Month: September 2023

I wanna get this up front. Speaking multiple languages is important. It does enrich your life and you can have a deeper perspective. But using that as a “perk” to add to your resume is bullshit. Some people never had the funds or at bare minimum time to learn. U.S. schools often only offer 1 or 2 other languages. It's frankly taking advantage of employees who have that knowledge. Especially if it was in circumstances like needing immigrate from a war-torn nation. Employers should just have a translator, or have a means of a translator apparatus. Or! An even more radical idea, reimburse for language studies. Can't tell you how many times I felt like a piece of shit because I couldn't communicate in French or Spanish and could get no help from my employer. Relying on Google translate is also in my opinion isn't a great option either. Sometimes…

So my sister recently got a job at a certain chicken fast food chain that is closed on Sundays. She was telling me that clothes that were given to her for the uniform were really worn out and if she needed new ones she had to buy them in the shop that they have for employees to apparently give back the money they paid her to work there( which I think is a stupid idea. To give back to the company.) Anyway, she told me that the drive thru safety vests that they wear are drenched in sweat. I feel like it's a very unsanitary especially since she was told that they don't get washed at all. Is there anything that can be done to correct this or at least report it?

If I make a mistake at work and my boss says “I accept your resignation” but I continue working and ignore him will I get unemployment benefits if he fires me? I made sure not quit technically because I said I did not resign I am busy.

Curious to know if anyone has a plan to reduce work or stop altogether. FIRE? Lots of reasons posted here for why you would, but I'm wondering how people might? My plan: got lucky with some land years ago, off grid tiny house, apartment in the city, split time between the two, in a career with good casual options that pay well for good value for time, foster a frugal and minimalist lifestyle, build my skills to be more self reliant, invest in my health to feel good doing things I like. Planning to cruise in my mid 40s working a day or two a week, maybe some short term contracts of interest.

I had a meeting with my manager a few days ago and she basically told me I am not doing enough work. I want to preface this by saying, I work in marketing. At any given time, I am balancing social media, writing article, collecting and analyzing data, creating mass emails, and communicating with vendors. I have not missed a big deadline and I prioritize instead of getting stressed trying to finish everything. All of this is important because going into the meeting I was finally all caught up and I was working through those smaller/maintenance tasks I didn’t get to before. Sometimes I get nervous going into our meetings because she likes to put pressure on me to complete tasks by arbitrary deadlines that she sets and it gives me anxiety. But this time I wasn’t worried because I had everything done. Basically, she told me I should be…

For over a year now, I've taken over a marketing supervisor position that was being unfulfilled since the previous girl quit. Before that, I had maybe half the responsibilities I do now. It's common now that my work bleeds over into evenings and weekends, and that wouldn't bother me at all if I felt I was being compensated well for it. When I stepped in to help with this position, no one else knew how to manage it, including myself for majority of the tasks. But I worked hard to learn what I needed to and now the title has been officially given to me. I think my first mistake was not demanding a raise as soon as my job title was changed. I knew how much she made, almost twice as much as me. I was told raises weren't being given out at the moment but one would soon…