Month: September 2023

I was fired during a mass layoff and I think it was wrongful, but my family has no money to spare without my income. I called and emailed at least a dozen lawyers in my area of the American MidWest and they either don’t specialize in that kind of law or they want $100 for a 30 minute consultation. I’m so exasperated because people keep saying “you should talk to a lawyer” and “just find someone who does free consultations”. I don’t know where these magic free consultation employment lawyers are hiding! I don’t have a better suggestion, but I’m thinking we should stop telling desperate poor people to talk to a lawyer about employment issues without pointing them at a specific lawyer they could talk to. Maybe once I have a new job, I could spare some cash for one, but by then it will probably be too late.

I bootstrapped all of my 20s and got nothing for it. I work a job that has lied so much i dont have the patience to type it all. I have health issues i’m trying to ‘fix with home remedies’ because i cant afford a fu***** DR WITH insurance, and i can only save what i have because i buy absolutely nothing outside of mandatory things and room mate with 2 other people. I am burnt out working… i have a job with occasional options for ‘overstaffing’, has PTO, and paid holidays, and pays 17$/hr and is the best job i’ve ever had: and im terrified of leaving it someday because i just cant afford to work less than 4 days a week and this job let’s me juuuust get that done if i luck out and get overstaffing every week (it’s a work lottery ). I just… dont know…

I used to work swing shift at my old job. Never felt tired once. I have a standard office job now and day shift feels so much more tiring and exhausting. By Friday, I feel mentally exhausted and drained. Never experienced this when I worked swing shifts. Anyone prefer swing shifts over day shifts? I wish more jobs offered swing but most office jobs come standard as day shift.

I posted awhile ago that the IHOP my girlfriend works at was trying to get her to pay to the store 60$ she had received in tips because the Head server/night manager who had counted them out to her had quit and now she was somehow responsible for the bank supposedly being short. Well as of now they are telling her unless she pays that money back to them she will not receive her check. On Wednesday August 30th we saw people leaving IHOP with checks in hand she went in to try and get hers and they threaten to call the police. She was told over the phone her check would be ready for her to pick up this coming Thursday September 7th, but are still saying she is responsible for the 60$. At this point we have decided the 60$ doesn't matter and said just take it out…

Okay, this was the first ever crazy experience I had working for someone. I worked for a local small business. I used to go to this store as a customer because I absolutely loved the products and the owner’s vibe. Eventually, I stopped by again and she asked me if I wanted a job. Me, excited and looking for a second job, I said yes. I was getting paid minimum wage, but I didn’t mind. She was the only person operating that store and she just opened a year ago, so I understood she was making only so much. After going through training, she had to leave out of state for a certification she was training for. That means I was going to manage and oversee her store. Before she left, we discussed when I would be paid while I managed the store during her absence. We agreed I would…

So I've been working for 6 months. I have been utterly slammed and at times I had been wondering if I was working the job of two or more people. I had my exit meeting two weeks ago and received a negative review. On top of that I come to find out that I was being replaced by two employees to do the role I was working. There was no mention of the fact that I was being replaced by two employees in the review and instead an onslaught about my failings as an employee. It's hard as I feel as though I was set up to fail. Employers will literally demand their pound of flesh from you without any remorse or consideration. Anti-work rant over.

This has been eating away at me for some time and I need advice how to handle this in the best way. I am in the UK. I work for a company that is divided by multiple teams that cater to different languages. Ever since I started working in this company over 3 years ago, it was always 3 people supporting the customers in my language, therefore, I am part of a team consisting of 3 people. During quiet periods (spring and summer), 3 of us are more than needed but during busy periods (fall and winter) the work gets overwhelming and it can feel understaffed. There has a pretty big turnover of staff in the past 3 years but in the end it was me and 2 other women. One of those women has left for maternity leave 2 weeks ago. So now it’s me and another girl. I…

We all know things are f*cked and the old companies are behaving the worst currently. Seen so many rants here about frustrated employees and how things are not fair. Saw some posts asking for solution. Like, what can be done? Today I just got an idea for work. The idea is to start a business where there are no employees who get paid fixed salary. Instead, each 'employee' owns a part of the company. There are no bosses. There are only people who work collectively and share the profits among them basis the work they do. No bootlickers required. The 'employees' in such a company are collective owners of the company. The revenue that they generate is split among them based on how much business they create for the company. This can apply to any profession/business. Eg. I work as a developer. I can join a team of developers and…

This is my first post. I had fun reading all the posts of these awful jobs on this sub reddit for a while so here's is my recent encounter. Last week I was looking for jobs on Craigslist when a “PAID DAILY!!!” post caught my attention. It is a delivery job, where you drive your own vehicle, you deliver car parts from a warehouse to various mechanic shops around town. The hours were 9am-5pm. The post said that they paid 115$ per day via cash app. I wanted to try it out and see how it went for a little bit, why not? I started on Monday and the job is super simple: Show up to the warehouse. Load your car with car parts. You also get a company phone to use for gps, and to snap pictures of the delivered parts. It's literally uber eats but for mechanics. The…

I’m breakfast cook at a small bakery in a small town. The owners are slobs. The son of the owners is beyond lazy. I’ve never opened that I didn’t need to rewash dishes he washes improperly, never came in to a clean grill, he doesn’t even sweep or mop so that needs done before I can start work. This morning, I came in to defrosted chicken in the same tub as defrosted steak and ground beef. The chicken leaked on everything so I wasn’t opening any packages- no way I’m killing someone today with his filth. This idiot uses no utensils- except the grill scraper. I’ve spoken with mom and dad repeatedly but they just tell me they have too much going on to worry about Mo and where he is lacking. These people are late on rent, are on the verge of having our ice maker repossessed, bought a…