A study last year found that employees with unlimited PTO took an average 12.09 days off, compared to 11.36 days taken by those with limited plans. It's like PTO is just used as a recruiting tool, rather than a commitment to time off in the name of mental health and productivity. Source: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/is-unlimited-vacation-a-bad-idea?q=ac9b8a90df53eb11739e428fb66f2b65&o=8783
I don't want to spend 40 hours a fucking week breaking my back just to have a roof over my head and barerly breaking even at the end of the month. I'd gladly live in a fucking tent at this point if it meant i could retire early. I just don't get why i owe 40 hours of my life to some society that i don't give a fuck about just for the privilege of surving. Why can't I just plop an rv down on an abandoned lot and call it a day? We're the only animals stupid enough to work for a living and the only ones smart enough to make it easier. But, we don't why? Why are machines doing the pointless jobs seen as a bad thing? Why is affordable housing seen as a bad thing? I'm fucking pissed off right now that there is no way…
I’m in my 20s and I’ve been working at an office for the last few years in an entry-level position. The work is easy and doable. My colleagues are okay. This is my first “big boy” job in the job area I wanted to work in. However, a few months into the job, the truth dawned on me. This was my life. 5 days per week, 9 AM to 5 PM – I belonged to my employer. Of course, I was getting paid. I shouldn’t complain because there are people out there earning less than me or have no job at all. But I don’t want work to dominate my life and take up all my time. I don’t want to just have Saturdays to just recover from the work week and have Sundays to prepare for the next work week. So, I came up with a solution. My office…
I'm leaving my current position for another with another company. My current position is miserable–the work itself is fine, but it's mismanaged all across the board. I'm going through the normal process (two weeks notice, updating the people who will be taking over for me on my day to day processes, etc; ) For people who have been in a similar position, how honest were you during the exit interview? I don't like to burn any bridges, but I feel like it's a disservice not to tell them the main reason I'm leaving is a lack of confidence in the management. Appreciate any and all feedback.
Context: I (20F) work in a large department/retail store with many department managers who are all white. I am south-east asian. I started working there in October/November as a Christmas casual and felt as though all the management there was unfriendly and not wanting to get to know me because I was just a casual and I probably would've been sacked after the seasonal period (I ended up not getting let go btw). At the start of my job, my manager scolded my east-asian coworker (openly in front of customers), and despite her wearing a nametag, thought it was me (I made the mistakes :c ). My coworker could barely get a word in before saying that she had no idea what my manager was talking about. In response, all my manager said was “Oh, you're not OP”. No apology for that public embarrassment my coworker faced. Hearing the story…
