Month: November 2023

One of my new coworkers (very new, like maybe worked here a month now) went on a crusade to get another coworker of mine fired. She succeeded. I was friends with the other coworker and she did her job very well and we worked well as a team. I've since been very quiet and only talk to the new coworker about work-related stuff and only in short, direct sentences/statements. Seeing as she's a snitch that will run to HR at a moments notice, is this something I could get fired for? They can't force me to be friends with this person, right?

Who do you guys think is in the wrong in this text thread?

i took a part-time position because i wanted to focus on college. they reduced every single part-time person's hours and didn't tell us until this month's schedule came out. i will not have enough money to pay the rent this month. even though we are below zero outside right now i don't ever turn on the heat because i can't afford that. i don't have enough money left over to buy groceries. i share my place with my sister who works full-time and even she struggles to get us decent food. we have no idea how we're gonna pay the upcoming power bill. i'm gonna apply to as many minimum wage places as i can but they can sometimes take months to call back here. i'm completely fucked.

Background: I'm a swing shift Custodian for an elementary school (scheduled noon to 8:30 M-F). They held staff photo shoots a few weeks ago for school badges and the staff portraits, but the photographer left by 11am; they did retakes today at 10am – obviously I wasn't going to make either session, so I'm left with just my required custodial badge (school badges are not required). So, my Day Lead (essentially my supervisor) told me today that next year I need to make more of an effort to be here, even though I won't be scheduled for it and I won't be paid. Am I wrong for resenting this remark?

I see in the controversial section all the time these people can’t wait to come in and share their “experiences” and offer advice on how to be successful. They don’t do it in a nice way, and it makes me wonder is that what I have to look forward to when I’m successful? Like just unable to control myself calling people losers and whatnot, is that what comes with success when you get it? Genuinely curious.

I work at a local cocktail bar/restaurant and the past few weeks people have been sick. Some have gotten Covid, others just sick but they come in with literally 20% of their voices. I then (of course) get sick and have been asking relentlessly for coverage. Of course no one can. As I’m not some NPC, I do NOT want to work when I’m sick. I hate using the immunocompromised excuse but my asthma is exacerbated from sickness. I have a doctor’s note that says I have a viral infection. I’ve just been sleeping because I can’t do anything else and running around at work would make me want to jump off a bridge. I send the note to my professors, they all tell me to stay home and feel better. I call the restaurant to tell them I won’t be able to come in again and I get absolutely…