Month: September 2023

Long story short, the owner of my company didn’t like my boss, so he fired him. He’s collecting unemployment now. My boss hired me because we’ve worked together before in the same type of role and he knew I’d be good at it. I trained a coworker who had never touched tech before how to repair all the devices we handle. The owner has decided that he wants to cut 1 person from our repair team, and I know it’s going to be me for the reasons below. He’s trying to undo everything our former boss did. Our former boss hired me. He threatened my job over a power strip on Friday. Without the power strip I am a lot slower than my coworkers. They were allowed to keep both of their power strips, but I was forced to get rid of one under threat of losing my job. Two…

I find myself at a crossroads… When I took my current role it was with the understanding that I could work from home as needed, which was ideal as I have a little one and a parent who was recently diagnosed with ALS – all of which was disclosed to my employer. Fast forward to today – I have not been able to WFH and every time I need a day, I end up using sick time or it is unpaid. I feel like I'm walking a fine line, yes, they're sympathetic to a point, but they're running a business. I'm the one who has to figure out the balance. I was out Friday, Monday and potentially today, to deal with everything that's been happening and I just know that I will get a talking to, potentially let go upon my return. Why do we let them do this to…

I'm not sure what to do. I have been looking for a job for close to a year now with no luck. I thought this was finally the change I so desperately need, but I was wrong. For a little context, I am a young adult that had to drop out of college and my original job (it was just McDonald's, so pretty shit) because of issues at home. The biggest being that I had to rely on my parents for transportation. While things with my mom and dad have gotten better, I am still hurting for a ride. I can drive, but my parents will not help me pay for car insurance…so I have to get a job…but without the ability to drive I'm extremely limited. Anyway, I applied for a small, family owned coffee shop near my house. I can walk to it. I came in for an…

I (29F) have worked in healthcare as a physician assistant for almost 3 years and the daily thoughts to quit have only intensified. I love the actual work I do but seeing a patient every 15 minutes and all the administrative work is stressful and depressing. I’ve switched jobs, started therapy and antidepressants, started new hobbies, and travel as often as I can hoping that when I get back I’ll be able to accept the business-focused insanity that healthcare has become. I’m very honest with upper management. Just yesterday when I was told again that I’m a star employee, I replied that it’s not sustainable, I’m burning out, and if there were a job closer to home I’d take it. I’m so miserable working that I couldn’t keep it in. The most recent thing to piss me off at work is that I had PTO and a work conference planned…

Now, half of the staff is either working from home or sick and cannot work. The rest of the staff have to wear masks. Thank you boss. ​

I’m in a position that pays semi-well. My team is absolutely wonderful! I just don’t feel fulfilled at all. Some days, I can ignore it and enjoy myself, but more and more I feel terrified by the fact this is what I’m stuck with. I work in a remote job, nothing special.

So i have had seasonal viral since last week and haven’t take a sick day yet because of constant nagging and pressure. Today i logged in a bit late after informing about it. And my manager put me in a call and told me I should take 5-6 paracetamols/dolo A DAY “to fix” my fever and finish my tasks faster. Along the lines he also added contradictory statements like “you only have 2 weeks to finish this, let me know if you can’t then we will take action” idk what he might by action there as he’s the person who can say the most vile shit in a “polite-sounding” tone. To this same sentence. this same person also added “if you are not feeling well you can take leaves” like he did not ask me to work on my tasks just a second before. I was quite speechless today. at…