Month: September 2023

So I just started a new job, usual shit. It’s a good opportunity, but it’s all the same bullshit as every other job. During training, however, something my trainer said caught my ear. He’s maybe 55-60, so he’s a Boomer, and when we were talking about job stress he said, “no need to make this job stressful. Yknow? Our lives and everything outside of work sucks, no need to bring that to your job as well, right?” I laughed in the moment, said “yeah haha right” but then I just kept thinking like…nah bro LMAO my life outside of work fuckin rocks. I do whatever I want, go wherever I want, do nothing all day if I want, eat healthy food cuz I have the time to prepare it, hang out with my family, exercise, breathe fresh air in a park, paint miniatures, eat delicious meals, drink fancy wines, enjoy…

He has a lot more experience, knowledge, and skills than I do. We split work when we can, but some things he spends more time working on. Not to dismiss my own knowledge or skills. It just takes time to learn more in IT engineering. Today we were talking about job openings and salaries. I blurted out how much I make, and he was pissed off. Not at me, but the fact that I make much more than him. We both agreed that he is really underpaid, especially with how much he does, and he is going to bring it up to the director later. He's interested in another role, but it would take a big pay cut. He said “I'm not going to take any pay cut, in fact I'm going to get a pay bump!” DAMN RIGHT! I hope he gets an actual raise to more than what…

I started this week and I’m already thinking to call it quits. This is a credit controller position of which I have no experience in. I kinda went into this a bit blind thinking it was similar to an accounts receivable position of which I have great experience in. I will outline some of the red flags below: 1) They have like some sort of recorder which we are supposed to use and update during work hours. For example, if I am going out for lunch we have to change our status to ‘lunch’ and then that automatically resets the time limit up until we change to another status like to ‘training’ or whatever. The problem I have is we even got to do this when we go to the bathroom (recording how long we are in there for). I feel this is almost an invasion of privacy and that…

I quit my job because I am disabled and my chronic pain could no longer be managed. My workload was literally making my pain worse. I was expected to bend over backwards and act as happy as a clam while inside I was screaming. I had a smile on my face while I wanted to be in fetal position. This goes for anyone with a chronic condition. This in any sane world would be considered abuse. But capitalism celebrates it. Those of us who can't afford to not work because disability doesn't actually work for most of the disabled population. Are truly thrown to the wolves. Meant to put in double the effort to have the same metrics as an able bodied person. Those who are disabled, who truly do it for thr social interaction. (Especially older people, who are lonely and often isloated) Get the most demeaning work. It…

Exactly what the title says. This sub is getting crazy recently, calling out things that are good, like benefits that allow people to take care of dependents and comparing it to vacation time or an infringement on their benefits. I would love if across the board we could have benefits that support people of all needs. Being able to take care of newborns, sick ones or being able to prioritize your own mental health. All these kinds of things and more would be great, and talking about them in a negative light doesn't help. Comparing benefits like this to vacation time or the need for higher pay because you don't have that situation is disingenuous. We don't need to be edgey, fighting each other and calling out each others situations. And at the same time we can call for better work life balance and compensation for work. Or in other…

I’ve worked at this retail store for 10 months and since my very first day my manager has talked about how her position is mine. Going so far to say “when you’re manager” many times. Now I’m not an idiot I didn’t expect it to be handed to me nor for it to be easy. It is the only opportunity for growth I’ve ever had so it is important to me. Especially considering my wage would go up by 300% while the work would almost be the same. Three months ago we hired another person in same position as me and our manager immediately started telling her that the manager position is hers. My manager is not professional nor communicative so I haven’t received any feedback positive or negative. She obviously just personally favors this new person over me. We realized quickly we wouldn’t be friends outside of work and…

I give up. My mother is a 1st generation American, her mother came over speaking no English. My parents never paid off their house, investing in my education in hopes of a better life. Now I have a Master’s degree. I’m not yet 30. I’ve set up a cutting-edge one of 10 in the world research laboratory. I’ve made incredible discoveries this year – and I’m still not “safe” yet. It’s still not enough to guarantee my ability to take time off after complications from a minor surgery. I am going to be fine, there will be no long term effects. But I am here at my desk, I’ve been here bleeding and in pain. My company offers 3 weeks less leave than anywhere else in my city. We get half of the holidays too. I can either take this time off now and rest, or skip spending the holidays…

Whether it's Glassdoor requiring a line of steps plus a creation of a linked account, in order to see reviews, or indeed telling you to submit a previous employer review, to unblur reviews you search for. Why do we need to jump through hoops to achieve basic fucking research? Can I please pop into a website Bing bang boom without being disected? It would take me under 5 minutes to collect the data I need for a decision making process. Now it's gonna take 10, 15, 20 minutes. Its one thing if you want to submit a review, but to simply read, I still need all my personal information cached in their websites. You're basically telling me, like, I have to earn the ability to read information that you didn't even write BTW. You're hosting it. I could definitely see them following in the steps of news websites. “You're gonna…

Literally every job I apply to is a rejection Life is great

Friend of mine has a father battling cancer. Diagnosed a couple weeks ago. She promptly notified HR of the situation and said her upcoming schedule is a bit unpredictable. HR adviced little but aknowledged the situation. Last week she notified manger she'd be out of town that weekend, as the family (immediate and extended) gathered for support. She was using PTO for the trip. Manger advised that she work on Monday (Labor Day) She went out of town, and on Saturday told them she was in another state with family. Manger “strongly advised” she return for work on Monday. On Sunday night she told management she was still out of town and was unable to be in on Monday. On Tuesday she was terminated. Speculation I've never dealt with something like this, so maybe “strongly advised ” means “mandatory attendence” in legal terms? The employer has been dealing with layoffs and…