Author: Olivia

The company I work for is doing some big water bottle fundraiser. People are supposed to buy 24-48 bottle packs and bring them to the office for some heat wave fundraiser whatever. Totally cool with that! I don’t mind the company doing that. However, they are posting a sheet of everyone’s names that does or does not contribute. I wasn’t planning on donating (not that it matters, but I donate a ton of my money every year), and then my manager just came to my desk area where dozens of other employees are and very loudly asked if I would be donating to the fundraiser. I was pressured into saying yes and I gave him $15 on the spot. I know it’s not a ton, and it’s for a good cause, but this just seems… gross to publicly pressure employees into donating cash. Am I overreacting? Is this typical in…

The last place I worked at had no employee discount (it was a cafe) and while I obviously found that disappointing, I didn’t think it was a big deal when I started working. I eventually realized it was indicative of the way they treated the staff in all regards – like we were soulless automatons who didn’t have any human needs worth considering. They treated us with constant suspicion and contempt, convinced we were trying to steal from them or slack off or get away with doing our jobs wrong even though they had no reason to believe any of that. They had no wiggle room for lateness or calling out sick and would get mad at us for taking “too many” bathroom breaks. When I interviewed for my current job, I asked if there was an employee discount. They told me employees got half off food and could have…

The last place I worked at had no employee discount (it was a cafe) and while I obviously found that disappointing, I didn’t think it was a big deal when I started working. I eventually realized it was indicative of the way they treated the staff in all regards – like we were soulless automatons who didn’t have any human needs worth considering. They treated us with constant suspicion and contempt, convinced we were trying to steal from them or slack off or get away with doing our jobs wrong even though they had no reason to believe any of that. They had no wiggle room for lateness or calling out sick and would get mad at us for taking “too many” bathroom breaks. When I interviewed for my current job, I asked if there was an employee discount. They told me employees got half off food and could have…

I just received my yearly review. I’ve been told time and time again how I’m the best person in my position. I received an 18 cent raise today and was told it was because the company didn’t make a lot of money last quarter and had nothing to do with my performance. Perfect. I will now lower my quality of work to the bare minimum until I find another job.

I just received my yearly review. I’ve been told time and time again how I’m the best person in my position. I received an 18 cent raise today and was told it was because the company didn’t make a lot of money last quarter and had nothing to do with my performance. Perfect. I will now lower my quality of work to the bare minimum until I find another job.

I’m working for a large technology company that has offices all across the world, but they’re extremely unorganized. My position is a bit odd in that it’s a start up / new integration in the US, and there are only 5 of us in the group. I love that it’s a unique job, but I constantly find myself with absolutely nothing to do. And on top of it, my boss is a micromanager who re-does all of my work anyway, and immediately shoots down any of my thoughts / ideas because she wants total control of the trajectory. I mean, she literally told me and my co-workers in a meeting that “you’re not allowed to create anything without it being approved by me first”. So, yeah. I don’t LOVE the job and I’m in a limbo between trying to “ride it out” & whatever that means, and finding a new…