Month: July 2023

I requested PTO at my job for a month to travel and see family after being severely burnt out (while covering for my manager while she was out on maternity leave), and she denied it saying that it would be “too long”. So now I’m still going for a month, but only got two weeks approved and have to work during my vacation for two weeks. So ridiculous it makes my blood boil

I work for a fine gardening company in RI and every client we work for is either a millionaire, one might even be a billionaire. Nearly 15 clients with a crew of 5. She has told two members of our crew when they’ve asked for raises (1-2$ raises) that she only “gives” herself $23hr which is why she’s not willing to pay someone that hourly rate. She even showed someone her paystub. I don’t even know how I would handle this situation if it were to happen when/if I ask her for a raise.

I am extremely frustrated and angered by the recent developments during my closing shift. Today, my manager, who coincidentally happens to be the owner's sister, informed me that our new employee will be running the other location in a different city. Consequently, I am now expected to work five 12+ hour shifts per week. To add insult to injury, at the end of August, I am required to work 10 consecutive days, each lasting 12+ hours because the entire family is going on a cruise. Considering my current hourly wage of $16, it is overwhelming to be tasked with managing the location for a week and a half. Additionally, I had a disagreement with my superiors about the budget for microfiber towels for the glass displays. They perceive me as unprofessional when the cash drawer is off, despite it only occurring on the days when I'm not responsible for opening…

Basically that after being at work for around 3 weeks, I was able to come up with a cool website which could help my boss (A) reduce training times and use as an educational tool. I asked to get paid to finish after showing him the draft, he said yes My big boss (B) learned about this and asked me to do a more complicated ones and may eventually build an app for the company (my company is a private big comp since 1960s). Problem is that the big boss is stingy comparing to my boss and doesn’t wanna pay me (eventhough it’s not his money, 🤷‍️). He wants me to work during downtime or at home. I said no and told him that it’s a complicated project (my job doesn’t include coding, it’s just a basic medical device maintenance job) and I want at least 2 hours before shift…

Please read through: I recently joined a company as a front-end developer to work mainly with React. However, the project I was hired for is still in the early stages of development, so I haven't had the opportunity to work on the project part that I was hired for yet. Instead, I've been assigned some random tasks, many of which are related to backend and security, and unfortunately, I have zero experience in these areas. Initially, I took on these backend tasks to fill my time when there wasn't much front-end work available. However, now that I finally have some front-end tasks at hand (related to another project and involving React to some extent), the security/back-end team keeps assigning me more complex tasks, even though I expressed my lack of experience in those areas. I really want to focus on front-end development, and I'm unsure how to handle this situation…

I made about 60k in a solidly blue collar job. It's local government work, however my boss acted like our pay came out of his own pocket and was worse about pressuring us to work off the clock and bend over backwards to accommodate his incompetence at managing a functional staff than any private company I've ever worked for ironically. Odd how despite a lack of concern for profit, the labor bullying is even worse. I prefer not to burn bridges in case my new job doesn't work out so despite how much I hate it, I put in 2 weeks notice. My new job is almost double my salary and puts me into 6 figures. My boss was civil at first but then wrote me a nasty email how he's disappointed I didn't have the “respect” to tell him when I started applying elsewhere because 2 weeks weren't enough…

Hi I currently work at a utility company in power generation and I also served in the navy. I have been curious lately about the anti-work sub Reddit. I enjoy working less, I recently switched to a 4 10s schedule and it has been amazing for my work life balance when it is consistent. However in my sector there are not enough skilled workers to take on the work load needed to run the power grid. My company is literally always hiring apprentices or journeyman and just can never seem to have enough workers to meet the demands of power line & generation failures/ maintenance. I end up working 6-7 days a week 12 hour shifts very often and I’ve already hit 800 OT hours for the year. I’m curious what the solution is from the anti work perspective? How can we reduce hours worked if there is a skilled…

Where is the middle ground? How are we expected to survive in a economy where we are either too overqualified or underqualified TO be chosen? I am having difficulty finding jobs (for pure survival) since I can't find any in my field after graduating school due to rigorous standards in the market. I am thankful to be staying with family who understand the struggle. Even low level jobs I apply for are intimidated by my degree and experiences. Like damn, I just want some money to survive for fuck's sake.