Month: July 2023

My previous employer (PE) really did a number on me and my mental health. I quit suddenly with no notice after being treated like garbage. (Added bonus, it was the day my immediate supervisor left for vacation.) I took time off work to focus on my mental health. My medication had quit working. I had unresolved grief from a parent passing. My self esteem was shot because of that job, too. If I'm honest, the job was a poor fit. Part of why I quit is because I asked for a parity raise to match a new hire and they made up BS excuses why they couldn't. They blamed me for things that were the result of a poor manager. The usual stuff they do to get you to quit rather than admit they made a mistake. I got offered a new job today making $7 an hour more than…

I started a new job a few months back and am still under probation. I started having chronic health issues just before starting the job, so I asked for help once I started. I was told I would be contacted by a manager but that never happened. I have told my employer about my chronic illness on my first day when they had everyone fill out medical history forms. I have discussed it with the seniors in charge of me as well. During flare ups, it is easier for me to stay home then go into office. However, I have recently been told that despite the job having a hybrid aspect, I cannot work from home if I am unwell (including a chronic illness flareup). This means I am now being forced to either take sick days or go to office. The employer has also told me that there is…

For the past 9 months of my life I have been working for one of the worst human beings, which is my Manager. Before he was my Manager, he was my “friend” for the last ten plus years. He recruited me to come work for him and it has been one of the worst mistakes of my life. I've never felt so disrespected, belittled, gaslight, unvalued, under appreciated, and disgusted that I was ever friends with this person. He is so unprofessional and for the past 4 months I have been looking for a job. Well.. I finally got offed a new job! And the advice I am looking for is should I go to his Boss with my exit interview and let him know of my experience working for my Manager and blow him up? There's a lot of people here that down right hate my Manager and part…

Although there maybe disagreements and can’t agree to everything, but we can all agree that this subreddit has brought attention to all the work and employer abuse going on and gives us an open space to discuss and fight for better rights and calling out the greedy owners of this corrupt and unfair system. I appreciate the growth of this subreddit and everyone’s contribution till the final day.

Can jobs stop posting positions if they plan on hiring/interviewing internal candidates. Literally the 5th time I've made it to the final parts of the interview process, just to find out said job is also interviewing internal candidates, 10/10 they'll hire internally. Which I do understand, however don't even offer the job externally until you know for a fact you aren't hiring anybody who already works there. I'm so over it.

I work in the home services industry and our pay is 100% commission based for the work we sell and do. There’s calls we get from customers to go out and make repairs. There’s also calls for free inspection and if we find something urgent or needs to be maintained we get work by that method from free inspections. Only thing is the rate something sells on a free inspection is super low compared to a call that is having a major issue (duh,) and a lot of my coworkers believe it to be a waste of time they would literally rather wait all day for a good call then do a free inspection. Here is when becoming a team player shoots you in the foot. At our company we broken up into teams and my team got #1 in revenue last month but things started to slow down and…

The baby boomer generation and not retiring and instead going into more management and corporate positions is killing us. You can walk into a corporate office and fire anyone with a title 3 words or longer and the company would run just fine. Extra management and extra corporate overlords balloon prices it’s not as many people in the economy producing anything of value. Just adding a tariff to someone else’s services or products. Cause they have to get paid too right? Where’s that money gonna come from? From charging more and stealing workers wages. When baby boomers were entering young adulthood the economy flourished because of how much we could produce, and there was no generation equal to or greater in size right after to support them when they moved up in position, lower tier positions stayed empty. Baby boomers ever since their creation have just been this burden filled…

One of my main supervisors passed away on Monday and I was not notified until Tuesday morning when I came into work. Everyone is working back to normal and no one has mentioned his name other than just signing a card for the family. How is this the standard? How is this legit normal? I still can’t wrap my head around it. He was a very good boss and made the environment wonderful and I enjoy working here but the fact that he’s gone and everyone is still having to work is just insane.