Month: August 2023

Our company has become a resolving door since covid because they have sucked at meeting competitive salaries and benefits since then. So HR sends out this email saying “every department has to make a commercial about themselves to show the rest of the company and compete a questionnaire and we expect 100% participation.” Yeah no… you guys have sucked the fun out of this place so that all I want to do when I'm in office is work then go home and see the people I actually care about. Any thoughts on how I could semi professionally say “thanks I'll pass”?

I really just need to vent. I was an in-house copy/technical writer for a nonprofit, WFH with one day in the office, part-time for $12/hr. I got the job through college when I graduated with a bachelor’s each in Lib Arts and Science. It was $12 work at first. Minding calendars and events, checking emails, sorting through old copy, and then graduated to bigger projects like 50-word new copy for over 300 organizations and startups. I didn’t get paid by the word like I would have freelance. After 20-some hours of work I walked away with $200. I also set up visual presentations on the clock and started an SOP for them from scratch, which I accepted because I am disabled and work is hard to find for me. I needed the money. I took home maybe $150 every 2 weeks. I was told that there would be an option…

A couple months ago I was contacted by a recruiter specializing in my industry. I was happy where I was at, but I figured might as well see what’s out there. That spiraled pretty quickly and one of my companies major competitors offered me a 30% increase to my salary. I took that information back to my company and they promptly counter offered, exceeding the competitors offer by $10,000 and throwing in a new job title, bonuses, etc. 1) The recruiting firm is clearly not happy about this counteroffer, and they sent me a ton of literature about how I’ll either be a target for getting fired at my current company or looking for a job this time next year. Anyone have any experience with this? To me it sounds like a sales pitch to get me to move. 2) Both roles are the same, both are remote office work…

Just the title basically. I’m actively looking for a job in IT sector and applied for a job (May 2023) in this firm which was my first preference, and got an interview! I was excited, prepared for it for weeks and gave an excellent interview. They told they would get back to me in a week or two but took a month to inform they hired someone internally. Now, the position which the internal hired left was open, I applied for it, got the interview and prepared for that too. Gave the interview two weeks ago, and was informed I would get the result in a week. Got an email yesterday they hired someone internally again! I’m so frustrated, and I believe it being a unionized position/firm they have to do some interviews just for the show and that they were already going to promote someone internally. Edit: This is…

I have been accepted in graduate school for my MBA and company policy states that up to 50% of tuition is reimbursable for relevant classes, which I believe is all classes related to an MBA as it is proven to add value to a company. HR needs to approve the courses before any reimbursement can be issued. HR lady seemed upset that I hadn’t consulted her or my bosses before I registered. And later sent a letter stating that the MBA was not “in line with the career path management had envisioned for me” so they will only approve 25% of my tuition. Yesterday I sent back an email arguing that the degree is very relevant and requested a meeting to discuss. No one has discussed with me in over a year what they envision my career path to be. And today my boss sends me an email scolding me…

Going to make it short. From Texas, grad’d from Uni 12/2022. For a job offer finally after 9-months of looking, hired through a 3rd party staffing agency to work for a tech start up here in Dallas, where I reside. Getting $17.50/hr. It’s a classic 9a.-5p. gig, running an office/admin assistant/office manager, admin gig overall. Am I being screwed with this going through a 3rd party staffing company, getting $17.50? I’m W2’d through the staffing company, not 1099, though they call me a contractor at my office assignment. They said it’s technically Temp Labour but that I “may” be “converted over” to working for the company long-term, aware of potential job security issues, the temp agency told me that it’s a “non-ending” contract (no end-date), I just worry that I’m being screwed over and will be eventually fired after they finish using me for “what they need”, talking to another…

This seems like yelling into the void. I just know lots of people are going through this. I started back in March. I was sold a bunch of shit and it was all a fucking lie. Things were changing basically from day 1. Never any consistency, never any sort of formal processes in place. Regardless, I push forward and succeed. I’m doing better than the other people who started at a similar time. Everyone had a rough July, but things were changing for the better (or so I thought) and was truly optimistic about August. Have my monthly 1:1 scheduled with my boss on the 1st. Gets changed from 30 minutes to 15. About an hour before I get a text that a coworker was laid off too. I was performing well, following all instruction. I had even built pretty good rapport with my boss. 3 minutes. That’s all I…

Been looking for jobs since getting laid off in April. Saw one for a hardware chain. This was part of the job posting. “The anticipated range for this position is $XX.XX – $XX.XX per hour depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. ” This one is new to me! Generally they just don't bother to post the pay.