Month: August 2023

When I first started my job, our hours were 9am- 8pm.. fast forward to July, they extended the hours, 8am- 9pm and 8am -10pm Thursday-Saturday. I have been working the closing shift (1:15pm-10:15pm) everyday for over a month consistently since the change which is driving me crazy lol I’m so tired and literally have no time to do anything other than sleep and work. I noticed how my coworkers have alternating schedules, working some opening and closings so I reached out to my manager that makes the schedule but of course I heard no word back.. yesterday he avoided me at work which I thought was a little crazy considering any time we have an issue with the schedule we’re supposed to go to him about it. I’m really debating on calling out everyday until he fixes it and reaching out to his boss.. to make things worse, I worked…

I'm sitting in a hotel lobby waiting for my ride. Two older white ladies are the receptionist chatting. Both of them seemed nice with major grandma vibes when checking me out. I can sort of hear them but I'm not really paying attention. One lady says “if you're 25 minutes early in my book your late.” Okay, typical boomer logic… But then she goes on to say if you're asked to do something you just do it. ” Don't ask questions.” She goes on to tell a story about being a receptionist or nurse in a primary care center. And one day the city sent convicts out to clean the grounds around the primary care center without having a guard assigned to them. So her boss ask her to take 9mm and go out and guard them. “Yes boss.” she says. WTF!? “Don't ask questions” she says again and her…

For context: I'm autistic and get burnt out very easily, I'm seventeen years old and the concept of getting a job fucking terrifies me, I can barely cope with school on it's own and I value my free time a lot, I always hear about people getting stuck in jobs they hate working their entire lives away, and I know I'll eventually have to get a job, I wanna go into a science related field and follow my dreams obviously but my passion lies in astronomy and to my knowledge that's not a very useful skill that a lot of people are looking for, and even if I do get my dream job studying the stars and stuff, (which the more I hear about people with degrees getting fucked over and end up in minimum wage jobs I feel isn't likely) I might end up hating it, people say that…

I just saw a coworker who I hadn't seen in a while because she had retired. I asked why she came back and she said she and her husband can't afford to live on social security. Our company offers a pension, so she was getting that plus social security and they still couldn't make ends meet. I asked if she drew social security early and she said she retired at 72. We live in a very high cost of living area, but it makes me sick to think of people who live in a wealthy country working until they drop. Edit: Sorry, I should have been more specific about why my coworker had to unretire. I was disgusted when I heard her story and when I posted and forgot to mention that she couldn't afford her health care(the most important part of the story). Apparently, the husband is disabled and…

So i just started a new job about 2 months ago. It’s a small business and i had to haggle to get payed 14 and hour. I have noticed that the owner is very lazy and also is incapable of organization and planning. This makes shifts very hectic and makes my mood shit. In this field Holidays are very busy and require us to work them. Christmas day/Thanksgiving. It sucks!! I have been talking to some of my coworkers and apparently the owner does not show up to work holidays and instead spends her time with her family like a normal human should. She also does not pay extra money to those that actually work (like time and a half). Should i leave this job? Maybe just say i won’t be available for the holidays? I’m just so bummed because the work is actually easy and since it’s with dogs…

I’ve been working at a Mariano’s since like late July including training. Basically, shit came up in my life and I’ve decided to head back to grad school this semester to finish up and get my Master’s. The best flight I was able to get was the 26th, but my next shift is literally next Friday. How would it go if I just gave them my resignation notice literally 8 days before I leave? Would I just be better off calling them tomorrow or something?

Since I don't drive and not have a car, I always just worked near where I live which is mostly bunch of fast food and retail jobs. City transportation sucks where I live. I just can't seem to break out of the minimum wage salary. Due to not having good job experience, I haven't even made LinkedIn account. I want to find better jobs but what can I do. Where do I apply or what skills to learn online. Maybe a remote job. Idk. I'm still in college, thought about connecting career center in hopes to get a internship. I thought about looking into warehouse companies, hospital, local healthcare clinics, office jobs but majority of them all require some sort of experience and qualifications. I don't know really what to do. So far, I only made $15.50 hour which isn't nothing nowadays. Reading posts on many subreddit makes me feel…

I have 2-3 cups of coffee, or 1 energy drink almost every work day, but rarely drink caffeine on the weekend. This morning I was feeling sluggish, so I had some soda. 15 minutes later I realize that I'm staring at my work email. I opened it subconsciously when the caffeine kicked in. Fuck this shit. Let me have my Sundays.