Author: Olivia

I’m a barista working for an international food service corporation. I’ve worked this job since September 2021 and despite the fact that I’m 25, this January was the first time I’ve ever had a performance review. I apparently did mostly good, but received a “needs improvement”-esque score for a section about keeping a cool head when learning new tasks. This was referencing a time in October when I was unmedicated for my severe anxiety and acute depression on top of my usual chronic depression and spent everyday on the verge of tears trying to convince myself not to step in front of a bus. Admittedly, I had crying fits at work. So whatever a person’s opinion on professionalism would be, that might be considered inappropriate on my part, irresponsible, etc. I didn’t argue with my manager about the score because if I’m being scored on that, I can’t contest that…

Hello everyone! I have a coworker whos always trying to get me into trouble and telling my boss about everything i do and twisting words so i look bad. My boss trusts me and knows its all BS. My Coworker will also stare at me for extended periods of times and talk shit to everyone he can. Theres a word for whatevers happening thats not harassment. I was wondering if anyone knew what that would be?

Like the teeming millions i'm a junior frontend developer freelancing and doing various gigs for online “startups” to pay the bills, currently going through a bit of a dry patch and having difficulty finding meaningful work. when i do find work, i feel there's an 80% chance of the job being a “bullshit job” and being fully remote post pandemic, I have no way to verify anything about my employer. add to that some impostor syndrome and paranoia and i feel like i couldn't be more alienated from the fruit of my labour. talk about capitalism. it doesn't help that the companies i work for are named as if they were little more than fronts for a giant money-laundering operation. this subreddit has given me fresh perspective on modern day employment and the precarious nature of most middle-income professions/jobs has deservedly earned the critique that goes around here. just my…

I'm not complaining of what I have, because I could say I'm more than lucky given what people in Ukraine are going through… but my job has never given me any sense of happiness, accomplishment… I dread it, I work in advertising and I can't mentally do it anymore. I cried last night because of how unhappy I am. I work late almost every day, I work weekends… I'm tired. I get more enjoyment from picking up my dog poop than doing the work I do. Is this life? Would a career change help me? Is asking to be happy ay work too much?

Today I was “fired” from a company in Florida. Wasn’t notified about it. Just taken off the schedule, and had my company email deleted.

I work at dunkin and they send my paycheck to a store I used to work at in a different city for the past month and a half. About a half hour drive. I spent about $70 on a taxi to go get it every Friday. I've told the managers from both stores I don't have a car and how much of an inconvenience it is. All my coworkers have there checks at our store. So I'm the only one spending close to a quarter of there paycheck to GO GET there paycheck. It's been months nothings changed no one seems to care