Month: September 2023

I guess this is more of a vent post and an FYI more than anything. Proceed if you dare. I work for a F100 global company today, but have worked for a variety of companies of different sizes and industries in my 15 year career. I have to say, if you have any iota of ambition, most big corps will suck the life out of you. Let me explain. The bureaucratic process of getting any sort of momentum in a pay hike or promotion is mind numbing. “We don't have the budget”, “The economy is shaky right now”, “I'd focus on doing your best work and keeping your head down for the time being”. All the excuses I've received from management during this time. The people who work here seem relatively complacent. I mean, there are definitely some go-getters scattered amongst teams, but there are far more of those who…

In my cv it clearly states I want to make at least 36k and that I'm not interested in any lower offers. So I send it out to a couple companies and the general manager of one of them calls me and ask if I'm willing to come in for a job interview. I tell him that sounds great and I ask him if he's read my cv and knows what I'm asking. He says he has and that it's all good. So on my day off, I get ready, dress nicely and i drive almost an hour to get there. We sit down and do the interview, this guy keeps on talking about how great is company is, I answer all his questions and we even discuss a couple possible strategies. This goes on for about an hour, and then he says i sound like a great fit for…

Hey yall I’ve been lurking here on and off for a bit. I don’t know where to even ask this question. I currently make $22 hourly working remotely. My job isn’t the worst thing ever but I’m always browsing job markets especially after long days. I am in the process of doing a second interview with a director for another job which pays $28 hourly. Both jobs are remote. The benefits are a little bit better at the first job, not by much honestly. They both have pros and cons like unlimited vacation at the new job vs only VAC accrual time at my old one. My old job does offer free schooling but only 4 classes a year at university. My coworkers at the moment as well I can tolerate. The clients though are the fucking worst. Idk should I just say fuck it and take the extra pay?…

I cant remember, but few months ago i read somewhere about a company got their employees angry for removing or reducing remote work? can anybody remember and tell me?

Where I work I can take checks from customers for payment. However, the main office requires them to be business checks, no personal checks allowed, with a check number >= 1200. All well and good, except that exactly what the office requires wasn't adequately explained initially, and like with most of what they tell me, what they want seems to change over time or isn't fully explained until they have a problem. The process of how it was explained to me over time was essentially Checks are OK Not all checks, though, only check numbers over 1000. Only checks over 1000 from a business. No checks with a person's actual name, just business name. Check numbers must be at least 1200. We'll take some personal checks, but only if the owner or [supervisor] knows them personally I work by myself 99% of the time, so if someone wants to use…

So I work as a Human Resource Assistant. I have been at my facility for a year and when a higher up position opened up I eagerly applied as my education background is Human Resources and I figured that would make up for the lack of “real world experience” in fact the minimum qualifications even stated education could be in place of experience. I make it through both rounds of interviews but ultimately my Chief Human Resource Officer decided someone with a bit more practical experience was needed. Fair enough, no hard feelings. Well the job ends up getting cancelled because no interviewees were a good enough fit. Again, no big deal these things happen… flashforward a few weeks and the same position is reposted with a slightly different tittle. instead of a specialist it is now an admin/specialist. and instead of encouraging a current and again fully qualified employee…

I've applied to several jobs that have asked me to do a virtual interview. Now I know you're thinking “oh, it's just a zoom meeting. Whats wrong with that?” Nope. They want me to record myself answering prompts. I'm not even talking to a real person. Why on earth would I want to work for a company that can't even be bothered to be in person for the interview? I'm not quite that desperate yet. I have no issue doing phone or video interviews, that's fine. I'm at least speaking to someone and having a conversation. I refuse to work for anyone that can't be bothered to even say hello to me.

I’ve had a micromanager for about 10 months now (for context I started 12 months ago and she started 2 months after me). I’ve been doing my best to maintain professionalism, learn to adapt to her learning style, etc., but she’s very intense and makes things very difficult to do my job. At least 1 out of 4 weeks I’m so anxious to the point where I can’t eat, sleep, exercise, or live a normal life. The only reason I haven’t started looking for a new gig yet is because she doesn’t seem to be well liked by other managers (I’m the only person she manages), and I just got a promotion that could eventually lead me to a different team. The one (out of many) issue with her is her email and chat tone. It comes across as very demanding and tense. I always feel as though I’ve done…