Month: July 2023

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this “confession”, but some of you might find it helpful/inspiring. Around the start of 2019, I found myself jobless and homeless, none of which was my responsibility. Being a vet, I qualified for both Medicaid and guaranteed job assistance. They found me a job doing customer service for a mortgage company. I'm a leftist (bordering on anarchy) so this was NOT my dream job, by a long shot. But I needed to get back on my feet, so I swallowed my pride and showed up for training. After about 3 weeks, They told me that I would be working the FORECLOSURE lines. I felt like quitting right then, but I talked to my instructor and took the weekend to think it over. On Monday, I showed up for the rest of my training with a new outlook on the job.…

At the start of the Summer, I picked up an hourly position with a small Cafe that was preparing to open a second location. My position was not defined and I never signed anything except the basic paperwork and employee Handbook acknowledgement. I've effectively taken on a Consulting role without the title, and am doing everything from overseeing and programming the new POS system, ordering, staff training, menu development and more. I am and have been GROSSLY underpaid, when I've attempted to bring this up with the owner, he plays dumb and talks anecdotally about how he's been unable to give raises in the past. This has been annoying, but this has also been a part time job as I'm focusing on my personal business, and I'm really just doing this for extra funds. That was until it started taking over everything. More and more was demanded and I allowed…

Why does it feel like when I interview for a corporate role I have to sell my soul to get hired? Makes me hate the corporate world and what it represents.

Mid-June I took a job that had been 9-5 for several years. A week in my supervisor resigns and the new interim has decided to expand the hours that my colleague and I are in the office to work on the weekends. I now have Thursday off and am expected to work from 10-7pm on Saturdays, and three days during the week my hours have shifted to 12pm to 8:30pm. This feels ridiculous. My girlfriend lives about 45 minutes away and we were staying with each other for a couple days, this really throws a wrench in that and is not what I signed up for.

Honestly, a lot of things have been going down at my current job including upper management stealing commissions from workers, not respecting contract terms, giving us a hard time if we spend more than 5 mins in the bathroom and saying the door is open if we don't like it etc… The other day they threatened to fire me because I was demotivated, demotivated because THEY stole my commissions. Today they fired a coworker who was a top performer and just behind me in sales figures. The official news were that they fired him because he was not meeting expectations. But, our direct manager told us they fired him as an EXAMPLE, that we shouldn't fight with management for stuffs like commissions or breach of contracts, because they can fire anybody at will if we are trying to go against what they say.

The job I work at literally offers no benefits, I'm a full-time worker. I don't even get paid days off until I've worked there for a YEAR, and even after a year I'll get a whole 5 days off for the next year. Like is this a joke? How is this legal? I also only get 6 holidays, and only 3 of them are paid, imagine that. No health benefits of any kind either of course. I work $13/hour, which is above average where I live, as disgusting as that sounds. Pretty much all other coworkers that have been there less than a year make $9/hour or even $8/hour. The only reason I make as much as I do is cause I had leverage from I prior job I used to make $17/hour at before I was let go. I know my worth and $13/hour is less than that. My…

The job I work at literally offers no benefits, I'm a full-time worker. I don't even get paid days off until I've worked there for a YEAR, and even after a year I'll get a whole 5 days off for the next year. Like is this a joke? How is this legal? I also only get 6 holidays, and only 3 of them are paid, imagine that. No health benefits of any kind either of course. I work $13/hour, which is above average where I live, as disgusting as that sounds. Pretty much all other coworkers that have been there less than a year make $9/hour or even $8/hour. The only reason I make as much as I do is cause I had leverage from I prior job I used to make $17/hour at before I was let go. I know my worth and $13/hour is less than that. My…

She worked for a medical supply company that recently gotten new management. That new management has made shaking people down for money and holding ostomy supplies out of reach until people pay up on late bills a priority. She and half her team were laid off today, leaving two people total running their phones. To get her severance (one month's pay) she has to sign a contract stating she won't discuss the severance amount with her former coworkers. She's not signing but she sure is looking for a lawyer.

So I started a new job today as a maintenance worker for a large hotel chain. I arrived and was shown around and told how things work. I felt good about it so far. Then the Manager introduces me to the other guy doing the same job just less hours. Within maybe 10 minutes we were alone chatting and I decide to ask him what his hourly pay rate is. He soon found out I was making 3$ an hour more than him. He had been there for about 2 months at this point. I go about doing a couple small projects and fixing things , he disappeared for like an hour. Couldn't find him. All of a sudden I was called into the office via radio and told “you said an inappropriate remark about someone's penis size and an employee overheard you” “This isn't going to work out” Was…

I work a high-stress corporate job in a role that wholly depends on your direct managers and supervisors for your quality of life. I've been with the company for almost 4 years. My first 2 years, my direct boss was literally Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada. Emotional abuse, passive aggression, threats, long hours. I gained weight, had panic attacks, cried at my desk, and my husband begged me to quit regardless of the salary. Over the last year I've changed to a phenomenal team, my direct boss is more of a friend than a supervisor, and I've learned a lot from his mentorship. My marks and reviews have been flawless, and although I don't plan to stay here forever, due to personal reasons (financial, caring for family, my husband's immigration process), this is a solid place to stay for the next year or so. My issue is that every…