Month: September 2023

I recently took a remote position with an in-home veterinary euthanasia company because I’m two years in to a disability that I’m still acclimating to and working on accepting. I have been in the veterinary industry for several years prior to this as a practice manager, veterinary assistant, and receptionist. I am no longer physically capable of working in a normal clinic setting unless I strictly work reception -and- only have good days. On bad days, I need to lay back and elevate my feet because not doing so causes severe chest pain and a high heart rate for me. I hate it so very much. I’m telling you all this because I resigned from this position four hours after starting. The first four hours of work was a Zoom call that covered introductions and what we would be doing in training, as well as some tax paperwork with HR.…

Basically a guy at my work dropped a deuce in the floor in the bathroom, management is mad. They’ve locked the mens bathroom and require a key to enter (this is totally legal as i understand.) they have not done this with the womens restroom. So is this a case of gender discrimination? I feel like this should be a title 9 thing. If our bathrooms are locked why not theirs?

So I won’t go into all the detail, but I live and work in Ontario, Canada and we have it pretty good in regards to labour law. I am a permanent remote worker but typically travel to a company facility about 2hrs away every 6-8 weeks for the day. My employers HQ is in another province for reference. Anyways, they cover my travel expenses (mileage, any tolls etc) however they refuse to acknowledge my travel time to and from as per the ESA 2000. (For reference it says a worker who is required to go to a different place of work other than their primary must be paid for their travel time). Note: this does not apply to exempt employees or those whose primary job function requires travel. My manager was not aware of this and when I made them aware they said they’d check with HR. Of course HR…

I am 35. My power just got shut off for the first time tonight. I have 6 candles lit so the room heats up and keeps my hedgehogs bin above 70F. I get paid in 2 days so its not too bad, they said partial payment wasnt good enough. 44k CAD a year. (31k USD) Struggling for years before this. Its too expensive to live, genx and boomer working class stay afloat by taking advantage of immigrant labor and housing bubble. Before Covid; 4 people do what my team of 2 does right now. I Inherited this position for no payraise shortly after being hired because the guy who hired me quit. Coworker on my team is incompetent and barely speaks english so I am basically doing the work of 3 people. I have had 1 raise in 2 years…… 5% raise(lower than inflation). Ive applied for 70+ jobs in…

I’m so confused by all the posts on here. People just quit their jobs because something happens that makes them unhappy. Who are these people and how are they…surviving? Do other people not have to pay for housing, food, gas, insurance, etc. or am I missing something? I understand that the system is broken, but who can afford to just quit when work does something they don’t like? I’ve never known of a job that doesn’t have its inconveniences or annoying attributes. Everyone I know, complains about their job, but none of us can just quit. Genuinely curious as to how people are doing it. Don’t gate keep!

TLDR; told by upper level execs to “do more with less” by cutting 10% of the team next year despite revenue increasing…I'm so tired of this… I think many of us can sympathize. We need a working class revolution. We have to stop this mentality of infinite profit margins. I work in US tech industry in middle management and few days back we went into our annual planning meetings for next year. Execs basically told us to save $200M out of thin air. We asked them how, as our revenue and manufacturing runrates were increasing and needed bodies to support that. They point blank told us, “you're not getting more people, we want you to give us 26 people reduction” (extended team of approx 260 people bodies in office cubes), while fixing quality issues, and supply chain issues that we don't have control over… Basically asking for a layoff next…

I work in a medical clinic. Not a single day goes by where I don't get berated and blamed for things completely out of my control, or are just plain nonsensical. Not one. Story time: Yesterday a fellow came in and handed me his appointment card. I greet him, he doesn't acknowledge my greeting (happens all the time). I note his name on the card and look at the daily worklist. His name is not there. I ask for his DOB so I can confirm who he is and search for his record. He gives it to me and as I'm searching he says “I've just had to come from your new location, I was told you were moving” “oh, yes we are moving at the end of october” (200m down the road) “well it would have been nice to have been told that” “oh I see, strange that we…

I've never enjoyed this hostile type of environment at work, but I absolutely love being the guy who just lays down the no bullshit card in the backstabby situation. My job right now is trying to unionize making it pretty tense, but regardless, I am VERY candid with my employers that they do not pay me, or anyone else, enough to live. “I mean sure, the pay is okay. Granted, it's not something I can reliably support myself on and if I owned a business and couldn't pay my workers enough to live on, I'd be pretty embarrassed and feel like an abject failure, but hey, you guys pay 50 cents more than the other guys, right?” and then I just let the silence fill the room. Otherwise, they say jump, I say how high. I'm out there working my little tail off every day and going above and beyond.…

Should I ask them to pay for my time at the doctor's (I was there 1 hour+ the other day and they didn't attend me)

Throwaway. I worked in the memory care section of assisted living with people in hospice. (People who have dementia) I loved my job, I was the only one who went in and talked to the eldery people like they were ACTUALLY people. Some of the people there thought I was their grandson or neighbor. I could go on and on with the stories of how they helped me in life. This was the first time that I felt like I was working for something bigger than money and now it's gone.. I caught a fever and informed my boss who told me I needed a doctor's note and to let them know 2 to 4 hours ahead of time next time and to let her know if I can make it to work tomorrow. I called her the next day 2 hours before my shift and told her I was…