Month: September 2023

So my dept manager just put in his 2 weeks a few days ago. I've been scheduled to meet with the higher ups tomorrow to discuss the roles and responsibilities my (soon to be) former manager handled day to day. I have a very strong gut feeling that I wil bel assigned some of his responsibilities but they aren't going to give me a raise for these added responsibilities. I recently received a pretty good pay bump and a title of senior designer a few months ago because competition was trying to poach me and (soon to be) former manager fought to keep me on board. I feel like they will use that as justification to add more responsibilities without the compensation to go with it. Thoughts?

I remember those early days at the fast-food chain like they were a nightmare I couldn't wake up from. I had started working there a couple of years ago, assigned as a line cook. The strangest part? There was zero training. It was as if they expected me to be a culinary prodigy from day one. The management was something else, to put it mildly. The place was run like a boot camp, and nepotism was the unspoken rule. The offspring of the higher-ups seemed to have dominion over everything, turning teamwork into a distant dream and our workplace into a psychological horror film. They had this twisted good cop bad cop routine down to an art, systematically breaking down your psyche. One day, I realized I hadn't received a copy of the schedule, and I'd already worked three days. I tried to reach out to my GM at 7:00…

So I've been working for this family for 4 years now. They hired me to teach the kid Russian, while also playing with her. I started with 20/hour and I am still getting paid the same. Now the job is fairly easy, but it takes 40 minutes to get there and I also have a full-time job+full time college, and an internship on the side. So I shortened my visits to once a week and I stay there for 4-5 hours. The kid loves me and they say I am considered an extended family. Recently, I have asked the dad (who pays me) for a 10$ increase. I am starting my master's and moving out of my parent's appt. This was more like a statement where I said “Blah Blah…Also, wanted to let you know that starting Sept 1st my workload is increasing and my new babysitting rate will be…

Please help… Sorry if this is posted to the wrong place but I urgently need answers and I feel I am on a time crunch. I'm hoping for some legal advice for the workplace, I'm in NZ so needs to be to my country as I know every country has different laws. I'll try give as much details as I can. I (female 29) am a lower level manager at my work (there are 3 different levels of managers. Shift manager, assistant store manager and store manager). I put in a formal complaint to my store manager (SM) about our assistant store manager (ASM) for bullying and harassment. The solution for this was that we weren't to cross paths. If management asked for help at night time I'm not allowed to go in (she works afternoon shifts well I work morning shifts as I have kids). I'm still unsure if…

I applied for a new job which I am starting soon. During the process they sent me forms to read about employee legal rights. I was reading and every right in this country federally and also in a fairly liberal state like Illinois writes that if a company has a majority of employees speaking Spanish then every meager labor protection is optional.

I worked in retail from the time I was 17 to 27 until I graduated and got my first corporate job. I’ve climbed the corporate latter ever since. I know retail can really suck, but I miss it. I can’t stand the backstabbing, the ridiculous corporate asskissing and game playing, the asshole client, the micromanagement. People constantly pinging me to ask where things are that I haven’t even had time to touch. Boss calling outside of meeting times to check in. Back to back pointless meetings all day long. WFH makes it bearable but only slightly at least I get to cuddle my pets and poo in my own toilet. Expectation to work on the weekends and be available at 9-11 p.m. – this is how long my boss spends online. She has no life outside of work. She has no boyfriend, no pets, no hobbies that I know of.…

Sorry everyone I know this goes directly against what we more or less stand for here but how many of y'all said you're competent in word, excel, PowerPoint etc when in reality it was probably the biggest lie you'll ever tell anyone ever again? I have prospects for a position that could get me to where I'm not longer not living paycheck to paycheck but the only thing technically standing in my way is I haven't fooled with any of these programs since 2010 and even then it was in a classroom. Should I BS and say I know what I'm doing or take a refresher just in case?