Month: September 2024

I was offered the opportunity to work on different projects and be trained to work on them. I have a mentor (another coworker). She has been following my steps throughout the projects. This is cross-team work, so I am unfamiliar with her team's rules. I left for PTO and left her to follow my projects, meaning she is familiar with all my work since she is my mentor. She made a whole drama because I haven’t left her SUMMARY of what she needs to do while I am out. She is guilt tripping me on my pto. It’s getting on my nerves, and I told her I would do all the work on pto because I can't stand her pressuring me for my “mistake.” Okay – I learned a lesson; please leave me alone, woman. Why is she bragging that I made a whole mess and she needed to fix…

I really suck, I'm not meant for it, but I don't dare to quit… I know I'm the problem, there is no denying it. It's a job that requires to have eyes and ears everywhere, to have a huge memory, and to be able to remember anything anytime. I'm not like this. Anytime someone comes to ask me about Y or X, I need to check first. When I read a document about the interface between A and B, I don't see the implications with C. When someone ask me a question, I answer the question, not the idea behind it. I'm at a lost. I've been here for a year. I don't know if I should quit and look for something else, or if I should keep going and keep trying to improve. Due to the law, my client can't keep a single company to work for them for…

Has anyone else been through this? I was a career nut from after I got my degree until about 31. I worked like a dog. I found my pay steadily increased but I was still not getting ahead much due to rising COL. From the outside the job looked very glamorous but I just spent almost every hour grinding and taking sh*t from bosses. And then something shifted just before covid hit. Part of it was being denied a small pay rise – the first I had ever asked for – when I was struggling financially and going above and beyond at work. Part of it was feeling burned out. Maybe. Regardless of the reason, I didn’t want any of it anymore. But now that’s the high stress line of work I’m in and I’ve realised it doesn’t make me happy, hasn’t made me wealthy and doesn’t align with me…

My company has moved my department to 10-hour days 4 days a week Tue-Fri. We keep running into an issue when it comes to holidays. They keep telling us that if a paid holiday (like labor day) lands on a Monday that week we need to work the other 4 days the full 10 hours. But if that is the case then technically we aren't getting a paid holiday off correct? They keep telling us we are being ridiculous and we should be thankful for the 4/10s. Can anybody help me out here? We are in Utah

We are the people with the knowledge, we are the worker bees, we know what it takes to get a job done. The scariest thing to these millionaire CEO's is that we stand up and learn the cheat codes. What is stopping us from creating community companies that supply goods and services, in all things IT, Food, Entertainment etc. We make sure that every profit is distributed fairly under a code of ethics , and prosperity for everyone involved. Everyone gets paid well from the top to the bottom, because we all contribute to make the company better, and we come after the necks of these other companies in services. If they want to fight let's give them one, I bet more people would be willing to work for us than these conglomerates that treat us like shit. What do y'all think?

Not working for government, or anything like that. Got my employee number thing locked down too. Any legal downsides? Just adding a year of experience at a place that no longer exists so can't be verified by them haha.

I was sick with Covid for almost 3 weeks. First I got it then my son then my husband. I still have a bad cough. Now since yesterday I got a really bad stomach ache and nausea. I called my boss to let her know. I was very polite and apologetic (also like why should I be this is not my fault?) but she was just like: …. Bc of a stomach ache… great. Then quickly said bye when I tried to explain and hung up. Should I have just sucked it up? I may get fired lol

That's the WORST. Especially when you're new to a job and learning new policies and procedures. Me: “Can you please clarify to me what code XXX means in the context of YYY?” Boss: “Are you kidding me right now, you should know this. I'm shocked I even have to break this down for you. Think critically here, and tell me – what do you think it means?” Me: waits silently unsure what to say for a whole minute.” Boss: *laughs condescendingly You should already know this. I'm going to have you sit with _____ so you'll get it. And you better remember it because I'm going to ask you later.” And then to avoid that same bully-power-trip I stick to asking those around me instead of my Boss, and start making actual progress. Boss: “It's very concerning that you aren't asking me questions. Fifth you have a problem, what's stopping…