Author: Olivia

My work status is weird for this hospital in California. It’s not that popular, but they hired me for a 3 month contract. That was a year ago. Today I was pulled into HR and they said next Friday is my last day. Not hurt about it but wondering if I can apply for unemployment now and not show up for the last week and have that not counted against me as quitting?

I've been unemployed (resigned) since April, and have had horrible work experiences since then. I applied to a sushi bowl place, for $10/hr. I thought, “Sure, it shouldn't be that hard to set an interview” and was emailed by the store to come during business hours and ask for a manager, which I did. Tell my why, I was given this blue and white paper called a “Pre-employment questionnaire” (you can google it, if you never seen the paper) and it's demanding the last four jobs (name and address for employer, time there, and reason for leaving), education history, 3 references (their address, business, and years known), THEN the interviewer has a remarks page to give input and describe your neatness, personality, ability, and if you're hired under what position and wage. I understand that some info is to rush the hiring process such as social, home address number, and…

I just started a new job at a dental office 2 weeks ago. When I was called in for an interview, I arrived at the office to find 20 other people in their late teens/early 20’s also waiting in the reception area resumes in hand. I didn’t think much of it at first. We were then led into a conference room in the back and the dentist who owns the practice did a powerpoint presentation. He started it off with “how many of you are familiar with L. Ron Hubbard?” And I was immediately concerned. He then said that his practice follows scientology as a philosophy to better connect with patients— he then goes “don’t worry, I’m not trying to convert any of you to scientology as a religion. I’m Jewish and I never plan on changing that” so I was like, “ok that’s a little more reassuring”. He then…

A company I worked for was required to conduct a safety audit on all aspects relating to warehousing and machinery. I was in charge of conducting the safety audit as I was the only one with high risk training and previous work in safety compliance During the report, things were OK, although one component would have resulted in an automatic fail, which was the Forklift charger station. They were required to have a 3m or more clearance in all directions around the charger. The current warehouse layout had split systems and hit water units maybe 500mm from the forklift when charged. If there was a fire, the cardboard and Styrofoam packing would be able to spread it through the whole warehouse because it was against the back wall, a good 50m+ run of uninterrupted stock on racks upto 8m high. I alerted management, who said they were aware but there…

Being broke and overworked means I have no time and no money. I’ve seen 5/50 states in the US & have only been to Tijuana (I grew up in San Diego). I have never been to the islands. I want to see the world so bad. But being in debt means I can’t do that either, at least not for a long time. Hell, I can’t even afford getting a passport. My husband is a military child so he had no choice but to see the world.. hearing about all of these other countries and telling me about his experiences is great, but I want to do so much more than live vicariously. I want to physically travel & see these places. It’s so depressing to think about how insular I am and it’s not by choice. Sigh. Maybe one day, but I have 0 hope for now honestly. I…