Month: November 2023

I've been unemployed for half a year now, and I have no motivation to apply for a new job. I have enough savings to last me the next 4 years, but everyday I feel guilt for taking time off to take care of my mental health. I can't stress enough how much they've fucked me up mentally with the constant gaslighting, blame shifting, and outright verbal abuse. I've lost my confidence and positivity. I honestly don't know how I can go on like this. At this point I don't know what to do. I feel like the more time I take off, the less likely I'll be able to find a job. I'm only 30 and I feel like my life has ended. Even when I find the motivation to apply, I'm constantly reminded that I'll just be returning to the same toxic environment that will eventually worsen my mental…

I've been working at a tech company for the past few years. Overtime, I slowly moved up into a management role. As someone in my 20s, I never thought I would have an opportunity like that this early in my life. I had so much pride in my work and genuinely was proud of myself for getting to where I was at. Around the time I moved into that management role we started to have a lot of turnover (outside my team), followed by huge rounds of new hires. Very quickly, I was one of few people in the company that was a part of the old guard. My responsibilities unofficially expanded further, as different departments had questions and needed help navigating day to day operations. Suddenly my time was split between managing my department and supporting other endeavors across the company at scale. Something I could manage, but it…

So earlier this year i joined the social work industry and it was going fine until. I did not sleep to make notes. I did not eat to see clients that sometimes ws would cancel in the afternoon. Then i started getting the hang of it and guess what my appendix decide to crap out on me later so this happens oct 28, get the surgery almost 6 week bed rest, no medical pay because suprise suprise havent been on the job for longer than 60 days and does not have insurance. Then 2 weeks go by i talk to my doctor he says it is okay for me to work just to not carry anything heavy above 10 pounds. So i barely get a paycheck to cover my rent and to cover some expenses like groceries well the job or rather hr says ey you know what you havent…

This should be the recruitment philosophy of employers – rather than the demeaning play-acting where candidates pretend a passion for making boxes or whatthefuckever. Fat chance, right?

I knew it was going to be slow as hell for a while, but I was recently shown the production sheet for the upcoming months and it's damn near blank from now into February. I work a 4 day 10 hour shift and I only got a full 10 hours once this week. Otherwise, I've left twice at lunch (6hrs) and once just after last break (8.5 hrs). Yesterday I literally worked myself out of work by 2pm and was the only one there (outside of my manager) by noon. I'm not sure if working as many hours as I can get will net me all that much more than simply going on unemployment. I've started looking for another job to supplement the lost hours, but I'm kinda limited by my own resolution to never work as a bartender/server again. I'm sober now, so I'd rather not put myself in…

Noticed the job I have was still listed a few months back and thought maybe they never took the position down (didn’t seem to be a new upload and I was still fairly new). Checked in a week ago and it looks like it was “re listed” ( said it was posted 24 days ago). Have not seen my boss do any type of interviewing activities (we usually do onsite, unless he’s doing virtual). Feel really unsure if I should worry. I feel like I am still struggling getting used to this position (totally new job function and it’s new to the company as well so it’s a lot of changes and growing pains). Afraid to approach and ask, but can’t deny this weighs heavy. I’ve been told he’s the type to “shoot it to you straight” and he hasn’t pulled me aside as if he’s dissatisfied. Don’t really know…

Long story short, i worked at an oil refinery for 7 years and i loathed every second of it, switching between three different shift every week(night, morning, afternoon) shitty coworkers and worse bosses, destroying my body every day to be too tired to even do anything when i came home, eventually it lead me to anxiety attacks and heavy depression, of course the company got rid of me because i was taking antidepressants(they used another reason) fast forward to today, got a job selling air conditioners, fridges and everything you need for refrigeration, the job is good, my coworkers are great and i enjoy working with them, my boss is a good dude thats fair and treats me like an human being. But….after a year of not working living off the money the refinery paid me when they let me go…i don't want to work, even in a good place,…

Just asking, because I can’t find any “real people” stories of someone quitting a tech contract job before a contract was finished. I had a lawyer look over the contract before signing. There was alot of bs in there that wasn’t even legal in the US. The contract was rewritten to my lawyer’s specs before I signed. The environment at the company is TOXIC and not like anything I’ve ever experienced before, and for my own sanity I don’t think I can make it 6 months. I didn’t get training or bonuses with the contract. No PTO or holiday pay.