Author: Olivia

Put in for a new job at work that I've already been doing on an interim/temp basis for a few months after a colleague got promoted(they are now my boss). They definitely earned the promotion and I'm very happy for them. Was just told I met the initial cut-off for the job, and it was basically mine, but my boss' boss said a pay increase wasn't possible because it was considered a lateral move. This is true on paper, but in reality, there is a lot more responsibility for the new job Told my boss not to bother interviewing me in that case because I won't take on the additional responsibilities in the long term without a matching pay increase. He said he'd talk to some other people and get back to me. I'm in the US. I do not work for a private company. That's all I can tell…

Over a month ago I requested a week off, this week, to welcome my grand daughter into the world and help my daughter and son-in-law out for their first week of baby-ness. I work in a summer tourist destination and in a supervisory position. I have worked for this company for 4 years always taking my vacation time in the off-season. As a supervisor, I have never said no to an employees time off request no matter the time of year because I realize these people have lives that don't revolve around the company and, dammit, they earn their time off! Well, none of the managers approved my time-off request which started yesterday. They never even mentioned having seen the request and never asked me why I wanted it. I sent a few emails reminding the teams that I was leaving and asking for coverage… no replies. Sunday evening, I…

My boss is creating his own website on company time. It's similar to a bunch out there — upload your pic and get it printed. Somehow he thinks he's going to be a millionaire with it. The CEO is looking the other way — nepotism and such. Is there any way to make it crash when it goes live? He's a textbook narcissist.

I'm working on a novel about a woman who gets into a famous company only to end up on a roll of a bullshit job where she has basically nothing to do. Lots of descriptions of boring tasks and conversations with her slick co-worker who seems to love being forgotten about. She gets kinda desperate in that position. When she later begs for a proper task, she gets send through Europe to chase down one of the shareholders of the company. That guy is where she wants to be: In a safe position, with enough money – but succumbing to a kind of pointless hedonism. The two of them end up in a weird romance but instead of becoming a rich girl at the side of a guy our heroine slowly gets dragged into a path of reform and maybe even revolution in the world of work. So far my…

I have applied to work in customer service for this pretty cool company but they’re asking me to write a press release for a new product and answer mock customer questions. I’m fine doing just didn’t know if should be weary.

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