Month: September 2023

🧚‍️️ I fucking hate these childish systems in place to control us.

I'm unable to financially afford going 2 weeks without pay, and there's a decent chance I get fired as soon as I hand in my 2 weeks today. If that happens, what should I say to my new job about it? How should I word it??

I think most fields can say this, but at this point- I’m kinda stressed for the wrong reasons. There’s 5-10 who do IT for my entire company (it’s that many due to specific programs). Over 5k employees with 10k daily customers. That’s not an exaggerations it’s roughly that number that doesn’t fluctuate. But I also know, having ten employees for a tech team is actually pretty good as some companies will just over work the shit out of a team of 3. I was not trained to do anything. I have the option of taking tests the company will pay for, but I need the structure and guidance of training that they won’t pay for. They want us doing OT, want us “answering phones” when no one else is working, one guy exclusively pulls 16hr days just to get all the over time before anyone else can. There’s 0 diversity.…

I (home care nurse) went to meet a new pt (infant) yesterday. The family lived in temporary housing in a hotel. As I pulled up, there was some police activity in the parking lot. As I am walking down the hall looking for the room, a man opens a door and says “If you’re looking to have a little fun, I’ve got what you need”. Without making eye contact, I just quickly continue on my way. Meet the family and finish my day. Later on, supervisor calls and says the family would prefer a nurse of a different race. A blessing in disguise.

Usually when a company says that they treat their employees like shit. I'm not saying that there isn't value in finding community with your coworkers, especially since you spend so much time around them. But I cant fucking stand when the CEO who makes infinitely more money than me a year uses the excuse “we're a family here, we help eachother out” to expect extra contributions and effort outside of regular job duties. If I got paid what the CEO at my company makes, then shit, hell yeah we're a family. Hell yeah I'll do extra stuff to help out. Because then it won't be above my pay grade…. These CEO's are so out of touch it's not even funny.

this morning i have an interview for a cardboard box company. it's an internship which will center around the maintenance of the machinery. i have a slight back problem, stemming from scoliosis and some other muscle inflammation, which makes it hard to stand for long periods of time. i will need some sort of stool or chair in order to be comfortable and not in pain. i am capable of standing, it just begins to hurt after a little while. my question is this. should i disclose this need during my interview? i know it is considered a reasonable accommodation, i just worry they will deny me the job based on this alone. should i wait until i actually get the job to ask for it? thanks

I am a medical professional who sees patient's from 8:30 to 5:30. It's a common occurrence that I do not have a patient scheduled in the last block (from 4:45 to 5:30). I stay caught up on documentation, assist in facility up-keep (cleaning rooms and stocking linens), and even try to stay occupied reading journal articles. Yet, at the end of the day when my last patient has been seen and everything is tidy, I just want to get out of there. I have a newborn and a toddler I would much rather hangout with. As a salaried employee I feel like I am not obligated to stay until 5:30 and often leave around 5. I feel my co-workers are annoyed with this. Am I under any obligation to stick around or am I just creating anxiety/guilt out of nothing?

As part of my job I have to sit in on interviews with my area manager, We were interviewing a colleague for a retail assistant who has a minor learning disabilities. Obviously he was extremely nervous, he didn't get the job and asked me for feedback. The area manager told me she'd had suggested retail wasn't for him and he should look at other opportunities. I've been notified his parents and support worker are making an official complaint about her. Where do you guys stand on this situation?

I had class yesterday before work. I arrived at work. Coworker phoned the office phone asking to be let in. They'd forgotten their key. I let them in. [Cell phone is bought and paid for by me]. Coworker says, “He, did you get my text?” “I rarely read them. What did it say?” “THE BOSS told me to reach out to you and let you know I forgot my key.” I shrug. “I was IN CLASS. I keep the phone off in class.” I am not on call. This sounds like a very small thing. It represents a momentous change in how I view all work things. I am going to get a throwaway cell phone and announce my “new” phone number at work soon. I resent having to give out my personal cell number to the worksite so I am going to stop doing that. Anyway, r/antiwork, i salute…

I am a biology student in my final undergraduate year. I have chosen to study this degree as biology always came naturally to me, so everyone in school advised me to pursue it. Truly, I never enjoyed the subject, but it was very easy. This will be a long post as I need to vent my frustrations. I have experience in very different areas of biology, and I have worked academically and in industry, on placements etc. There was not a single thing I liked about these jobs and the way I see it there is no other kind of work I could do with my degree. The industrial job was office based and I could not even last the full duration, I left halfway through. I could not stand being tied down to the same desk for 8 hours a day with barely anything to do, and being beholden…