Month: July 2023

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…

I was told by my boss that he had to do evals on his team. I don't know all the details, but things like having a heart attack still count on the eval. That's cold. We both think HR is looking for any excuse to trim the fat. Even though that guy that had the heart attack, hasn't missed a day in 3 years since.

I recently submitted to an fingerprinting background check for a job that I been on for nearly a year. Some how they forgot to conduct it when they offered the job to me. I was very conflicted when doing the fingerprinting because I did not know whether I should or shouldn’t disclose because it was 30yrs ago while I was a teenager and I was granted YOA status. So I decided to disclose based off my duties as a licensed Social Worker. Well, I received a letter from HR informing me that since I said yes to having a criminal history, I needed to submit documents and a corresponding letter statement to what happen. Keep in mind the offense did not involve children, elderly, disabled persons or any heinous crimes. I am currently freaking out because I disclosed at my own free will and now I feel guilty for doing…

Fucking hell, I wasted my 20s doing whatever jobs that I ended up in until earning a master’s degree at 28 only to waste a few more years as a sellout careerist. That whole youth period which I should have been enjoying hard were the last good years, and I had no idea as they passed me by from one shift to the next or in the short time between shifts. I have always known that nature can sneak up and ruin you for no reason even if you “live right” like I do with no alcohol or drugs, a healthy diet, daily exercise, and adequate sleep, but as with every other victim of nature, I really did think that it was not going to happen to me because my temperance must be worth something, right? It was not. I am no longer working a “real job” as I no…

In short, there’s virtually no PTO. At maximum, you get 3 days and they’re accrued at 1 day every 4-5 months. There’s no vacation time until after 1 year and it’s only 5 days. After already agreeing to work OT with a varying schedule, what more do they want from someone?

This one really stuck with me because it was the most unpleasant experience I had with an US employer. I used to place international workers with US employers, and there was this one instance in which a client asked me to fire one of them because she hadn't shown up to work in too long without notice. This struck me as odd as we're very strict on notices, so I reviewed her file, turned out that not only did she give a notice about needing some days, they were also previously approved by her boss so she had no case. As I reviewed the requests for days off, it was some days because she had COVID (when it was still quite deadly) and then because her dad had died and she had to grieve him and also take care of many legal matters. In an attempt to “make everyone happy”…