Month: July 2023

I have had several jobs in a row that ended mostly due to bad circumstances and only one of them was officially on bad terms. Many of my old employers i worked for were pretty terrible. One of them in a fast food chain would use new employees’ work id to buy himself food using our income (i just got the money back from it, this was 2 years ago). One never actually paid me for months and then it turns out the lease was ending for our business space and didnt inform us until the last minute. One hated communicating with me because i worked weekends and they didnt so i never was able to communicate with management when needed and they also held it against me when i got sick or injured (made me pay for my own drug test that they required me to take to continue…

My wife and I are both leftists and we have a predictable view of the modern workplace. I work in medicine and my wife works for a nonprofit, with obvious consequences. She has a senior position, education director. However, the culture is becoming increasingly toxic. The executive director is manipulative. They play mind games with new hires. The second in command has zero understanding of work life balance and people quit every few months like clockwork. I’ve done just about all I can by giving pointers, encouraging my wife to apply for work, shit I even offered to get involved and put her boss in his place because I’m quite fighty. Help help my wife. Please share any wisdom you have to help me help her get through these next few months, for the sake of worker solidarity.

WARNING: Long Post Incoming [BUT I REALLY NEED ADVICE BADLY] 7 months ago I started working at a Bar & Grill kitchen. Typical shit. Burgers, steaks, salads, basic sandwiches, fried food etc. It was owned by a married couple who the wife recently passed away unexpectedly and was now being run by the late husband and his daughter. The business wasn’t doing great. Weekdays are mostly empty during the day, not much better at night. The money maker days were Thursday-Sat nights. They have a pretty basic food service inventory except their steaks and burgers were locally sourced (and fantastic cuts) and they had some in-house apps that were very good. The rest was your average stuff. The menu had never been changed in the 10 years they’ve been open. So I moved to the town the restaurant is in around Thanksgiving. January 5 I get hired in. The kitchen…

I had my last meeting with Management about labor day weekend since i got a reunion that weekend to go to. Pretty much the obvious they made this a one sided argument stating its unfair for others and that we all need to make sacrifices and have to follow company policy. Well ill be leaving a email the day before stating ill out of be town those days and I'll see them the next Tuesday so they can fire me. Not playing this immature bs with them anymore. How does everyone feel of this blackout policy retail has? For me it just restricting more of our lives just to make us work more even though they will replace us in a heartbeat. Either way I give a big middle finger to management and lowes corporate for their demented logic.

I just got this job a week ago and let my manager know what days I needed off this upcoming week before she made the schedule. She promptly ignored everything I said and put me on shifts during days I had appointments (therapist, allergy shots, etc). The fuck do I do? I hate working here already cause my coworkers suck, and now my manager is being shit to me too. What do I even do?

Let's be honest, you don't thank the previous dealer when you sell your car. This isn't a personal relationship that involves closure. It's a job that you're leaving for better opportunities. I've seen people stress themselves because they're leaving places like McDonald's. Understandably, some coworkers become family, and that's great, but we're talking about writing a separation letter to a business in hopes of returning. Keep in mind, there's no special folder marked “2 weeks notice”, I highly doubt any business is keeping a huge backlog of notices just because. So I ask, what is the obsession with 2 week notices? What does it do for you?

Hey I work as a lifeguard for my city in Canada. Just been dealing with some real idiocy from the higher ups. Basically I'm working an outdoor pool for the summer that has decided to start having extended swim periods late at night on hot days. Usually we're open 9am-8pm, now we are having an extension from 8pm-Midnight. The way things work for us at outdoor facilities is Managers have keys to open or lock up the facility, there are 2 of us alternating shifts, however with extended days we have spare managers coming in, because we often can't work the extra 4 hours due to labour laws, like requiring 11 hours between shifts. The problem this causes is because we have extended swims now, with a spare different manager, is they do not have their own set of keys to lock up the facility. If I leave my keys…

Im on disability; she knows this and I set a boundary for my work limitations. Today a client mentioned casually a coworker is out for some medical leave. He said it matter or factly; related to his work woes. Cue boss rhetoric : oh everybody is doing that now. Nobody wants to work! B**** most people with legitimate concerns get rejected for disability. She has living proof people on disability are working (me) And, she asked me to work extra day a week for the busy season recently and I did, then she asked for another day… I was in so much pain I called off one day and left early a couple others/blocked my schedule to have time to ice my injured body part (unrelated to legal disability) Coworker told me she was saying “it’s all in her head, I don’t give a shit about her arm” Ok fucker,…