Month: August 2023

I work at a nonprofit in CA and we operate under a “use-it-or-lose-it” policy for PTO. Maybe I just did too cursory of a glance at CA nonprofit policies but considering it’s illegal to implement a use-it-or-lose-it style policy in CA, why is it legal for my nonprofit to do so? My unused, accrued paid sick leave does not carry over to the next year either, which is also considered a form of PTO in CA. Am I just getting shafted by the attorney general here?

Like how do Fortune 500 companies really treat employees? How cold hearted are some businesses and how hats the worst things you’ve seen before?

I worked at a care home. I worked for just less than 6 months.”Crying out for staff” they scream. I told them I was autistic at the interview (I was still waiting for the diagnosis, got it now) A few days ago, I was set up for a bad situation which I wasn't trained for, constantly asked for help and backup, I didn't get any. The boss' husband, who was meant to be doing what I'd been asked to cover, just kept telling me its easy and I can figure it out on my own. Anyway, the inevitable happened, something went wrong (everyone was fine in the end) and I got fired. More accurately, I failed my probation and ended my contract. I explained the situation to a friend and colleague and she said it sounds like they set me up. She said that she saw how management have been…

I just don't understand. they offered this job to me yesterday and I was SO excited to finally get off the phones! I was supposed to start on monday… But today they took away the job offer because they already ran a background check within 90 days. So they couldn't run it again. So for that reason my background check didn't clear. I am just having such a hard time understanding this. I didnt know this was a thing. And why is it being used against me when it isn't something I have control over? I can't stop crying. My head is spinning. I just resigned because I couldn't handle being this excited over a job offer just to have it ripped right out of my hands over something I can't even control. Is this what life is supposed to be like? Working dead end jobs until we die? I…

For the past 3 months, I've noticed a lot of posts mentioning about how they've been placed on the PIP. I just finished my PIP, and I failed. Now I'm job hunting. What is it about this time of the year that seemingly everyone's being placed on PIPs?

I (22F) started an unnamed smoothie job about a week ago that had many red flags but I need a job and they basically handed it to me. One being that if you put in a 2 weeks notice you don’t get any tips for that entire two weeks. On my first “training day” within the first few minutes they had me making smoothies because a lot of orders came in. (didn’t tell me to wash my hands of anything) The next day they called me in when I wasn’t scheduled for extra training. Turns out I was actually covering someone’s shift who was supposed to do dishes and only a lead was there. They actually taught me as much as they could but at a certain point it got too busy that I was slowing them down and it ended there. I worked 3 days total and on my…

I’m 17 and i haven’t been able to get motivation to work for a while, ever since i got diagnosed with anxiety/depression/bpd(almost a year ago), i haven’t been able to work like how i used to. I used to love working i’d go in really early sometimes and even do 18 hours shifts on my own, now i can bearly hold a job, i’ve been working at a new job(food service) for 4 months now i’ve been getting scheduled like 2 days a week and i just feel so drained and anxiety just thinking about going in, Ive called out like twice before because of how i was feeling, and i just couldn’t handle it and i’m thinking about calling out today but i’m just so scared of getting fired, I have work today at 4:30pm-12am and it is 5am and i haven’t slept because i keep thinking about work.…

… which were never explained to me, by the way. I don’t want to get into too many details in the off chance someone from work is on Reddit, but I work at a public radio station. I was a print reporter before that. When I was hired I was assured that the transition is challenging but that I would have time to learn and get support. Except, that never happened. Despite my requests to shadow people as the made mixes, no one ever taught me how to properly make a mix, or a radio story. I learned on my own with a few tips here and there. Learning how to voice tracks was distilled to 5 hours with a vocal coach and encouragement to listen to the radio to learn how other reporters speak. My 3 months review was positive. Last week, I was told I don’t do enough…

I don't know if this is the wrong sub to post this, but here goes nothing. I am currently in assignment in Austria for a client. I work daily, in person, at the manufacturing plant. This plant is 7km away from any other source of food and it has a canteen. When I came here in assignment, the food was 3 euro for employees, ans 6 euro for externals. I found it odd that even tho I will work here for over six months I still get the external price, but okay. I made my budget around it, and I was happy with the food and service. One month later they increase the prices. By 0.23 euro for employees, and by 3.38 euro for extrernals! I find it outrageous! The fact that just my increase is larger that the price that they are paying for their increase! My ideal outcome…