Month: September 2023

This happened a couple years ago, I wasn’t happy at my job and started looking for a new one. Coincidentally at the same time, a competitor of my current company was looking for the exact same role as I worked. Everything was better at the new company, pay, hours, wfh capabilities and the closeness to my house. So i interviewed and got the role after a few days. I went to talk to the owner to hand in my resignation and we spoke for a bit and then he asked where I was going. That’s when he blew up on me, started screaming loudly that I was a traitor and just used them to move up and I can go f*** myself. At that point I got up and grabbed my already packed bags and started walking out. He told me very loudly in front of everyone, to get the…

Start of a new work week and I just need to vent about this stupid fucking way of work life. Large company I work for wants us all back in the office eventually but guess what! While we're still hybrid, we have to share desks in office. A lucky couple don't have to, but still… you can't even fucking let us have our own desk? A place to call our own when we're being forced back into the office?? And every night, need to unplug all your equipment, bring it home with you, then bring it back in the next day. I am so fucking over the insanity of corporate culture.

My father can’t get 2 days off of work after getting a severely black eye? The boss told him you can still see out the other??? Is this even legal?? Or fair??? My stepdad basically got punched super hard, like his eye was so swollen and purple and turning black now, he went to the doctors and even they said 2 days off of work, but his job doesn’t allow doctors excuse notes either he said! What the hell??? He’s just supposed to work for 2 days with a black fucking eye that’s sore and hard to see out of ??? I’m just wondering, is this legal OR morally right?

I've been with my current employer for 5 years. Incredibly small, when I came onboard in 2018 there were only 3 guys doing work and 1 estimating. By 2020 we were 5 installers strong with 2 estimators. Now, in 2023 I am the only fully qualified installer, with 1 behind me, and 2 newbies, 3 estimators, the owner, and his best friend who is the “VP of operations”. I've gone from and installer, to lead installer, to project manager in that time. My problem is how distasteful it has been to work for the owner. His treatment of us has been really back and forth. This is a list of the things he's said to me: -“Maybe you're not cut out for this kind work.” -“We put you in this position because we thought you could handle it.” -“It's like your heart just isn't in it.” -“I can't have you…

From now on when a boss says something about work/life balance I'm just going to tell them that I'll be working 3.5 days per week, 25 weeks per year. You know, for balance.

In early August I was laid off from my IT job. I was pretty bummed since the pay was pretty decent and I had next to zero responsibilities. But I took it as an opportunity to work on the projects I had going on within my hobbies. I finished one which I'm really proud about and a bunch of people liked it. Not having to work for someone else doing a job I didn't want to do and just being able to work on things that I enjoyed felt freeing. Of course I was searching for a new job the whole time. Had a few interviews and I received a job offer last week. My first day starts in a few hours at the time this is posted. I don't want to return to a job. Having this last month “off” was great, honestly. I'm dreading going back to work…

I've sadly learned that this is a big lie among corps. You come in at a job where they “facilitate growth and help you with your ambition”, but they will never truly help you. Because it's “a future plan” and “you still have lots to learn in the meantime”. I didn't sign up for soul sucking data entry but here we are, getting along with my network and job offer offices to find something else. Go for what you want or stay a while to get the competences needed for what you want to do in a job, but don't expect much of growth opportunities in job ads.

I work as a delivery driver for a company that sells produce every week they make us sign a waiver for our lunch breaks. And if during our route, we want to take a lunch break we have to let them know so they could take off 30 minutes off our paycheck This is in California by the way

I took an office job, thinking it would be a chill nice environment where I wouldn’t get over anxious and stressed every 5 minutes. Boy was I wrong. Not only has this job overstressed me, it’s literally completely different than what I thought I’d be doing. All I want to do is quit. I think about it everyday. But I have nothing to fall back on until somewhere else hires me. Which could take another month. I wish I listened to myself and said no to this job offer. But I have no money to just quit. It’s just one big cycle that keeps you in the system. I feel so depressed, so stuck, and I just want this all to end.