Author: Olivia

I work an office job. My company has lost a lot of valuable employees over the last few months due to internal chaos and is also struggling to find new employees. This is why me and my colleagues have struggled to keep the department running but we did really well with lots of overtime and sweat. As part of our annual talks with our bosses I was told that I did really, really well and that they trust me to be able to take even more responsibility and more challenging tasks this year. Please note that I am already responsible for nearly everything and my tasks have trippled since I started working for this company. Anyway, as I am such a good working bee my boss made the following “generous” offer: a 100 euro (net) raise in 5 months in case I continue to do well. Wow, how grateful I…

I’m leaving my job after being here for about a year and a few months. Everything has been great and my boss and I had a wonderful conversation about how highly we think of each other. He asked me to email my resignation to him. Upon receiving the email, he responded “HR wanted me to make sure you knew about the minimum 4 week notice to be eligible for return”. I have an outstanding rapport with most of the individuals here, and this just feels like the biggest slap in the face. I moved across the country within 2 weeks to start here ! I am in lower/middle management, my responsibilities are wrapped up, and I have a great replacement hoisted up. There is nothing that 4 weeks will do for them. Very disheartening because I HATE burning bridges. Any advice my friends ?

As the caption says. I work in a very small manufacturing job in a fairly rural area. It’s pretty wack all around, but it required vaccinations which is pretty wild for where I’m at. I get paid 14 an hour and technically am full time. I haven’t had a full week of work since Christmas. There have been supply issues, met with ineptitude that have left us with nothing to consistently produce for months. On top of that they turn the heat off in the warehouse after every shift, making it insanely unpleasant every morning. I’m talking 38 degrees inside when we show up. The boss sits in his office with his space heater every day leaving me with my co-worker, who begins sneaking drinks at around 9 am and is fairly drunk by lunch. The chaos of that place is too much for me. Last week my coworker had…

I work with Medicare insurance and hate this crap. My job title is “member advocate” but there’s honestly very little I can do to help people since I’m not an insurance agent. My job is basically getting people to the right place. Call center crap, right? Anyway, I’m sitting there today, taking calls, when this dude comes on the line and starts cussing me out. Saying that we screwed him over on his plan and he wants to cancel it. We’re a broker, so plans have to be canceled by the carrier. I tell him this and he goes OFF. Pretty impressive, but anyway, I try and deescalate the situation and he says “I’m gonna blow your ***** brains out.” I don’t get paid enough to deal with crap like this. I’m a college student just trying to finish my freakin degree yet threats and downright rude behavior is crap…