Month: September 2023

First off I’d like to note that I understand how fortunate I am to be in this position with how wicked the job market is right now. I was laid off 3 weeks ago from a job in Commercial Insurance. Since then I’ve been applying like mad and interviewing with different agencies. The first place I interviewed with was my top choice. Unfortunately I was told a couple weeks ago that they had a hiring freeze in place but wanted to keep my resume on file. Fast forward to last week and I received a job offer for a hybrid schedule at an agency not far from home. I’ve been on boarding and just received an email this morning that I am cleared to start next week. I must note that the salary is slightly less than what I was making before being laid off. However I really enjoyed the…

I work at a non profit that does a lot of great work. We send out meals to different companies that have contracted us to feed their clients, largely those in transitional housing or in behavioral health facilities. We also run a program that trains those who face barriers to employment master skills that will make getting a job easier. It's really rewarding in a lot of ways. Seven months ago I started on as a prep cook. It was really difficult getting the hang of things because of a lack of organization and procedures. My sous chef didn't actually train me and he became a huge issue due to his lack of self awareness, his lack of effort or support and leadership, and basically just not doing any work. I became so incensed by his bullshit that I was moved into the kitchen and began working as a cook…

I work at a grocery chain that competes with ALDIs. I was hired to open a new store. I trained at a different location until grand opening. I work my as off at this job. I dare say I’m probably one of their harder working employees keeping order in the department I was assigned to. I was always happy to fill in, stay late and step up. But the district manager put pressure on the store recently to cut hours and get rid of people in whichever way. Everyone got a day taken off their schedule. They just decided to send me to a different location where the person in the same department of the store as me suddenly and recently quit. I said I could pick up shifts at that location or temporarily help them out but vocalized that I didn’t want to transfer. I shopped at that store…

FYI. I am neither saving lives or performing some complex surgeries for living nor developing some space/military jets of some sort. In fact, the company is doing great and has been in the business for a real long while. It is just some office job. I actually do like working there and some people are pretty ok, however, I am absolutely hating the “let's drop everything and complete the urgent request from the big boss now!” thing esepcially when I get a message like that on my personal phone over the weekend… Like it can 100% wait until Monday, tell me first thing in the morning and we should be cool… jeez you seriously expect me to login on Saturday at 11:30 PM and complete that 20-30 min request that will only be reviewed Monday – Tuesday?? And the most ironic thing that it is not even urgent at all,…

Hey everyone, I have been applying to jobs for the past few months and only got radio silence from employers. I worked at Popeyes most of high school and hated every second of it but was raised on the principles of “if you don’t work, you don’t eat”. I worked as a barista for 3 months after Popeyes and then was able to get a seasonal job as a packer in a Amazon warehouse. After they let me go in April of this year, I’ve been living off savings and financial aid from being a full time student. While actively looking into finding employment because I am only in school because I saw it as a way to stall for time till I found a career path that I wouldn’t hate doing for at least 5-10 years but after being told by 214 jobs that I’m not qualified for anything…

So I am a 20 year old college student. I was working at chuckee cheese for my first 2 years of junior college. I’ve never had any problems there or anything I would always stay out of the drama. I also got promoted and a raise while working there. The general manager that hired me was the reason why the store was stable and running good. When he left the store to transfer in another store in Washington. We got a new general manager and that’s when shit went to hell. The new general manager wasn’t horrible she was good at her job but she was also managing 2 stores bu it’s the senior manager that would take advantage and pick and bully other employees. She has had countless HR reports for not showing up to her shift, having us wait outside for an hour because she didn’t show up…

So I have been working at my job for ten years and the environment has become increasingly toxic over time. I am now thinking about jumping ship and finding another job. My boss said he’s gonna give me a bonus and a raise soon. Would it be a jerk move to accept these things and then leave like a month later?

Honestly 100%. Is there anything bad about this? Companies seem to HATE people who are open about it like me. It's a job, I work for money, not because I want to. If I was a multi-millionaire, I definitely wouldn't ever have worked/work. I would focus on living. But I am a slave.

With a week off from work, of course I had to stay busy somehow so I started with becoming fully rested, and when that got old, I started getting productive, so I went to my storage unit and got a couple things I needed then went and paid a bill in person, and what do you suppose was the consequence of this little outing? While I was at my storage unit I ran over a bolt that punctured my tire, I surveyed the damage and realized if I replace that tire I probably should replace all four of them at the same time now, a total of $1,057. and one of my solar panels flew off from the severe wind, crushing my backup cam which is costing me $88 to replace, I'm not even going to replace the solar panel right now because that has fallen down the priority list…