Month: August 2024

If you are sick and miss a day from Monday-Friday, you cannot make up that day by working on Saturday so you have to take a unpaid day which counts against you and this doesn't make sense. Who the hell decides their work week starts on Saturday but the first day of work is still Monday. Wtf

To give some background. I just got promoted to a more managerial position at my workplace. We had our first online video meeting where they talked about workplace policies. There are about 25 people in the meeting and I had my camera on. I get a weird private message from my boss (who won't be my boss much longer due to a change in leadership) to wake up. I was confused and asked her to elaborate. She said she saw me yawning and that if I'm tired to turn the camera off while I yawn. I just thought that was the most micromanaging and petty little thing she could say. She's well aware I have a young toddler and my nights are often interrupted. But apparently yawning once during a work meeting is unprofessional?! Plenty of other folks were tired too and yawning, drinking their coffees. I felt so annoyed…

Okay guys, so I applied for a job through Indeed at a local donut shop in Arizona. The job ad said “Bakery Production Help – $25/hr, full-time, Will Train!” Scored interview, killed interview, and proceeded to do a trial shift. In the last 15 minutes or so we sat down and I was given the nitty gritty: it's not initially full-time, AND they start you at $17, 30 days you're at $18, and he said “one of the guys averages $23.52 with tips”. So, not $25. You gotta “work with them, be patient”. What is this shit? I mean, the owners seem like really nice people, but I know enough about capitalism to know if my rent+utilities comes to $1700/m, that full time is not 28 hours per week, and $17 is not $25. The people here are on planet 9 when it comes to profit over having livable communities.…

I’m writing this post not only to vent my frustration but also to raise awareness about some dubious recruitment practices that I’ve recently encountered. I hope my experience can serve as a cautionary tale for job seekers and spark a discussion about the ethics of such practices. The company in question is Employment Hero. Since at least February this year, they have been periodically reposting the same job offer on LinkedIn. The title of the job might change slightly (from “Customer Operations” to “Customer Experience”), and the tasks might be shuffled around, but it’s essentially the same job. This job offer stays open for about three weeks, attracting hundreds of applicants each time. Then the job offer is closed, only to be reposted anew. This cycle repeats itself over and over. I wondered what their end goal was. Well, once you apply, they send you an email confirming receipt of…

I switched jobs around 7-8 times in the last few years, and here's the long list of ways I got fired or quit. I am 19. This is what happens when you have NO union and give employers 100% of the bargaining power. 1st job: Fired in 1 week over $3 till shortage This one broke my heart for a long time. I felt really stupid. (7.75/hr) 2nd job: Fired in 1 day (Laid off, had no room for any more workers) ($7.25+tip) At this point my self esteem was basically crushed because these were my first few jobs. 3rd job: 3 weeks. Seafood. Fired. I made “too many mistakes”. It was very common to take 50-60 orders on paper in a night. I made an error on one. Where the loss was $0. It was a mix-up that was fixed quickly. Manager wanted to hire me back because she…

Some factors you should know before reading. THIS IS A RANT. Stop now if you don't want your time wasted. I think we have all been there, so don't think you haven't had these exact thoughts. Yes, I know boomers are going to want to retaliate to this post. Just know this, I don't expect something for nothing and I don't think anything will be handed to me. We all know that back in your day, a person just needed drive and gumption to get a job. Now you're just gatekeeping jobs that almost anyone could do with ease. SO PLEASE RETIRE ALREADY SO WE CAN HAVE YOUR EASY JOBS. If you want to prove me wrong, convert a word document to a PDF and then back. I rewrite my entire resume to match the job description and use ATS analysis. I have had several colleagues and resume builders look…

So story's time I just had a week of from work on my frist day back the manager tell me to go home because apparently I stole money from the till and the date I got told I stole money is the same date as I had off from work and ever illegal team I phone basic said they can't help me so tell me how your week going

I get it coffee is people's life blood. It's the savior of the day but it's not mine. I WFH 3 days of the week and in office 2. Im in medical admin and transitioning to JACHO compliant office spacing. So now, since we're becoming more “official” in the eyes of the law, there was no other place to put the shared coffee pot other than into the shared office space I share with a bunch of other people. The don't appreciate the smell. I don't drink coffee and never have. It's one of my migraine triggers and it's just sitting here, 2 feet away from me. Until 6pm. I want to say something but then I'm that bitch. I try to open my office door but I work with secure information and I'm in a high traffic area. I guess I'm just bitching just to bitch and vent. I…