Author: Olivia

Partial rant, partially trying to find out if I'm being unreasonable, and partially trying to figure out other sides to it I may have missed. When I go on social media, like Twitter, and say “Fuck, I hate my job.” How is it ok that a company has any control over that? I mean, sure, if I go on and start explicitly stating company secrets, ok. Fair enough. Competition is a thing, and I can see how a company might be allowed to have a say on that. But if I go on and say “This job is grinding on my soul”, regardless of how the company feels about it, that's my right to say it. And that's even the grey area. What if I just said “Fuck yeah, I just beat this hard game! I fucking rule!” And someone from the business corporate on their main account says “watch…

So I think this is odd, and I'm in need of some help. I've been with my current company for 10 years, and my coworker for 22. We're quite loyal, and it's been rewarded. But now, our supervisor (who's been with the company for 30 years) is finally retiring. Coworker and I both apply for the newly open Director – level job. I totally expect my coworker to get the job. They've been the # 2 person in the department for a long time, they're perfectly qualified, and even ran the department themselves for a short while. The retiring director has pretty successfully delegated their responsibilities to both us (again, pretty great working conditions overall). So they'd be the perfectly natural fit for the director job. They'd be a good boss, too. I respect them a lot. BUT. This week, I get invitations to interview FOUR (4!) other candidates from…

I'm so tired of being too scared to take time off to focus on my health. I have some health issues that make eating or having enough energy to do simple task really hard sometimes and last year I missed quite a bit of work cause of it. Even after having several Dr notes and even going to the hospital they couldn't give me FMLA or anything to help cover it so they all counted against me and I was put on a written warning. Now due to internet issues (I WFH) and more illness I have a meeting scheduled that will either be probation or worse. This definitely doesn't help with my health but they don't care and won't care as long as they get their calls answered. Sorry for the pointless rant but I just needed to vent

I have been told that I have a demeanor that appears aloof, bored, or not mentally present. My mind does work differently as I’m creative, but people severely overreact. I really don’t miss much. But when I try to explain to hostile ppl that it looks worse than it is, they hear confirmation of their bias instead. It often ends in me losing my job or having no chance to advance. I’ve been tested by psychologists, I have no adhd or anything. Just a severe anxiety disorder and a creative mind. How to I handle this? Advice?

So many posts over the last few months of blatant labor laws being broken, and people being advised to report to the labor board. Those of you that have, where are you now in the process? Have you been successful? What did you settle for? What happened to your old employer?

I was doing an internal interview for a position in a different department. I would have been going from assembly to the e-coat paint shop. Everyone applying would be current employees and not outside hires specifically for the job, so there was an understanding of training required. I had prepared quite a bit of my normal interview documents, accomplishments in my current position, and some research about the e-coat process I had done independently. One of the interviewers asked me how long I thought it would take to train for this job? I had no idea, but as a trainer in my current department I evaluated how long it takes for most people to get from day 1 to when they can achieve minimum run rates vs my learning skills. Then I extrapolated for the more complicated department. I answered 6 weeks. He dead answered “no, 6 month”. Oh ok.…

Not in a despondent or depressing way, in a truly liberating idgaf way. I'm 30, married no kids, healthy, and out of fucks to give. It's been 5 years since I've let employment rule my life. Idc about retirement and health insurance. All I care about is exercising to maintain my health, eating well, and making enough money to pay my bills and have a good time with my friends. As long as I have my tools and my brain I'm good to go. I can always opt out if things get unbearably bad, at least I had good time which is more than most people can say. I'm here for a good time and maybe a long time, maybe not.