situations, but all that has led to is being a walking door mat. Now if I’m done with my work early I won’t say anything or if I know how to do something I won’t offer to help to anyone. My boss has mentioned that wants me to assist him with his work but since he’s been busy, he wants me to remind him to train me. I’ve casually “reminded” him 3 times during moments I knew he’d forget about and that’s it, I don’t plan on reminding him again. I know it’s work that could probably help me further my career in my field of work,…