Author: Olivia

Yesterday my son resigned from his job at our local grocery store. He had been there 2 years, and finally couldn’t take it anymore. His management, made up of Gen X and boomers are absolutely horrible people. He gets called names like moron and idiot along with many other insults that stem from his appearance. So unprofessional and disgusting. He’s young, only 20, and never reported the behavior to anyone. He said “it’s not worth it because no one cares, they’re all like that”. He thinks that’s what the work culture is like, and just hopes maybe the next place he works is a bit kinder. What a sad a awful way to view the working world. I assured him that this isn’t normal and they should be reported to corporate and fired. I’m a manager and I would never talk to my staff or anyone like that. He’s had…

I work as an assistant at a national NGO. One of my responsibilities was to implement all changes requested by French copy editors into this national document that is way past due. It’s been in the hands of so many translators and copy editors, it’s ridiculous! Earlier this year, I asked our CEO if I could take vacation to my home country for 4 weeks. He agreed to 2 weeks paid and 2 weeks unpaid. Cool. Yesterday, our copy editor emailed us an update saying she has about 20 pages left in the document. I emailed her back thanking her and letting her know she doesn’t need to rush as I will be working on it ONCE I’m back in the country early October from vacation. I thought it was fine as it won’t be released until late November. I received an email yesterday from my CEO asking me to…

I have been in training for a week. The new schedule just came out and I’m on call one day. In the morning meeting the boss mentioned if you are on call we will let you know by 9pm the night before. I most likely would not have taken the job because I don’t like putting my day on hold because I might get called in. I’m in Texas. What are my options?

Hi all you lovely Canadian workers. If you are a salaried professional, if you are temp, if you are contract, if you are a gig employee, if you are part time, if you are unemployed, this applies to you. For those of you who have not heard of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), I encourage you to Google it. They have made big changes fighing for workers and you don't have to be part of a union. They give you a leg to stand on. They make it so easy to stand up for what you believe in. Fifteen minutes of your time could pay you back in $ and hours.

So Very quick one for you, when I was an intern the team went out for a meal to a place know for their chicken wings but because we were all in suits/wings are messy no one ordered them. A table of like 16 people, everyone ordered things you could eat with a knife and fork. I knew after like an hour that this wasn’t the career I wanted so I didn’t particularly care what these people thought of me so when I who was last to order, was asked what I was having, I said I’ll actually go for the wings and one of their nice beers, can’t remember which beer. Everyone e else had either ordered wine or a soft drink. Cue the guy next to me saying actually I’ll have the same, that sounds amazing! Every single person at the table of 16 cancelled their order saying…

So Very quick one for you, when I was an intern the team went out for a meal to a place know for their chicken wings but because we were all in suits/wings are messy no one ordered them. A table of like 16 people, everyone ordered things you could eat with a knife and fork. I knew after like an hour that this wasn’t the career I wanted so I didn’t particularly care what these people thought of me so when I who was last to order, was asked what I was having, I said I’ll actually go for the wings and one of their nice beers, can’t remember which beer. Everyone e else had either ordered wine or a soft drink. Cue the guy next to me saying actually I’ll have the same, that sounds amazing! Every single person at the table of 16 cancelled their order saying…

Not specifically work-related and may belong in a different sub. Since I was in middle school, there has been a cute little family-owned ice cream shop in my hometown with adorable branding and delicious flavors. I have always loved this shop, though it's a bit pricey, and always took people there if they were visiting town or had just never been. I have since moved away, but an old coworker of mine apparently has had multiple bad experiences with the shop. I'm not sure if the bad experiences were due to cross-contamination as she is very intolerant to dairy, or if it was bad customer service, etc. Whatever it was, she and her boyfriend left 1-star reviews. He left one, and a month later supposedly after their second poor experience, she left a second one. You are absolutely allowed to leave bad reviews if you have a bad experience. That's…

I am curious to know if this is typical for France or is it common to other countries too. I've worked throughout of august here and all most everyone is just okay with the fact that the person they were looking for will not be in until the first week of september. I have worked in many countries for big and small companies but the french take the “I am not available, find another solution” to the highest level. Of course the rat race will pick up very soon, but this “my absence will not kill you or my company” is refreshing at least. When you say: il/elle est en congé (he/she is on holidays), you just hear a soft “oh I understand , what are the options now..” My boss left for her holidays and the last reuinion was just to make sur we would not in any circumstances…

Hello reddit, it has been a few months since my boss stabbed me in the back and although things have settled down, I am still recovering from what happened. The characters of this story are my boss or sm (store manager), my supervisor Sam (sales assistant manager), and Laura supervisor. Also, some may recognize this story from an early vague post I made while things were going down. To begin in February I was diagnosed with PTSD and reoccurring depression, this was no suprise to me. I have had panic attacks and crippling anxiety for years and get bad depression every month ( yah hormones suck). February was also the 6-month review for my retail job, and as most could guess my anxiety and nerves came up a lot. Job stress was not only destroying my mental health but my physical health as well. I was getting migraines so strong…

I’ve been working at the same restaurant for almost 7 years now. It’s all season dependent so I can’t really even tell you how much I make. it’s a great serving gig and I love it, but It’s not consistent and I just graduated college this past april (communication design degree, yes I know). I also drive 40 miles one way for work so I always pray I have a good day that’ll make it worth the 80 miles round trip, and also coming home to my wife and kid asleep (less time spent with them) I understand that in that degree it might take a bit more time, it just happens. nothing is overnight. I have a regular resume, design resume, and online portfolio. But it’s almost month 5 of constantly applying to jobs within my degree, even have gone slightly out. office, hybrid, remote, even areas my fiancé…