Month: August 2023

I’m 17f and when I was 16 I was desperate to leave my toxic workplace. I had panic attacks every day, my manager bulled me and destroyed my self esteem and confidence and I had no desire to even be alive after awhile. I began looking for a new job and applied to everywhere that would hire a high school student. Half the sites most of these places use don’t even allow you to finish an application. For example I tried applying to Taco Bell and halfway into it it switches me over to a Chick-fil-A application and said I’d be perfect for this job and I was never able to apply for anything online. I called every place I applied to to ask about the application a few days after I sent it and was always told that the hiring manager was busy and to call back at a…

I got let go of my job less then two months ago, suspiciously timed to say the least and after some finagling with unemployment I got a letter stating I was let go for “poor work performance.” This hasn't been an issue for me yet with unemployment and my current in-between job. I write this post for two reasons. One to vent and one to ask if this is going to be an issue in the future. I don't know if there's anywhere I should argue this? My ex boss was running a very small operation (there were 4 of us total when I was let go) and would state “I don't know how much someone in this type of position should make” so when I went on indeed and compared my wages to similar larger scale operations I noticed a large discrepancy. So I spoke with my coworkers and…

I (23F) have been working while I was in school— tutoring, food service, and other similar part-time jobs offered by the school or through my church. I was guaranteed entry because I also went to church/school there, and it has always been good because I always knew my clients. Fastforward to now, I got my college degree and applied for a general labor position to help my resume a bit. Finding work with this degree has been hard in my state because there are no jobs for the work I intended to do. The job was through a staffing agency that guaranteed a short temp time into full-time hire. I applied, thinking they would give me some sort of better job description. I knew I would be working in a milk plant factory, but doing exactly what? The staffer, call him J, called me during a funeral so I didn't…

Long story short— I teach at a small college in the US. Unlike other colleges and universities I’ve taught at, my present school’s management is very strict about faculty time on-campus. Don’t get me wrong: I would not “cheat” my face-to-face students out of the class time they are entitled to and I wouldn’t short my students (both face-to-face and online) all of the office hours they are entitled to (a total of 10 per week). However, school management mandates that I spend an additional 18 hours per week on-campus for my online students (they already have office hours….I can do my online classes from anywhere with Wifi) and for being available to the school. We have to submit to-the-minute schedules each semester. In the past, I’ve used “campus” time for leaving school early. I’m the type of woman who would rather be anywhere else other than sitting at a…

I work for a call center that helps 9/11 victims get medical compensation for ongoing conditions. All of the callers tell me every day that they appreciate me. But my adherence on Verint is 79%. Because sometimes my computer has IT issues. Or I go onto “Follow Up work” in my disposition because I want to make sure the emails or messages to doctors I send about patients has the right information in it. I want to focus all of my attention on the current caller. And I only do it when there are no other calls in the queue. I try to be kind. To go above and beyond for the patients. To express empathy. I even made a point to start learning Spanish because there are a lot of Spanish speaking patients and I know they would appreciate having an actual conversation rather than having everything through an…

I hate this line, so many people use this line without knowing what it really means. Why the fuck would anyone give extra or take on more work at work with no additional competition? Muh overtime doesn’t cut it. I rather do my 8 hours of work and go. And the shame that some mangers give us is stupid. Nobody cares about your company culture or any other corporate bs. We’re here to make our money and leave. It’s a completely transactional relationship. Don’t expect or even shame employees because they come into work and work and leave after their work day is complete because they won’t go above and beyond for your company.

My mental health is in the toilet. I don't know what to do. No point going to the council, they won't help. Applying for jobs but I'm getting no replies from anyone.

One of the most common advice I read here and in other work-related subreddits is that you are not meant to give to much confidence/trust to your colleagues, for a variety of reasons. What’s yours? Have you ever had any personal experience that made you regret trusting one of your coworkers?

It sucks that there seems to be an awful lack of transparency in most companies – their job postings just mention a 'competitive salary' and they are more than ready to exploit those who are in need of a job. I work in a social media agency and most people around constantly switch jobs every year or two to get a salary hike. For a variety of reasons I haven't been able to switch jobs and have been in the same organisation for 5+ years. After a few recent conversations with some colleagues I have got the impression that those newly recruited (same designation as me) or those who have threatened to leave may have ended up getting a better pay package than me. I haven't been able to confirm that, since that would involve me directly asking someone about their exact salary, which may be seen as inappropriate. Is…