Month: July 2023

I work in Saas sales as a sales assistant and I'm commissioned 20% on a contract. Since I work on the French market, everything is in Euro but I'm from another country and working remote. So, a client signs a 1500€ contract and 20% of that is mine, that is, 300€ which means 15,000 Units(I won't put currency to not give away location) since 1€ = 50units of my country's currency. Earning 15,000units would mean about half my salary. Now the commission slip comes and it is written 20% commission as 300units from my country's currency instead of 300€. I thought there was a mistake but no. Instead of doing the conversion of 1€=50units they took 1500€ and converted it to 1500units. They gave me the bullshit reason that standard of life is not the same this is why they counted it as 1€=1 unit. I find it unfair because…

I am 32. I work at a luxury retail store. I am stuck in a cycle. When I start a new job, I am happy, have a positive outlook, I am motivated, I have hope for the future. But then the cracks begin to show. I become passionate about the job. I don’t come to work to make friends, still I try to get along with everyone and not be a miserable partner. I try to do my job well, from the tasks to the interpersonal relationships. But the cracks begin to show. I love my coworkers. I always think they are exceptionally smart and too good to be doing what we do. I feel the same for myself. But sometimes I wish they did more to contribute to our collective success. I am frustrated by their lack of respect and callous disregard for how hard I try to work…

So I began this job not long ago in a certain road construction field and recently we’ve been having extreme heat, over 40 degrees celsius with humidity and I had to do a 13 hour shift, standing in the sun without shade. Another employee came to replace me for 30 minutes in the morning so I could cool off a bit, which was nice. Three hours passed and I mentioned I was gonna need a small break from the sun soon, and despite drinking lots of water and eating I was getting pretty weak from the heat but no one was available to take my place. It was around 1 pm, when the temperature was starting to peak. I had to ask again and only then did someone show up (not even from the same company) cause at this point I felt like I was about to pass out.. only…

So, ever since the first day I walked in and met the guy, he's been condescending, belittling, talks down to me, makes me the butt of these little quips or jokes (that feel fairly mean-spirited), so from the beginning, this guy has made me feel like shit and seemed to be doing it on purpose. I work security, and we've recently gone from unarmed to armed (under some sketchy circumstances and procedures), and the day I passed my firing qualification, I asked for clarification (so I don't show up to work with a GUN when I shouldn't have it, or that I don't have it when I should) on when we start carrying, he loses his shit, accuses me of not reading the emails or message board at work (I make a point to do both, my memory is just imperfect) and threatened my job, all because I asked one…

I've been working as an overnight janitor at a hotel for the last six months and it's been a drain, physically and mentally. It would have been more bearable if my boss was not a passive agressive asshat who only communicated with me when they had something to complain about. She never made her demands clear and would prefer passing down orders indirectly, via people who were very bad at communicating it. After tonight, I'm done. I am not capable of forcing myself to carry one more trashbag or cpean an inch of the floor for a bunch of assholes who don't appreciate me. I left my boss a short and sweet text: “I quit, good luck”

Serious question, I get recommended this subreddit a lot but I never understood the idea behind it. I understand if someone would be the idea of working to barely be able to survive, I'm not a fan myself either, but what is the alternative exactly according to you? Is it a political/economical no movement that you wanna change the system or society? Or is it a personal movement like FIRE movement (financial independence retire early)? Any help would be appreciated.