Month: July 2023

I live in a country that guarantees 10 days paid sick leave. I found out one coworker (a millennial) at work took time off because she had bronchitis. When she came back, she said “I feel better and poorer”. I said “Why do you feel poorer? You had paid sick leave”. She told me “I just asked for it to be unpaid. I felt bad for the company. It's not their fault I was sick”. Shocked, I reiterated to her that this is a right that every full-time worker in this country is entitled to when they're sick. I told her next time she should take it, just like I do when I'm sick. More pressingly, when the boss is sick, you can guarantee he's still getting paid. But here I am, still in shock and actually a little angry, because I see this kind of shit happening all over…

I had worked for Starbucks for 5 years prior to getting a desk job. I was so used to running around like crazy getting different things done. Now, I am nowhere near as busy. I enjoy being busy. I feel that if anyone sees that I’m not busy all the time that I’ll get into trouble or they will think I’m of no use and get rid of me. Most of the days it is slow while some days a moderately busy. Is that just cooperate culture? Does everyone just pretend they’re busy and actually just do nothing? I don’t know why I connect being busy and productive to success…

I thought the point of unlimited PTO was that it was unlimited… im never behind on my work, if people take days off we always work and schedule around it. Nothing has been late. I have a great team who cover for each other when needed. I get a message from my manager reminding me that Ive already taken 30 days off this year, and im coming up close to the company average. I didnt think anything of it at first but im feeling like its was a passive aggressive way of letting me know Im getting close to a limit when there shouldn’t technically even be a limit. I was taking days off this year under the impression our PTO was actually unlimited, now I feel like ive used up too many days and im probably not going to be able to take time off for the rest of…

I thought the point of unlimited PTO was that it was unlimited… im never behind on my work, if people take days off we always work and schedule around it. Nothing has been late. I have a great team who cover for each other when needed. I get a message from my manager reminding me that Ive already taken 30 days off this year, and im coming up close to the company average. I didnt think anything of it at first but im feeling like its was a passive aggressive way of letting me know Im getting close to a limit when there shouldn’t technically even be a limit. I was taking days off this year under the impression our PTO was actually unlimited, now I feel like ive used up too many days and im probably not going to be able to take time off for the rest of…

Fortune Article On Lawsuit from Uber, Doordash & Grubhub

Fortune Article On Lawsuit from Uber, Doordash & Grubhub

Hello, everyone. Long time lurker in need of a vent. I’m in tech. Was laid off from a role (also in tech) I really liked last year in a mass layoff and found my current role. It seemed perfect at the time. Better pay than my last job, better title, great culture (so I thought lol), and amazing boss (who turned out to be a terrible person). Well, fast-forward to now, I’m coming up on my year mark. Since January, they’ve been “stretching” me to step into a director-level position (currently a manager). Two weeks ago, my boss told me she talked to HR about what the raise will be that comes with the promotion. HR told her I’m not getting one and shouldn’t expect one for a while. (No one is getting a raise — not just me.) Well, my boss is a corporate girl through and through. And…

Hello, everyone. Long time lurker in need of a vent. I’m in tech. Was laid off from a role (also in tech) I really liked last year in a mass layoff and found my current role. It seemed perfect at the time. Better pay than my last job, better title, great culture (so I thought lol), and amazing boss (who turned out to be a terrible person). Well, fast-forward to now, I’m coming up on my year mark. Since January, they’ve been “stretching” me to step into a director-level position (currently a manager). Two weeks ago, my boss told me she talked to HR about what the raise will be that comes with the promotion. HR told her I’m not getting one and shouldn’t expect one for a while. (No one is getting a raise — not just me.) Well, my boss is a corporate girl through and through. And…

I have had it. I am starting the process to unionize for Amazon tech workers. Time to give it to the man. If they fire me for it, they will get it.