Author: Olivia

So I work in a facility, and I really have liked my job a lot. I’ve liked my bosses and my coworkers, but I have decided I’m moving to California. And I have applied and interviewed at several places, and then interviews went well, and so the new places are checking my references. This is normal, especially in my field. They need to do a thorough background check and everything before they can give you an offer. And so obviously, I had to tell my bosses that I’m planning on leaving, and I asked for references, which they happily provided. But now… both bosses and coworkers INCESSANTLY ask for a date that I’m leaving. And I keep saying maybe, MAYBE early or mid March, but I can’t pick a date until I have a new job. And so, while everyone seems pretty nice about it and they say they will…

I am in my early fifties and I have worked since I was 15 in all sorts of jobs. From cleaning toilets, to being a retail serf to all sort of office jobs which involved mostly typing and getting coffee for whatever guy I was working for. I am actually a licensed teacher but when I graduated no schools were offering more than short term substitute jobs. Then I found my current job. The job is quite boring, but the money was not bad at all when I first started and 25 years later I am still here. Our company is seriously understaffed but those in management claim they can't find new workers. Which is weird because I remember telling us laughingly during a meeting how they rejected a guy for being too old (he had just turned 60) and another one who insisted he wanted to work mostly from…

My Significant Other got passed over for a promotion despite having the highest KPIs in their (multistate) department at Dignity Health. This forced them to apply for the promotion. So now, after applying, they are offering slightly above $25/hr for a specialty job. HR is saying because we live in the south and our cost of living is low they can't offer more. They are offering lower than the advertised wages for the position. We feel trapped into accepting the position. Where is the line drawn. Do we fight over a couple $ an hour. Feeling like about $25/hour for a smart, degree holding, adult with kids is extortion. Every decision til now has only been about health/vision/dental. I am thinking more people should feel (strongly) about this. Also feeling selfish because many have it worse. Hoping that holding out can be good for all of us.

I wish we all could agree to down tools for a single week from all of our jobs across the rich first world. I'm talking UK, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, America etc… All of us simply call up our workplaces at 8:30am one Monday morning and call in sick. As one. A united front to show the rich corporations and the interests that control them that we can quite easily knock off billions of their dollar value simply by refusing to operate the means of production. We don't even need to seize said means. Just leave them with no one to work the factories, do the paperwork, serve the food, run the offices etc. Imagine how much that would scare the living shit out of the powers that be. The Govt., the billionaires, the millionaires and the business owners of the planet. All of a sudden they are taking monumental losses…

I’m a data analyst and even though I’ve only been in the industry for six months I’ve been getting a lot of interview offers from recruiters as of the past couple of weeks. Im not even actively looking for a new job though I’m always open to jumping ship for a much better opportunity. Being contacted by recruiters and having so many interviews lined up is completely new to me though. I still remember when I graduated from high school in 2014 and it was literally impossible for me to get even a job at McDonald’s without any kind of experience. I also remember around that time I had an interview for a retail job at a Torrid where they rejected me basically just because I wasn’t a fashion expert….and that job only wanted to pay $8.50/hr. I wasn’t the only one either, one person I graduated with filled out…

There was this post about somebody’s friend suicide ranting how a manager is asking about a document. First of all, I am incredibly sorry for your loss, unfortunately I am in your shoes right now (my grandmother passed two days ago), under different circumstances though. It is perfectly normal (at least in most of Europe) for your employer to ask for certificate of death. Let me elaborate on this: in Europe(btw I work for an American company) you are allowed by law to get PTO in case of death, but in order for it to be paid you need to provide documents so the company can fix its legal issues with that PTO. Therefore, I do not understand what is wrong with the current situation. After all, it is in your benefit not to spend any of your PTO and to get PTO without any kind of approval required as…