Month: September 2023

So I'm semi anti work. I'm extremely passionate about my career as a therapist, but also anti capitalist and totally think work schedules should be deterkine by the worker basically and I have some struggles (I'm 99% sure I'm undiagnosed narcolepsy as is my father). For his hx, he worked mostly on fishing boats and was a fireman where you work a very abnormal schedule but also sleep at work and then have days to crash. (Then he got injured and has been on disability) I got in that habit all through college and grad school working as a waitress and doing courses..weird schedule, working like 12 hours 3 days in a row then crashing. Always been a “night owl” as well. That being said, I've slept at almost every job I've had since I was a teenager (31 now). I am just so tired during the day and when…

I have to vent somewhere because talking to my parents is literally like talking to a fucking brick wall… I’ve actively been trying to find a job in social-media marketing or digital content-creation for two months now. I went into this whole thing with quite some enthusiasm, seeing as I was stuck in a 4 year apprenticeship in a company that did not care for me nor teach me anything (which they are LEGALLY obligated to do in my country, mind you). So I applied at a company that had my dream job listed on their website and of course, immediately got declined. „Not enough experience“… okay, weird? So I started looking elsewhere. After several more companies denying me, because I did not have enough experience or my portfolio wasn’t impressive/extensive enough (my portfolio was filled with photography and video projects I made in my freetime with very limited equipment,…

I am planning on leaving my job. They promised me a certain position to entice me into working full time (I was part time) and I’m still doing my old job entirely. They told me after I got my new “position” that I would be getting no raise because “the last manager hired me at a wage too high for my last position.” I have a retail bakery job with experience and they currently pay me $18 an hour. Anyway, I have MANY pictures of how disgusting it is and how dirty they keep things. They have been so disrespectful of me (scheduling me to close then open with 10 hours between shifts, knowing I have an infant, as one example) so I want to air out their dirty laundry, literally and figuratively. The state of things is GNARLY, and I have plenty of photos to prove it. I have…

I’m starting to feel more and more hopeless about living in the US… I got let go from my last job because I reported my supervisors for time theft (yes I know I could look into legal action for this but I don’t have the resources nor the will to do so). This was over a month ago and unemployment is still pending an adjudication decision and whenever I call them it says all agents are busy and forcibly hangs me up. The only office they have is in Tallahassee which is hours away from where I live. I’m out of money and if I didn’t have a supportive family I’d just be homeless. The inflation is crazy and it feels like it’s nearly impossibly for anyone in my generation not born into wealth to be independent without being crushed by debt. It seems like my doctors, pharmacy, and insurance…

This is happening right now! My fiance and I work at the same retail business. We are both managers of different sections (think back of house [him] vs front and center [me]). Our store managers have TERRIBLE habits of trying to force us to “correct” eachother's “behavior”, and have us call eachother to ask for favors for the store. I have told my fiance to never follow through and have them directly call us and disencourage them from this phone tagging scheme. Not even an hour ago, they had him call me to come in at 1p, whereas I'm scheduled at 4p, because they want me to cover my worker's lunch and get overtime, which they think ill be grateful for (I am NOT). To give a better idea as to how royally screwed my department is this week here's a small breakdown of my team: Me (manager) Dept. 1…

I've started replying to job postings during my exam season in late june (I live in europe). So far I've sent out around 500/600 job applications, mostly replying to postings in my city, then nearby cities as well. Aftet 2 months of looking for a job non stop, NOT A SINGLE PHONE CALL. The only word back that I've gotten was a single automated rejection e-mail from KFC. I'm just so tired. The “nobody wants to work” mentality is as strong as in the US, most of the jobs advertise themselves as student friendly. I'm a normal guy with some work experience in a small fast food chain and still, noone wants me. ​ What the fuck?

So I’m 36f and I’m in a director for my company. The company has many sites and the heads report to one central leader. Every two months all 20 directors meet in person along with our boss. We get together, coordinate and plan new initiatives, discuss issues, etc. Out of the 20 of us, I took on extra roles to help my boss out. I was working 2-3 roles, while also getting my job done and exceeding in them. I also plan outings for us and I genuinely love helping. I am well respected by my staff (~30 direct reports) and my fellow directors, except for certain instances. As a 36f, I have heard that I look like I’m I. High school or early 20s. I don’t have kids or am married. My other colleagues are much older and they let me know it. They compare me to younger lazy…

A tale as old as time and a word to the wise. Worked in infrastructure for just under a decade and realized the work/life aspect wasn’t conducive to longevity. Queue the job hunting process that took about 3 months to find a suitable replacement. Company was promising, interviews went great, and finally the offer package matched what I was looking for: pay was a small drop from current salary but the work life balance was significantly better with normal 8 hour days and “unlimited within reason PTO”. For reference my previous position was $150k and 4 weeks vacation. This was brought up copiously during the interview as a baseline of why i was willing to take a chip on the pay in exchange for the work life balance. Either way, Accepted the offer and got to work! My role is managerial at the director level, this context matters. As we…