Month: November 2023

I just got hired in a new retail job on the 6th, with the schedule of Monday to Thursday. On Thursday, the store manager told me that they need me to work from Sunday to Wednesday instead. I wasn't happy about working on Sunday, but I agreed with it. I went to work on Sunday. Then today, on Monday, I unfortunately had some bad food poisoning and I felt like I wouldn't be able to do my job, so I notified my manager in the morning that I would be absent and explained the situation. He demanded that I then work on Friday as a “make up” day. I refused, stating that the schedule we agreed to was Sunday to Wednesday. He said that I changed the schedule, not him, and he's “not thrilled” with my response. He wants to talk about it in the morning tomorrow. I've never heard…

I am writing for the people that got wrongfully terminated working with Verizon. I was recently a former General Manager of Verizon. I say former due to the fact I was terminated from the company due to the fact I sent a text message to an employee that was having financial struggle and was soon to be put on a developing action for that current month. In the text, I approved overtime so he could earn more money to pay his bills and also so he could reach his target so he could hopefully get off developing. The rep misinterpreted the text and called HR. I immediately called the rep and explained it much clearer to him. He understood and appreciated me thinking of him. A month later my Director and my former new boss District Manager sits me down and terminates me. Where in the code of conduct says…

If you’re planning to go to your work holiday party purely out of obligation and guilt, this is your sign to RSVP no. I turned down the invite for the first time ever and I can’t wait to spend my Friday night at home instead.

Just putting this out there. Not sure if this fits the sub, so I’m sorry if it doesn’t. Anyway. I hate working and I get really frustrated at jobs really fast. I have a very low tolerance for being treated poorly, so I quit my jobs a LOT. The longest I’ve ever held a job was only for a year. However, I work in hospitality and job hopping works really well to increase my wages. Plus, there’s a high turnover rate at most places anyway so I feel managers aren’t very judgmental. In 2022 I worked at 4 different places (though two I was working at during the same time period because they were part time). Technically I took a pay cut for the last job but I couldn’t stand management at the second job and I needed the experience for my resume. I knew I could get paid more…

Hello (28m) i was laid off back in august from a tech consulting job with one of the big four due to downsizing but was a high performing employee. Since then i worked on growing some of our family business in real estate and development. Im not a bad financial situation as those businesses do well but recently in a bit of a funk for decision of leaving behind a six-figure career. Im not necessairly read to quit corporate permanently either I recently got engaged also this past year and i am getting married in march. I have not aggressively pursued a new job yet since i was planning to take time for the wedding from march-may. I talked to a colleague of mine and asked on his thoughts if i just have the time to myself and start applying again during the summer 2024. He said i shouldnt wait…

I work for an educational institution in a unionized position as a janitor. I've been at this job for two years now and despite some setbacks with attendance, I have a pretty good relationship with management. Rules are pretty lax where I work, and it being a large establishment it's not often that anyone is breathing down your neck unless your really not doing your job and other people on other shifts have to clean up after you. You show up on time, get the job done and go home, you're all good. People often take an extra fifteen on break, or sneak in cigarettes or get the job done as quick as possible so they can spend the rest of the shift out of sight. It would be an ideal workplace if it weren't for one supervisor who I'll call “Doug”. Doug does not like me and I'm not…

Even with bachelor's or higher education qualifications or degrees,.many can't find jobs that are good paying. Sometimes warehouse companies or other moderate physical jobs pays well. What jobs or industries can we look into that pays well. Due to lack of experience, it's really difficult to even make decent money. So far I only have fast food and retail jobs experience. If there was a specific skill or certification I'm guessing it could help out more.

The naïveté that accompanies decisions to end WFH and require RTO exposes weak management. Having worked in both arrangements, the facade is that everyone back in the office is inherently more productive. I did no more work in the office than virtually. We wasted untold hours fucking off, socializing, and in counterproductive meetings. Too often simply being in attendance for eight hours was what required the most effort. It’s the weak managers who are made comfortable by seeing “their” people. They’re not more effective in planning and directing work. If they were in fact talented in those areas they wouldn’t care about WFH. They’d know what to expect and when they weren’t getting it. The utter disdain I feel — and show — toward such cowardly policies and the managers who hew to them cannot be hidden. Which only further frustrates the managers who confuse their place on the org…