Month: August 2023

Whether or not it makes sense, it would be great to know who to talk to in order to gain some insight as to how a company would realistically have people happy to spend their work day there as opposed to somewhere else. I'm an employee at a company and I don't necessarily like the “culture”. Its a good job with decent pay for everyone, everyone gets along well and its pretty casual but it seems like people are giving notice more and more often. Is the answer simply more money? Or more time off? Is there a consulting firm that I could make an inquiry to to review our company culture and provide feedback? I understand no one wishes to work and would rather not have to, but in reality we all still need to eat. I would like to create a culture here that is the best option…

I like my job, but not my pay. I told this to my boss, he tried to get me a raise, but wasn't able to. So I told him I'm going to look at other jobs and he said he didn't blame me. Found a job, interviewed well and last week, I got an offer for 15% higher pay. I gave my boss notice and he told me to wait so that he could talk to his boss. 3 days later, they came back to match the pay. I figured the new job wasn't exactly my dream gig so I chose to stay with my current job at the new rate. When I told the recruiter that I'm declining their offer, she basically accused me of applying for jobs just so I could negotiate a pay raise at my current job and that it's unethical for me to apply when…

I work for a pretty small city University that will go unnamed. I've worked with a student office on campus that is a pretty integral part to how the campus operates for students and outside visitors. We are very understaffed (even moreso during our summer, when we cut the staff in half outright), and our new manager is very slow in bringing on new hires. Most of that is caused by the corporate hell that lives above him, an office that answers to the president of the university, oversees staff (as well as student staff) and manages payment for their offices. The fiscal year supposedly just ended for this office and they have been recently trying to “rehire” the staff, a process that just involves a few sheets of paperwork for everyone to pretty much put a few signatures here, there and everywhere. Very simple process, it would seem, for…

Today at work I was shown a new app that I can use to text with coworkers (it protects information). I declined the option to install it to my personal phone and my advisor responded by saying “You just don’t like to be available”. I then said “no I don’t outside of office hours”. This is an ongoing trend, as my advisor devotes his life to work even when he is not being compensated. He has no life outside of work. I think he resents that I have strict boundaries with leaving work at work. I don’t even form strong work relationships, I completely separate my home life and work life , which I have also gotten negative comments about. He is older and has a mindset that people should live to work instead of vice versa. As I left I began getting myself worked up because it has nothing…

My specific situation: I am working in a very commercialized city and I am probably going to be laid off. This was and probably might be my best paid job in my early career, and I will most likely have trouble finding another company who is willing to pay that same amount of money for the same level of expectations from my role. At least for a short while until I get a few more years of experience. I have looked at other similar commercial or large cities, near me, and the roles are at least $5,000 less in salary than my current role. I could probably barter the offer, but I assume these companies usually make up their minds about the pay for a role, and would immediately reject a candidate if they ever challenged it. Other than that, I've also considered switching industries, but I either got to…

I'm looking for help to create a strong case for having my workplace return the chairs we were using. I don't think my GM is unreasonable and I'd like to formulate the best agument for not having to stand for a job that does not require it. Any studies or helpful arguments would be appreciated.

I’m in healthcare and work in a relatively high volume / stress environment. It’s an area that’s part of an 1199 union and I’ve been working as a union employee for close to 15 years. Last year I was able to score a leadership position in the union itself but it’s still very much limited in the scope that your just covering for management when they are off / etc. The pay is nice, I get close to 120k and the annual raises are part of a collective bargaining agreement between the union and hospital every 3 years (usually it’s between 3-5% each year). Along with other benefits like paid medical and a pension I’d receive when I hit 62 or 65 whatever. I’m already vested in the pension since I’ve been in it for 15 years. I’ve been recently approached by management for a supervisor job in my department…

I’m not going to go into it too much, but I had my 2 year annual review with my boss last week and he ripped into me about a lot of things. I’m a good worker in some areas but the little mistakes I made, according to him, detracts from all the good work I do. He ripped into me. I haven’t been happy here and obviously after that meeting I cried a lot and had a bad headache the next morning from crying and insomnia. So today, we’re meeting with HR to discuss about it and while I’m nervous, I can’t say I’m surprised. I haven’t been happy here at all. I mean there’s good moments that make me feel it’s not so bad after all but most days are filled with dread. In the meantime, I’m buckling down on my job search and working on my side hustle.…