Month: July 2023

On my final day of work my supervisor gave me an envelope with a payroll card in it and said that all the money owed to me was loaded onto it. It also came with these weird paper checks that I would have to call to authenticate and deposit on-site at a bank. There was no pay stub or documentation of how much money was loaded on it. Naturally, I emailed HR and the general manager asking for my money via direct deposit or paper check. They said I had to go through the process of getting the money out of the payroll account but they did send me pay stubs. I sent them the Texas labor code where it word for word says they cannot do what they did. I’ll attach some of the interesting emails. After a couple days I got the pay card company to just straight…

I left this company a year ago, and in December my previous supervisor got promoted to Operations Manager. He called me and laid out a seriously good offer. If I were to go back on the production floor to help get them out of a mess and train people (i am a specialized machinist) i would get a pay raise, maximum 50 hr work week (voluntary after that), sign on bonus, 4 weeks of vacation, and in 18-24 months a promotion into program management (I was already on that path with another company). I accepted on the condition that I get it all in writing. I accepted, resigned from the other company I worked at, and went back to training people and making parts. I found put that the new supervisor was not privy to the conditions of my return when I had to put my foot down about 50…

I have worked for a startup for 3 years, were a team of 4 all remote. Things haven't been going well for the business as we struggle to get first client and more investors to stay afloat. With less than one month notice, the request from CEO is all hands on deck meet up for 5 days during the week in the city where he lives, for me this location is other side of country. The flight is covered but nothing else is covered like food. I would be sleeping on coworkers couch, all our evenings are planned out already together so there's no time alone.. Everyone else seems to be on board except me? I said it wasn't a good time for me and got a lot of pushback. The vibe is that this is a mandatory meetup. I can't understand why I'm the only one not on board,…

As title reads. Funny movie, and way ahead of its time in the quiet quitting movement.

I just had a thought that this sub might enjoy this story from when I was an enthusiastic 20 year old worker who got screwed by his employer and the comeuppance they got from it. So for a bit of background, I was working at this company in Australia that does salary packaging. That means a few different things depending on the type of company you work for. But my team worked with Hospitals and Charities. The government has this allowance for people who work at Hospitals or Charities that meant that they could get a certain amount of their pay tax free, but it has to be paying for something (mortgage, rent or credit card were the most common). The service we offered was collecting the evidence (mortgage statements, rental agreements or credit card bills) and then advising the hospital or charities' payroll department how much money could be…

This just struck a nerve. “Fun work environment” my ass. Plus like “10% discount”? I’d rather just have no discount at that point.

I don’t know where else to post this rant, but I came across this in and think it fits nicely. I work for a multi million dollar company. Today, they announced that as part of a mid-summer celebration (who the F celebrates mid-summer???), we are going to have a mandatory potluck lunch in August. Like, what the F, company, you’re expecting us to buy stuff and spend time preparing food or subsidize our coworkers’ meals when a lunch for staff would be a rounding error on your balance sheet? And since this is an official company event, anyone who skips out has to charge PTO. I hope everyone brings the same dish. Can’t wait to leave this place.

I’m on a two person team. Problem is, my coworker can’t do his work on time. I do all the administrative stuff on the team (task management/spreadsheet stuff) and still manage to complete all my assigned work the same day. My coworker cannot complete his assigned work in a timely manner. I know because it’s my job to assign him his share of work. The other day, he was recognized in our 600 person meeting for “going above and beyond” when he is typically going below and beneath. I’m livid and suspect favoritism is a big part of it. What can I do? I am consistently rated outstanding and work hard to help people both within and outside my department. Recognizing someone who is a poor performer seems to degrade me by omission.

I work for a large non-profit healthcare organization and we have a nursing strike at one hospital starting next week. As a result, they are bringing in tons of travel nurses and others to cross the picket line. I am in corporate IT (management and non-union) and am being told my team will need to help support the staff they are bringing in. Our executives make MILLIONS of dollars a year and I am disgusted that they won’t agree to the union terms. I do not want myself or my team helping these rats but I am an at will employee and not protected. In addition, there are patient lives that depend on healthcare workers using the EHR appropriately. Does anyone have advice? Has anyone been in a similar situation?