Month: September 2023

I’ve been working at a restaurant as a “waiter” for about 3 years now. I put waiter in quotes because I did more than wait people. I was the waiter, bartender, host and cleaner all at once, because they never were able to find people to work for all these positions. It’s a family owned restaurant in Tampa FL, and I am actually the owner’s nephew. I only started working for them to help them grow their business but things have gotten worse and worse with each year. Everyone except their two daughters (which are both waitresses) are getting severely underpaid and treated like shit/gaslighted constantly. Today I found another job and I’ve managed to quit from working for these devils. They have always ran their restaurant on quotes like “everything we serve is fresh, not frozen” and such, but I know that’s all BS. %80 of the food they…

I started working at my current workplace 3 years ago. The starting pay I got (before overtime and shift differentials are factored in) was $20 an hour. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI Inflation Calculator tool on their website, that $20 from October 2020 has the same buying power as $23.58 as of August 2023. My current wage is $23.39 an hour. Keep in mind that within these 3 years I have gotten promoted up to a Senior position, not to mention going above and beyond in certain aspects of my work. I'm not actually sure what I should be making, only what I'd like to be making. But I'm positive I'm not worth less than what I was worth 3 years ago after everything. Looking for a new job sucks. I'm just tired.

It’s not even wine they sell on the menu, he just spends so much there every year that they keep a stash of his favorite stuff. AND they send him gifts like wine glasses. I know it’s jealousy but damn. Just thinking about it bothers me.

Hi everyone! I am reflecting/pondering is it possible a series of bad experiences, stress, caused by a crap job could “ruin” you/your outlook in other jobs/life? I was there at crap job for 14.5 years – I put up with a lot of shit but not every thing was bad there, worked with great people, the job was just ruined by bad management and I wasn’t a favorite. I’ve since moved on and gotten a great job I’m happy at and a big pay bump and great insurance. But I still carry the somewhat jaded attitude I had from my last job. I don’t want any overtime, I want to do my job and go, I don’t want any extra job duties etc. I was never like this until the last few years. I feel like I’m being lazy and it’s wrong to have that kind of attitude. I just…

Hi everyone! I am reflecting/pondering is it possible a series of bad experiences, stress, caused by a crap job could “ruin” you/your outlook in other jobs/life? I was there at crap job for 14.5 years – I put up with a lot of shit but not every thing was bad there, worked with great people, the job was just ruined by bad management and I wasn’t a favorite. I’ve since moved on and gotten a great job I’m happy at and a big pay bump and great insurance. But I still carry the somewhat jaded attitude I had from my last job. I don’t want any overtime, I want to do my job and go, I don’t want any extra job duties etc. I was never like this until the last few years. I feel like I’m being lazy and it’s wrong to have that kind of attitude. I just…

Every time we have a “mandatory meeting,” we get less than 24 hours notice. This was sent late Friday afternoon about a Saturday meeting, which happens to coincide with the second holiest day of the Jewish New Year. I already took time off at the start of December and was really, really clear that it does not matter if there's an emergency or crisis; I will not be available. Period. (I turn my phone off for religious holidays.) I only saw this message because I pulled out my phone to turn it off for synagogue. If she had sent it thirty minutes later, I wouldn't have seen it. We are in an area with a very large Jewish population, one of the largest in the country. I'm so frustrated with this job that I'm posting it even though the holiday is still happening and I really shouldn't be on my…

I recently had a conversation with my supervisor where they asked me if I thought I had a good work/ life balance. Before I could answer, they answered for me and said they thought it was pretty good. I then said to them because of the unpredictable hours it be hard to do things, attend events, dinners. I requested to have a more set schedule. They said because I’m “salary” I’m kind of obligated to work whenever. Is that really true? I’ve worked 2 other salary jobs before and as long as I was working at minimum 40 hours a week they were fine. Even gave me a set start time for the most part. This job seems to think they own me for however long in the day they want.

I love my job, hate my employer. I have been at my current job for 6 months. Up until a week ago I worked 3 days on 12 hour shifts for a local clinic. I thought I had found the job I wanted to keep for a long time because I really enjoyed it and was happy with my coworkers. Now to the recent events… They cut my hours with no notice. I don't know if I can afford bills and groceries. I tried reaching out to multiple levels of management and just got the run around. Despite being one of the lower paid employees, giving me more hours would apparently be detrimental. They hired a new coordinator, who I am doing a large part in training. She is the most useless human being I have ever worked with. Despite weeks of training she takes 20 minutes to do what…