Author: Olivia

I’m so confused by all the posts on here. People just quit their jobs because something happens that makes them unhappy. Who are these people and how are they…surviving? Do other people not have to pay for housing, food, gas, insurance, etc. or am I missing something? I understand that the system is broken, but who can afford to just quit when work does something they don’t like? I’ve never known of a job that doesn’t have its inconveniences or annoying attributes. Everyone I know, complains about their job, but none of us can just quit. Genuinely curious as to how people are doing it. Don’t gate keep!

TLDR; told by upper level execs to “do more with less” by cutting 10% of the team next year despite revenue increasing…I'm so tired of this… I think many of us can sympathize. We need a working class revolution. We have to stop this mentality of infinite profit margins. I work in US tech industry in middle management and few days back we went into our annual planning meetings for next year. Execs basically told us to save $200M out of thin air. We asked them how, as our revenue and manufacturing runrates were increasing and needed bodies to support that. They point blank told us, “you're not getting more people, we want you to give us 26 people reduction” (extended team of approx 260 people bodies in office cubes), while fixing quality issues, and supply chain issues that we don't have control over… Basically asking for a layoff next…

I work in a medical clinic. Not a single day goes by where I don't get berated and blamed for things completely out of my control, or are just plain nonsensical. Not one. Story time: Yesterday a fellow came in and handed me his appointment card. I greet him, he doesn't acknowledge my greeting (happens all the time). I note his name on the card and look at the daily worklist. His name is not there. I ask for his DOB so I can confirm who he is and search for his record. He gives it to me and as I'm searching he says “I've just had to come from your new location, I was told you were moving” “oh, yes we are moving at the end of october” (200m down the road) “well it would have been nice to have been told that” “oh I see, strange that we…

I've never enjoyed this hostile type of environment at work, but I absolutely love being the guy who just lays down the no bullshit card in the backstabby situation. My job right now is trying to unionize making it pretty tense, but regardless, I am VERY candid with my employers that they do not pay me, or anyone else, enough to live. “I mean sure, the pay is okay. Granted, it's not something I can reliably support myself on and if I owned a business and couldn't pay my workers enough to live on, I'd be pretty embarrassed and feel like an abject failure, but hey, you guys pay 50 cents more than the other guys, right?” and then I just let the silence fill the room. Otherwise, they say jump, I say how high. I'm out there working my little tail off every day and going above and beyond.…

Should I ask them to pay for my time at the doctor's (I was there 1 hour+ the other day and they didn't attend me)

Throwaway. I worked in the memory care section of assisted living with people in hospice. (People who have dementia) I loved my job, I was the only one who went in and talked to the eldery people like they were ACTUALLY people. Some of the people there thought I was their grandson or neighbor. I could go on and on with the stories of how they helped me in life. This was the first time that I felt like I was working for something bigger than money and now it's gone.. I caught a fever and informed my boss who told me I needed a doctor's note and to let them know 2 to 4 hours ahead of time next time and to let her know if I can make it to work tomorrow. I called her the next day 2 hours before my shift and told her I was…

I’m available 21-24hrs per week, my job has been scheduling me 19 hours/week which means I’m one hour short for qualifying for any benefits including vacation/sick days. I’ve been requesting some days that I’ll need off for doctors appointments for my baby, holidays and my birthday. I noticed that all my request got denied, I asked HR and they told me that since I don’t average a minimum of 20 hours per week I cannot request days off because it would be an unexcused absence (due to me not having PTO at all). I might just be dumb but that doesn’t sound right, specially since they’re scheduling me this way on purpose.

I have recently been exploring job opportunities following layoffs, and I came across a federal position on USA Jobs that required the following information on the resume: Official Position Title (including series and grade for Federal jobs) Duties (provide specific descriptions) Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Start and end dates (month and year format, e.g., June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week) Salary While I understand this is a federal job application, I'm concerned about providing my supervisor's name and phone number, as well as disclosing my current salary. It seems conflicting and could jeopardize my current job before finding a new one. Most likely will nof apply as I don't find these to be appropriate on a resume.