Month: August 2023

I live alone, I'm single, no pets, no kids, not close to my family. What drives me to be successful is the need to have a roof over my head. But that's not the kind of answer she's looking for. We're literally at the end of training, why is she forcing us to send personal pictures of our lives.

I was laid off in December. In March I found what was essentially my dream job but the company decided not to move forward with the project. So I stayed unemployed. Until last week. Now I’ve got a job I’m supposed to be starting Monday and I’ve got an interview for a higher paying and better fitting job. I’m not good at juggling. I need to interview and negotiate for this better fitting job while starting paperwork and training on this gig that pays shitty and isn’t really what I want. I’m kinda screwed if I can’t make it to a second round interview or a sit down negotiation because I started this other new job. And I don’t want to walk away from the new job I have because if the other one falls through I still need employment. This kind of Catch-22 is just another way of making…

I work in the packaging department at a fairly large brewery. Packaging = manufacturing. I'm a machine operator. My shift (3rd shift. 9pm-7am) works four 10 hour shifts per week. Every operator is trained to run every machine in the department and we are often tasked with running multiple machines simultaneously due to them refusing to hire more people.   HR recently decided to update the “lunch/breaks” section in the employee handbook and didn't even have the nerve to tell us. I spoke up about the lack of breaks during my most recent shift. My manager had HR reach out to me (via email) and elaborate on the updated policy.   Originally we were allotted two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch. There was no guarantee when those breaks/lunch would be because we had to wait for someone to come cover us (god forbid production stops for even…

(Thowaway account for reasons) Bit of background, left my job in April, I got sick of working for a toxic boss that only cared about money and treated the staff just as numbers. After I left that job a found another one where the boss was extremely racist. Both of these circumstances I had made complaints to hr with no repercussions. I've had abit of leave built up so I've been living off that. About 4 weeks ago I completely ran out of money. I have not paid rent, car payments, any bills or anything. I have been notified by the real estate agent that I have to pay rent or face eviction but I literally can't pay rent or anything as I've neglected my responsibilities. I've been eating leftover food from friends and family, nobody knows how broke I am because I don't leave my house. I have been…

So I started a new job in a company that installs automation, ie blinds that close from your phone, control lights or music from any room, stereos, amps, speakers what have you. The company has worked for high end clients including Roger Weston, JB Pritzker, Vince Vaughn. They like to promote excellence and detail in their jobs. That's the facade. It's 5 dudes in a warehouse with a truck. I was hired to work at the shop and do the hauling and grunt work and eventually learn how to install stuff. After texting my boss about health insurance and getting no response, I felt like somthing was wrong. Monday morning I start work at the shop and I heard from annother co-worker that they hired a new guy and he was already learning to install and on the job. I met him at the end of the day and he…

Left work early after being called unreliable by a manager that pretty much everyone hates, even though I do 98% of the work because they refuse to hire more people. I need someone to rant to, feeling broken and lost.

I just feel so drained and exhausted. Life is so hard. I don’t want to do it again tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day and the next day. It’s not just work. It’s just life. But work makes me tired and my feet hurt and feel even more stressed.

I have worked for a small business for 3 years. This has been one of the most stressful, anxiety inducing jobs I’ve ever had. I don’t have benefits, I get paid less than 30k a year and I have what feels like the whole company riding on my shoulders. I’ve felt unheard, disregarded and disrespected over and over again. But this one takes the cake. I put in my two weeks and my boss tells me today that they’re offering my job to one of the new employees who has been bullying myself and other coworkers and wants me to spend my last week training them. I am so angry and feel so disrespected. She tells me it’s nothing personal and its purely a business decision. I told her I will not train this person on my position because I am protecting my mental health and I find that it…

So, I am stuck in a software job, working for last 5 years..at the same position, no pay hike, no promotion, if you need emergency leaves. God help you.. I essentially went crazy on my manager and shift supervisor in a meeting and in front of 20 other team members. I hope they don't fire me.. Been in the market, but every job out there is temp, contract, with shit pay.. all sweatshops, where they will pay you 40% of what they charge the clients..