Month: August 2023

Ever had that moment where you're like, “Wouldn't it be funny to work at a bunch of places like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and intentionally be a bad employee?” Or maybe just spontaneously quit and throw all responsibilities to the wind? I've caught myself daydreaming about this. There's something oddly satisfying about diving into the early days of a job, and the thought of bailing without major repercussions sounds appealing. Imagine even playfully trying to stir up some talk about unionizing at each job, setting up random D&D campaignsin the break room. I dunno life feels absurd sometimes and I want to rest in the chaos.

I, 24m, currently work for a small business with two other employees plus our management/owners as a custom art framer. I’ve been doing this for the past 2 1/2 years and up until recently, was completely in love with my job. I love what I do and get genuinely fulfilled off of it. The problem? Our ownership. Where I work is owned & managed by a married couple who are seriously the most difficult people to work for. The main owner, fired our bookkeeper/hr so he could bring his wife aboard when she was fired from her accounting job. Now, she claims to be the store manager and has just about the worst attitude anyone could have. She frequently argues with customers if they have issues, she plays favorites and tries to gossip about other employees, then if you don’t want to participate in that, she targets you. In the…

I live in the US. I was hired for a “contract” by a foreign employer a year ago but it’s clear they are treating me like an employee – they set my hours, my work, and direct my training. They have never provided any tax documentation and I have paid the full self employed taxes through turbo tax. I’ve contacted several attorneys but nobody is willing to help because it’s a small employer and not class action size. What can I do? I also can’t afford to get fired until I find a new job, unless getting fired will allow me to pursue damages/ unemployment. Not sure how any of this works. For context, I never even signed a contact. I was given a “contract” but it was really a 40 hour a week job offer with a salary that was called a contract job and I’m paid via cash…

I just, idk man, I fucking hate myself lmao. Yesterday, I got told I could no longer be the manager (as I've been for 8 months) and that someone else is going to be manager now. I was told I can stay on as full time, or whatever, but my mental health just won't let me do that. So after a lot of crying, a lot of ruminating, I gave my two week's notice today. I don't have anything set up for the future. I'm probably not going to be qualified for unemployment pay. I feel almost a sense of relief, but then it just morphs into despair. Mental health struggles suck so hard. Any advice to someone on the job hunt/recently jobless?

Hello reddit! This morning I was approached by my team lead asking me to be honest in answering if I was quitting. I've been very open about it for months even with him so I told him that I was, but not until the 22nd of next month. He told me that I needed to speak with hr as soon as possible so they could find my replacement, but that would be offering almost a months notice. On top of that request I was told by another employee that they are trying to figure out whether to fire me or not for calling out sick yesterday, so now I'm panicking trying to figure out how I can keep my job until the 22nd when I plan on leaving to move.

I live in the palm desert area, where the eye passed right over a couple days ago. Some parts are completely flooded and the high winds did a lot of damage. We’ve all seen the rescue effort on tv where bulldozers and first responders work to dig people out of their flooded homes, but the storm prep itself was morally disgusting and I don’t know where else to rant about it. The fire department was issuing 10 sandbags to each house, without 1 thing: sand. You were on your own for that. A lot of people went to vacant lots to grab some of that abundant desert sand, but sure enough police showed up to issue fines and block off the areas, because despite the sand out here being completely unusable for construction (we have to import sand from overseas oddly enough), it’s more important to protect the private property…

I’ve been at my job for over 14 years and I’m feeling so burned out that I don’t even know what to do anymore. I lay in bed at night dreading falling asleep because I know when I wake up I have to go to work. Lately I’ve been crying myself to sleep because I think that if it wasn’t for my husband and my dog that I’d rather just not be here anymore. That scares me so much. And I’m angry that I let a job get to me like this. I’m trying to find something new, but I just feel so run down and dejected. I feel like no other company would want me. I know a lot of that has to do with how beat down my current company has made me feel, but it doesn’t make things any easier. I’m overwhelmed with all of the tasks…

So I’ve (49m) always had the view that I’d never want to be a manager or supervisor as my experience of people who end up in those roles has rarely been good. I’ve always been the type of worker that when I’ve realised I’ve got to do extra work on something due to someone else’s fk up, I’ll only tell the person who fked up, politely and discreetly. That way they know how to not make the mistake again but nobody else needs to know as I’m not trying to get anyone sacked. I know this isn’t the norm as most times I’ve had to say something I’ve had to them reassure the co-worker that I’m not pushed off and theirs no need for any grovelling apologies, mistakes happen. I’ve got a lot of empathy and have made occasional errors myself so wouldn’t haul someone over the coals for a…