Month: August 2023

My husband used to work for BB&B. Of course they wouldn't schedule him for more than 38 hours so as to avoid providing insurance. The $10 hour they paid made it so that the average person would have to get another part-time job to make ends meet. But the way they scheduled him was bullshit. They had him on the schedule 6 days a week, all different hours. And sometimes they wanted him to come in for a 2 hour shift. He's moved on to a much better job. Now they are bankrupt and liquidating and we couldn't be more pleased.

I always thought I had a “ good job”. I work remotely, I can semi make my schedule, the pay isn’t amazing but I can have 200 bucks to myself every month which is more than many people. However recently I’ve been so frustrated. My boss has always been incompetent. She started with the company 20 years ago before we had investors and just kind of stayed under the radar all of these years, she’s never had another job. It used to not bother me because I’d see her once a week. Except recently our director left and my boss has had to take over until we hire someone and her stupidity is spilling over. 1) She’s been too busy with the changes so she had me interview candidates and help her with hiring someone ( not the director job, Someone equivalent to my job to help with extra work).…

I've been working through a myriad of stomach related health issues this summer, with the crown symptom being some mornings I vomit and am super sick to my stomach from when I wake up for about 5-6 hours. 90% of this time I am in bed, curled in a ball, thinking about ripping my stomach out. My two bosses, my office manager and my divisional manager at my current job are amazing. My office manager (the one I call out to) has been incredibly compassionate and understanding with me while I've been working through these health issues. My coworkers have been just as understanding, too, especially when I have a rough day at work and am making routine bathroom trips. I should have no reason to feel fear or shame when calling out when I feel incredibly sick, right? But I still do, I still feel a tremendous amount of…

First time poster here. A little under 6 years in tech sales, and after consecutive layoffs from two pretty small start-ups, I counted off any quota-carrying roles moving forward. Since my 2nd layoff on 3/15/23, I interviewed twice with a company (company 1) over the course of 3 months, to be denied from both positions I applied for (rejected because they preferred an internal candidate, ugh). That, among many many other previous bad instances interviewing/applying/working in growing start-ups, I’ve become pretty jaded yet cautiously optimistic. My only other serious interviews came from the rare cold application to an unnamed software company (company 2) — the pay, duties, culture, etc. all are a match. I felt like I absolutely nailed the interview process, including agreeing to come in-office panel interview and brought coffee/pastries for the team. Really went old school with this one, and it worked. The issue now, is that…

Sorry if this post doesn't belong here. The other day, I had an incident with a stranger where she nearly ran me over (repeatedly getting a foot from my rear) for not walking fast enough in a parking lot and screamed at me from her window. When I told her I was 37 weeks pregnant, that I was already walking as fast as I could waddle, she exclaimed “So what? That ain't a handicap!” And I just froze up, then went into the store. No one around me said anything despite the volume of the scene the lady was making, and I so desperately wanted to stand up for myself, or at least call the cops. I used to always say, “If I wasn't at work right now…” when people disrespected me, but this was one more drop in the tip jar of being an absolute doormat. I've never held…

I work from home and reported feeling sick yesterday and today. The team leader called me on a teams call and made me turn my camera on to explain my symptoms . I’m new to the job so I didn’t know the number to call to report sickness so I contacted one of the team leaders on teams to inform them instead . The team leader then asked me what time I can come back today even though I said I’m unwell and if I’m going to the doctors and what not . Then she said it’ll affect my role as I’m still in training period . I feel violated having to put a camera on when reporting I’m sick and cannot work today . Is this appropriate to do ? I’ve never been treated this way at a job

I'm so fucking tired. I did quote “All the right things” I started working as a teenager, I was top of my class in high school and college. Did it take me longer sure but that's because I had to work go to school and take care of two parents with fucking cancer on top of having a disability. I did everything I could as someone from the working poor. I avoided the traps best I could and I even fucking held my father's hand while he died in 2020 I even fucking went to my finals and shift the next day because my professors and boss won't give me a day off. I HAVE PUT IN THE WORK AND STILL, I'M NEVER ENOUGH I CAN'T SEEM TO EVER GET A HEAD I have maybe 3000 dollars to my name right now and a shitty part-time job that keeps cutting…

Me: No Manager: well why not? Me: because I have a life, appointments, a dog who would be alone all week, and prior family commitments Manager: too bad, show up I ducking hate my jobs work culture

For context I'm in a small town in the rural south. This means there aren't many if any helpful organizations, or not much outgoing charity by churches, and many big name businesses that are near the cities don't exist or have a limited number of branches, usually none. This is important because it makes the problem much more difficult to address. I was already hired for a new job after months of applying for jobs slowly, due to a lack of effective homeless resources in my area out of jail (Non-violent crime). I had gone through all of the process and even finished the “training” period getting to know the business and how things work. I've been officially working the job since. The original manager who lead the store was recently replaced by a new guy and he threw everything backwards. When I was hired my ID was expired, but…

I’m (26f) currently facing a bit of a work-related dilemma and I could really use some outside perspectives on it. About three years ago, I was working at a certain research institute( East Africa). After some time, I received a scholarship to study abroad for my master’s degree through the institute. Unfortunately, due to research project submission delays, I couldn’t complete my MSc degree on time( i was supposed to submit it on Oct 2021). Subsequently, my contract with the institute ended on 2022 Jan, and I took a break due to pregnancy, so I didn’t complete the project anyways. On Feb, 2023, the director of the institute contacted me and suggested that I return to complete my master’s research project and resume working. I agreed and completed the project, but I’ve been going to work for almost four months without any compensation – not even for transportation or food.…