Month: July 2023

I work at a chiropractic clinic with another girl. Our boss had a secret baby (as in she went on “personal leave” for a few months saying “she was having family issues” and then came back to work with a 3 month old baby). She now is wanting to come back to work full time, but expects me and my coworker to watch her baby while we’re working. We’re both receptionists, so this is pretty much impossible. We expressed this to her, and her response was “so decide which of you wants to sit in the back with her for the shift and which of you wants to be at the front”. We then flat out told her that we weren’t comfortable with that because it wasn’t part of our job requirements when we were hired. Her response was to then edit our training manual and write (and I’m quoting)…

This will probably be a bit long, but here goes: As the title says, I am finally leaving a toxic “work exchange”/barter after nearly three years. I started in August 2020. When I mention work exchange, I mean I worked in exchange for room and board. To begin, I wasn't exactly looking for a place to stay but saw an ad for a “live-in” role. I was living with extended family (and paying rent to them in a less-than-ideal situation). This live-in role was in a major city nearby I'd wanted to move to for years, so, of course, the role sounded too good to be true (it was). Free room and board in a major city! At first, I didn't mind the situation because when I moved in, it was during lockdown (I had my own room and bathroom), and liked the idea of a community. The environment was…

I am an opener at a popular fast food chain. Our company has a policy against an employee entering the building alone because of the risk of being robbed. After not being given a choice I have been going in and getting started since my other opener usually comes in 15 minutes late. Yesterday I was the only one there for an hour but luckily my coworker showed up when I had to unlock the door. Our manager just released the new schedule and I'm scheduled a day where I will be completely alone for 2 hours. Half of that being time that the doors will be unlocked. If I don't unlock the doors it will result in a write up or possibly losing my job. I absolutely hate the fact that I'm just a body to them.

I work in a coffee kiosk that is inside of a rather large grocery store chain. The kiosk is poorly staffed and I often times am forced to work alone for 4-6 hours. When only one person is working, store management is very upset when we leave our station for any reason. For this reason, I don't often take my 15s or my 30. At most, I take a 5 minute smoke break every few hours. When I get hungry I'll purchase one of the sandwiches we offer at the kiosk and eat it behind the counter (again, because I can't leave.) The other day, a member of upper management (I think district manager?) saw me eating and just kinda…stared at me. I had no idea what he was doing or why so I waved at him. This is when problems occurred. He walked closer to me VERY aggressively and…

I recently got let go as a front office manager for a chain hotel. I've been in the industry for the past 8 years, and made it to the GM level. I was let go in retaliation for asking for a raise for our busy season and for previously asking for health insurance, which I was entitled to months prior. I recently got my final paycheck and saw I was shorted by 6 hours. The last day I worked was a 13- hour shift where 99 of the 114 rooms checked out with 60 rooms coming in. My GM did not want to come in because she previously told the staff that she was taking that day and the previous day off. The housekeeping supervisor was recently put in the role and refused to communicate with the front desk when rooms were ready. I Also offered to help her inspect…

I quit my old job 2 weeks ago (for a better work environment, better commute, and better pay) without notice because they have fired several people a week into their 2 week notice. I ran into a former co-worker and apparently me quitting hurt them bad enough that other people have heard of the financial loss they incured. They had me booked several months out for projects that they believed I would be doing, and the fact that they have problems hiring people in my position because they refuse to hire people at a higher rate than their competitors, they indeed might be fucked. From forcing me to take a 40% pay cut because they replaced my whole department with contractors, to dangling a certification for 6 months with BS training in front of me I'm glad they are taking a hit.

At my job, we have evaluation meetings that happen towards the end of each fiscal year. We discuss job performance and learn about our new wage that takes effect at the beginning of the fiscal year. Last year, evaluation meetings were in mid-May. This year, evaluation meetings were a little delayed for whatever reason, and mine was set to be mid-June. Evaluation meetings were delayed yet again because a grant opportunity came up and my boss prioritized applying for this grant. In her email, she stated this would not affect the start date of raises (7/5). My evaluation meeting was rescheduled to last Friday (6/30), the last possible day to meet before the new fiscal year. Multiple other employees also had their evaluations scheduled for that day. The office ended up being closed due to an unexpected power outage. So, when I come back to the office on 7/5 (we're…