Month: July 2023

So the place I work at did a lunch-and-learn. Basically got a speaker to come during lunch to talk about a specific topic. This person talked about how to be better during conversations. I didn’t think it would be helpful, so I didn’t attend. As it wasn’t a requirement. Now they sent a survey out about the meeting and even want people who didn’t attend to put why they didn’t. I didn’t go because I didn’t want to and ran an errand during that lunch break. Those surveys are supposed to be “anonymous”, but let’s be real, they know. So what should I put as my answer?

I’ll try to keep this brief. The owners of my current workplace at a small franchise fired the GM (and, just to be clear, they had no good reason to fire her, but I digress). They said they’d promote me, the assistant manager of the store, to the position. A month later, nothing has come of it. I’ve frequently been the only person in charge there, as the owners have been in and out. Usually, the owners are just there for a few hours in the morning till I get there, then they bolt. I’m still being paid like an assistant, of course, even though I’m often the only person in charge there running the store while I’m there. I’ve asked them a couple times what their plans are with me, and they keep giving me wishy-washy half-assed answers about “eventually.” Today, I find out that in August, they plan…

I work for a very small marketing agency. One of our clients (let's call them G) recently hired themselves a new marketing manager (will call her A) who has apparently shrank my company's roles with G. Bottom line – my team hates A. They're always talking shit about this poor woman in our Slack channels; what she's wearing, her not-so-great financial situation, how she talks. I don't know A at all, but my team’s behavior seems gross regardless of how annoying she may be. About a couple weeks ago, my team set up a fucking sting operation to sabotage A. They had someone else email A asking for marketing/branding help and offering pay in exchange for her services. A wrote back and said she'd be thrilled to learn more. Curtain drop. My team started celebrating A's demise, sending screenshots to G's CEO and everything. “BUSTED!” with celebratory emojis and further…

sorry if this has been asked before – but I am dealing with something and where else to ask but here. I got a slice of cake. the dude picked it from the glass shelf and put it in a box. and then asked me 15% tip or 18% tip. he did the same to the lady in front of me – who ordered a lemon loaf or something. I know people are divided with 'if you can't afford tip, don't go out' vs 'tipping is crazy'. what is right response to someone when they ask tip – and I don't feel like tipping – because the service was non-existent. ​ ​

Two days ago now. I didn’t actually expect them to call me but I asked for a manager at this clothing store so I can introduce myself and tell them I applied. Mind you they have two large now hiring signs outside. I asked for the manager and she came out of her office. Asked what position I applied and my availability. I told her which one and that it’s open. Asked if I could write my name and number down which I did, told me she’ll call me. No call back. I know yesterday was a holiday but like.. fuck. Yes I’ve applied to other places but this one is the most convenient for me due to locations and time of day/hours. Fuck

I've worked at this health care facility for about 5 years. The pay is poor to say the least, but the work load (at least used to be) relatively light and the environment relatively stress free. but since covid it's taken a complete nose dive in the moral of staff and the amount if work expected from us keeps going up. So, I went on call some months ago. I'm getting older and my back just can't handle the amount of physical work, that seems to keep increasing. (Not the same with the fucking pay of course!) anyways, I picked up a NOC (overnight) shift last night for the holiday pay. I'm sick today. I haven't called in for long time, and of course the scheduler starts giving me the classic sob story “we've already had so many call ins! bla bla bla” not my problem. So, I say “oh…