Month: September 2023

I worked for a company for nearly a decade before leaving. Towards the end of my journey working there I started to go beyond my scope of responsibilities and taught myself programming to help manage the Excel documents that managers use to plan and track productivity. In addition to this there were many other projects I took initiative on that allowed the department to focus on production. I also was one of the most productive workers and easily finished my work while also doing the extra projects and programming. About a year before taking on all the extra responsibility I had a negative preformance review that after showing documents of my work HR forced management to change to a positive review (another story for another time). Management after the review realized I did a lot of work and left me alone for awhile and as I was able to pick…

So this needs a little back story. The company that I work for has had an amazing culture since I have started working here. Everyone is always eager to learn and assist where ever is needed. People wanted to work as a team. It is the best work culture I have been a part of. A coworker of mine has been very toxic in the last 8-10months. They have only been with the company about a year. This person has made homophobic/disrespectful comments in our teams chat for a while now. His boss has “addressed” it (slap on the wrist). I am all for joking and picking fun, but 1. This person crossed the line and 2. do not say disrespectful/uncalled for things in a professional environment. Even after the person was “reprimanded” they continue to create a toxic work environment verbally (I received a promotion that they thought that…

So I realised just now that I have been shifted for 12pm until 10am the next day by accident, instead of 10pm that evening. It includes the extra hours plus night pay. Unfortunately my two other coworkers have also had this done to them. This is unfortunate as they would likely tell a manager of this mistake. So do I ride this wave and see if I can get some extra money or do I offer up the information with the idea that it won’t go very far and they might appreciate me telling the truth.

Hi. I am a cnc machinist. I don't work a weird job like fast food where I go by having my schedule posted every week. I started this job 5 years ago and have had the same schedule the whole time I have worked here. Suddenly my employer is texting me to stay home every night that there is no work for me to do. I am pretty sure he is trying to get me to quit my job. Do I have any options?

I just got hired to an Airbnb housekeeping service. I've been cleaning on my own for a few years. This is my first job with a company. I'm not sure if this is a firing… Another coworker informed me and sent me pictures of the property I was assigned to, rats nests and droppings/urine, water damage, extreme mold smell. I asked to be reassigned or given PPE to clean this particular house. This is the response I was given. Wtf. How is being a small startup an excuse to putting your employees in a dangerous situation. I'm just in shock. I'm really unsure of how to proceed.

So I've been working for one of the major US supermarket chains. It is supposedly planning to pay cut the manager above me, and force them to do the same work for $5+/hr less. The department is understaffed as it is. I am planning to leave around the same time they do, as I don't want to do triple the work for weeks while they hire a new manager. Chaos will ensue, as the company are so greedy that they won't hire anyone to replace employees that leave, so every department is short staffed. The moment we go, expect empty shelves and angry customers, as no one else knows the department who isn't already too busy with their own. The company fully deserves chaos for sure. They are on this other planet where they think they can find people to do manager jobs at the pay rate of the lowest…

is that you could take a sliver of the executives' salaries and bonuses and distribute them for a raise to the workers. It would change the lives of so many of us, and yet, if you didn't tell them, the execs wouldn't even notice. Yet asking for just that is too much and not cost-effective. Was told that myself from my job.