Month: August 2023

I started working for my alma mater in 2015. I poured my heart and soul into building an alternative revenue stream for the university that cost them nothing except my small salary. I built a damn enterprise yall. It took me a few years to earn the first $1M and then last year I made them another $1M, in just one year! 1 year ago everything changed. the board of trustees ousted the then president and installed this egomaniac, c-level grifter, “savior” of a new president, who literally has distain for anyone who’s worked there for more than 3 years… he’s an incredible hypocrite who preaches kindness and leadership when he’s in front of a group but one on one he is a smug bully. He sneaks in the back door to eavesdrop and check if people are working. He made everyone return to the office when we were all…

I recently left a very toxic company after 3 years without having a job lined up and fortunately got a new job with a small company (total of 2 employees) a couple weeks later. The job posting was entry level and promoted learning opportunities. I did somewhat similar work at my last job so I was excited to continue developing my skills. My first 3 days did not consist of any type of training but rather “here are these large files… find out xyz and we’ll discuss in an hour”. With having no clear understanding of the data presented and it being only my first week, I apparently took longer than expected to complete these tasks. During a call with the other 2 employees today, I was walking them through one of the files I completed earlier. An HOUR into the call, I get kicked out of the call bc…

2 months ago, I got a job at Ross as a stock employee. The day before I started working, they had me watch videos and one of the videos had some anti union propaganda but that’s a discussion for another time. During the first few days, some of my coworkers taught me how to run out items onto the sales floor. From then on, I basically had to figure out where all the items were supposed to go. And they also told me that I was timed when I go into the sales floor to place the items. So basically, they gave me little training and already expected me to work like speedy Gonzalez and know where everything is supposed to go. And recently, the assistant manager pulled me into the office to tell me about my “poor performance”. The reason for my poor performance is because I’ve been going…

I am BEYOND burnt out, and it's ruining my life. Every time in my career I felt like this. I've just had to change jobs because I fully recognize the company isn't going to change. I've tried talking to bosses co-workers everyone and the only thing that seems to work is changing jobs until that job then burns me out. I can't continue this merry-go-round so the plan right now is to save, take a short sabbatical, and change careers, hopefully to something that helps shift things for people socially. I make good money right now which is why it's a struggle for me to quit. I'm trying to build some financial stability before I make this change and I'm not too far, maybe a year, two at the most from making it happen… But I am so burnt out I'm worried about having a severe mental breakdown or a…

At my last job(McDonald's), the restaurant made $900 in like 4 hours. The head manager was super happy and told everyone “Good job!” but when I asked if everyone who worked the floor could get a small bonus in our checks, suddenly it just wasn't possible. I'm not a math wiz but if we make $900, then we should be able to have an extra $40 or $50 in everybody's (like 6 people's) checks and not harm the bottom line. Also, the manager made sure I got just under 40 hours every other week cuz only workers who worked 40 hrs consistently could have overtime pay. Not mad at the manager, just mad at the company.

I worked my ass off in a “professional” setting for 15 years. Obtained a degree and various other accolades during this time. I was you young and fresh out of trade school when I started. I stressed about bills and money the entire duration of my “professional” career. Finally after opening my eyes to the way “business” operates I said “fuck that” and asked for a raise. It was a hefty one, but I know for a fact that the work I did (some really technical bullshit) would more than be enough leverage. You get to understand your worth a little better after you start bidding jobs. My boss. He was given a thriving company. He had to put in minimal effort his entire life and he gets a multimillion dollar company. Its fucking gross. Anyhoo… I tell him I need a substantial raise. He tells me “I got you”.…

I found out yesterday that my colleague — whom I thought was a friend and is on the same paygrade as me — was reporting tiny errors (that I only made occasionally) to at least two, if not three, of my bosses. I always try and tell myself that work colleagues are not friends, but I also really like being friendly. I thought we had a good rapport. And then I overheard him speaking softly for some time to one of our bosses on the phone (with whom he is very close). He sits right next to me, so I got the jist of it. I turned around in my chair and tried to laugh it off with “yno 'x', if I do something wrong, I'd rather you came to me about it,” and he said how awkward it would be. More awkward than telling two of our bosses (as…