Month: September 2023

Hurricane last week knocks out power all over. The warehouse is closed during the storm as it is going through and tells us that it will be closed as well the following Thursday. Thursday morning comes around and since they have power, begins to call people into work. Granted this is almost lunchtime so only a quarter of the building shows up. All of this and people are without power for days, some are still without. The only “assistance” they provide is local stuff around town that churches are doing, and Walmart letting people shower. There is a fund that is supported by workers at other DCs, not a lick from corporate, or the company themselves. DC manager or assistant haven’t even asked if anybody needed help, or even asked if anybody needed as little as a bottle of ducking water. Fuck Dillard’s, overpriced bullshit marked up out the ass.

Not sure if maybe this is standard and my expectations for humanity are just a tad too high… I started my first full-time WFH job May 2022. Long story short, my boss acted really nice almost always. There was def. times he was annoying and I did not agree with him, but all in all I’m like… this is a pretty ok person. Anyway, for several reasons I submitted my resignation 2 weeks ago. My last day is Friday. For a few reasons (including my health) I only wanted to give 1 week notice, but I gave 2 because I felt a bit bad giving 1 (which isn’t really even necessary considering how junior I am). Literally since that day he has completely changed. First day I sent it he gives me my lazy co-workers work (not the first time I’ve had to do their work), and I got really…

I won't go into any major lengthy diatribes. But I will just say that I think my time has come to part ways with the company I am in. I'm a good worker but I am not a workaholic by any means, yet there is far too much for one man to do. I decided to help them over Christmas, I am, at my core, not an angry or spiteful person, and I understand they will definitely need me and that will be my parting gift. I'll never hate them, but they know exactly what they are doing, it's not healthy, it's overwork at its worst, they are not far long behind my old job that tried to pull the same wool over my eyes. This has been a wake up call to change careers to something manageable.

I was on a Zoom team call when I got the above private message from my boss. I could give him a list if he had some time. A lot of time. Maybe because we're working in a dystopian nightmare, we can't pay basic bills, and we're being micromanaged to death. Maybe because half of the team was on this Zoom call from our individual desks in the office, which we could be doing just as easily from home. Maybe because the team is buried in work but the boss is droning on and on while saying absolutely nothing in this meeting. Maybe because the entire team is depressed because none of us have been able to find new jobs (we are all looking) Maybe because some of us should be looking forward to retirement in a decade or so, but have absolutely nothing saved.

Posting on behalf of a friend. Recently salaried employee feels that he their boss (general manager) and their bosses boss (district manager) have made the work environment toxic and hostile. Friend is a manager below GM. But is not allowed to make the schedule for their staff yet gets blamed for scheduling issues. Is responsible for the employees in their department yet isn't allowed in on their hiring processes. There have been several rude comments made to target this friend in manager group chats- blaming him for issues that bosses won't allow him to have control over or have input in any decision. If friend quits, it will be an uphill battle to find another job that pays half as decently as this one. But friend is slowly losing hope that they will turn around and make the company a better work environment for all. Besides leaving, is there anything…

(This pertains to things as they are in the US. Also just speaking generally, obviously there are exceptions) With hourly jobs, you work your hourly rate up until the full-time 40hrs/wk. And then, your employer is (usually) required to pay you overtime at 1.5x your normal wage. In demanding mid-upper level salaried jobs, you're not paid by the amount of time you put in, but rather are paid a set salary and expected to get all of your work done in however much time it takes you – with 40hrs/wk being a light suggestion. Thing is, in many jobs this is simply not possible. So many people I work with will regularly pull 10-12 hour days and receive no additional compensation for it. Honestly, it makes me sad. Companies will lord “benefits” over your head to convince you it's making up for all the extra time you're giving. But benefits…

I am a small business owner, for the past 8 years. My cafe has been pretty successful since almost the start. We survived Covid quite well but now the frustration kicked in. I hire cooks, we agree on salary and hours. We are busy but nothing an experienced cook cannot handle. We are open 6 hours a day, starting at 8:00am. The days are not long. I pay $16.00/hr to start and a couple cooks make $18.00/hr. My confusion is when a cook just stops showing up with no communication whatsoever. We have a nice working environment, everyone gets along. What am I missing? Why do people just stop showing up? I’m very easy going because I’ve worked in shit places and I won’t have mine become one of them.

I jumped through countless hoops for this business owner for a job that was blatantly misclassified as a 1099 contract position that in reality was just a business owner trying to avoid paying taxes. Application required writting a parapgraph long answer to about 35 questions, then film an “audition tape”. Then I had to “audition” and interview with the owner who stopped me in the middle of the interview to ask me if I had ADD because I wasnt making eye contact with her. The reason I wasnt making eye contact with her was because she was wearing sunglasses and typing on her laptop the whole time. Weeks go by, more phone interviews with the owner. Finally get to a point where they want to extend me an offer. I think an offer? I thought this was a 1099 job? Ok send over the offer letter. This offer letter stated…