Author: Olivia

I have a disability. I have an autoimmune disease which affects me on a daily basis and I can’t work full time because of this, but I try to find work regardless. No one wants to hire me because I have a disability but they’ll never say that. It’s always “We’ve chosen another candidate better suited for the job.” No work, no money. Can’t get disability because I don’t qualify. Have been trying for nearly five years. Rinse and repeat. What the hell do they expect me to do? Genuine question.

I had my 1 year employee review today. They talked about my assets and things I need to work on. Finally my manager said I need more training and in 90 days we will see about a raise. “Ok.” I said. There's no “then I walked out after handing in my 2 week notice buhahaha” like you expect. I'm definitely being exploited, the company is making bank and we are short staffed. Do I want a raise? Sure, but idk, I feel like if I get it they'll expect more from me which means more work.

Applied for a high level manager job (15+ years experience plus MS in management of that specific field) got a rejection email back saying “you did not have the qualifications”. Responded back asking what kinda credentials the candidates they selected for an interview had. Got a response back that said “my mistake, you should have made the cut, when can you interview”? Am I wrong for declining?

My employer (city government) hired this consulting firm for a jobs evaluation study. The seminar said it was to look at our job descriptions, then collect data from us employees about what we do and then compare. Has anyone had any experience in this? What can I, and my fellow employees, expect?

Hi all, not sure if this is the right subreddit for this but here goes. I was recently laid off from my job in tech last week and when I started in March I told my employer that I had two weeks of vacation planned already so I would start and then be gone for two weeks. Well I was paid my regular salary for those two weeks I was gone and I didn’t notice until it was brought up to me by HR a couple months later. They knew I was going to be gone and I thought PTO would be applied but turns out their PTO policy only allows you to accrue PTO and the PTO days are not given to you upfront which is what I thought was the case when I was hired. HR told me they would adjust my salary to account for the accidental…

Hi all. I've been in pharma for most of my career. I left a very reputable big pharma company for an opportunity at a biotech (bigger pay bigger risk/reward). I am seasoned and during the interviewing process was very, very clear that I have a family and interests outside of work. Was told about the (generous) vacation schedule and PTO policy. My job necessitates 4-5 weekends outside of work for conferences. No problem there. So, now that I've jumped ship and am with my new employer my manager had a meeting with me to let me know: –I would be expected to “be aware” of emails during off hours (wtf does that mean?) No matter when they come in It would always “be my choice” to work on the weekends, and I wouldn't be “expected” to work –Then he gave me no less that 4 examples of how his working…

I worked for this employer for a little under 6 months and accrued 55 hours of PTO. I put in my two weeks notice on March 23, 2023 with my last day being June 6th, 2023. Due to the termination policy stating “the maximum payment for unused and accrued PTO at termination of employment will not exceed 40 hours”, my manager helped me input and approve 2 8-hour days bringing my total down to 39 hours of PTO. However, these 2 days of PTO were scheduled for June 7th and June 8th. Due to this, my manager asked HR to not terminate me until the 14th so the days would go through. At this point, I was expecting to get paid for the 16 hours of PTO that had been approved plus the 39 remaining hours of PTO balance on my last check after termination. My second to last check…

Basically the title. I work at a certain chain grocery store and just found out they’re going to be dropping all departments down to minimum wage for new hires going forward. Previously most areas paid 2-3 dollars more and those already in the position will be keeping their wages. Should I encourage new hires to discuss their wages with their co workers because of the discrepancy in their pay? I’m just looking for advice. Side note the manager of the store received a quarter of a million dollar bonus last year on top of his yearly Salary.

Currently scared about messing up a potential job opportunity. I was employed with company A when I applied for a job with company B. On the application, I checked off, “currently employed” -which was true at the time. I also checked off “no” I do not want them contacting current employer. Since the filling out the application, I was terminated from the job A (3 day difference) I just had my interview with job B and they were asking about my current employer…. I never corrected them. In fact, I said I was still employed there. It’s been 6 days since I was let go from job A. Should I call and tell HR or the mangers I am no longer with company A and admit embarrassment or should I just wait and hope it never gets brought up again? I guess I’m hoping that since I said I was…