Author: Olivia

I never call out of work. I have over a hundred sick hours (supposedly) at my disposal. I’m in a labor union, in one of the most progressive states. I have crippling insomnia. I’m just now being told if I don’t show up and stay for at least four hours I’ll receive a point on my record that won’t be gone for a year. It will inhibit any promotion I apply for, no matter how hard I work. Fuck this stupid country and the fucking unfair labor laws.

So I've been unemployed for a bit now(not by choice), but got an interview for a job that was almost exactly the same duties that I had been doing at a previous job that I left just last year. I go in for my interview and nail it, they say I'll I'm the only applicant they've interviewed so far with any applicable experience and that I should get a call next week if they want me to come in for a second interview. So I wait, and I wait, and next week Friday around 2 or 3 pm they finally call me back after waiting until practically the last minute. Whatever, I go in for a second interview on Wednesday and meet the manager. Find out he's replacing almost his entire team in the department I'm applying for because they are unreliable, calling out sick at least once a week,…

Some of you may know that the MLB is currently in a labor dispute between the players and the owners. when looking at the dispute it can easily be dismissed as a case of millionaires vs billionaires. But I think that the negotiations are beneficial to the movement as a whole. The things that the players are fighting for are in some ways similar to things that the workforce as a whole is fighting for. Baseball promotions are based on pretty much merit alone how good you perform dictates how much money you could earn. This merit system is good as you will earn the money you should. However, life doesn't work out like that, and just like you at your own workplace working harder and better than you are paid, Baseball's owners do everything they can do to keep the players from earning the money they are due. One…

So I work in a medical office, and its fairly new so at the moment I am the only employee aside from the doctor. I do all the front desk responsibilities (scheduling, talking with insurance companies, answering phones, etc.) on top of also doing the medical assistant responsibilities (taking vitals, cleaning the rooms and office, etc.) So basically if I'm not there nothing gets done. Well about two days ago I came down with what I think is either a stomach virus or food poisoning. Was throwing up for about 12 hours straight to the point of just throwing up stomach acid because I couldn't even keep fluids down. Muscle pain, dry heaving, shivering, cramping, you name it. I was still asked to go in that morning and had to say I physically couldn't go in to work. The next day I hadn't thrown up yet but was still aching,…

I work for someone right now who absolutely has no capacity to act like a mature adult, and I was wondering if anyone has a similar experience like mine. Here are some stellar moments I’ve had with this man. (Retail Job) Pushes over items that have not been stacked correctly, while the store is open Cannot handle when people call in sick over text. (Currently sick for 3 days, called in on all 3 days and he hasn’t responded until today, saying that’s why he hasn’t responded.) Actively distributes information about other employees housing situations, as well as other topics just for drama. Always has a problem with the way people do things on the floor, but never trains nor does he get on the floor to help. Tries to convince the store employees that we have no PTO, even though our parent company still has it stacking up for…