Author: Olivia

I am applying for WFH as a programmer analyst. I am single and live in a small (and cheap) house in the suburbs. But on my CV my address is false, I live in an upper-middle class residential neighborhood with a swimming pool, nearby schools… I am married, and if you ask me I have 2 children. Reasons? In previous interviews they have tried to cut my salary after saying I had no children, do you think it will work? Do you think RH could review the address on my CV to determine if I “deserve” the salary range I'm asking for? (Sorry for my not native English)

I’m currently on short term disability. I received a letter from my HR/Payroll department that was basically a collections letter stating I have to pay for my premiums or there “might” be a lapse in my coverage? Its $200 (so far) & I obviously don’t have that kind of money because I’m only getting a percentage of my income. Is this even allowed? It just seems so odd. If there’s any laws against this, for reference I live in KY & work in OH.

I've been with a company for approximately 1.5 years, and previously, the expectations were always no OT (to the point where if a job ran long, we would get sent home early the next day or at the end of the week to avoid OT). Now due to a high overturn rate of employees, my boss is mandating a rotating OT schedule after he asked for volunteers and no one really wanted to work additional time. I am already frustrated with this job (I'm one of the most senior staff and responsible for training essentially all new staff, however I am not being compensated as a trainer and given the most difficult/time consuming cases) and am currently in fhe process of looking for a new job. I sent my boss an email essentially stating that I would not be participating in mandatory OT for the previous reasons as well as…

My boss made a verbal agreement to pay me a portion of my wages under the table so I don't lose my Medicaid. I'm struggling to keep up and thinking about putting in my two weeks anyways and go back to my old WFH job that doesn't have consistent hours but is more flexible for my disability. It's also been really uncomfortable working closely with people who have awful opinions of poverty, politics and equal rights.. Any thoughts out there?

My father has a real estate business, and owns many properties, including condos, houses, and industry, office, and retail buildings. He claims he is “the best landlord in the world” and all his tenants love him, and I do believe him. He works hard to make sure all of their needs are met, is always on top of maintenance and construction, and manages a good team to ensure things don't get out of hand for residents. However, being a landlord is inherently exploitative and unethical, and he doesn't seem to understand that, nor do I know how to explain it to him in a way he'll understand/won't dismiss. I'm a socialist, and do a lot of work with homeless people in my community, as well as with tenant unions. All my friends are working class and I've seen them struggle in a world that seems to be always be eating…

This is my first time I've ever posted on Reddit, so I hope I'm doing this right! Apologies in advance for this novel of a post. I could use some advice on my work anxiety. For context, I hate working and if I could afford to not have to work, I absolutely would but my mortgage and finances require my husband and I to both work. I started my first job right out of college at 21 at a staffing firm doing very low level entry level duties, thinking it would be a stepping stone job until I figure out what I wanted to do. Even thought the job was easy and not much to it, I ended up loving my coworkers and the culture so much that I stayed for 6.5 years. I ended up joining the professional recruiting team and while it wasn't necessarily a passion of mine,…

applied for a job about a week ago and got an email from a third party (sparkhire) saying they wanted me to do a “one-way interview” and submit it. the more I read about these things the angrier and more offended I get that they asked me to do this. it's essentially for them to click through their applicants as fast as possible to get to the one they like the most with as little human interaction as possible. I don't think these folks even looked at my resume, which was a perfect fit for the job, and i was so excited too. they've been sending me a reminder to submit it every day and it's annoying. I want to email the “talent acquisition manager” to “respectfully” decline and tell them something along the lines of how I'd much prefer even a zoom interview than a “one way” video that…

I got told I had no social skills because I wanted to dine out in restaurants on my lunch hour. WTF is it anyone else's business what I do on my lunch hour. Grow a GD spine and stop being mad because someone doesn't want to sit in the breakroom eating a cold sandwich with you. Or better yet, try to find friends outside of your workplace if you can. It's my time and my money. Same with coffee. If I go to the breakroom to get coffee it doesn't follow that I must ask anyone else if I can fetch coffee for them too….go get your own coffee. Fix it yourself. I won't read the responses because I'm sure most will be quite rude but I needed to get that off my chest.

When I was hired, they told me that I would be able to work a hybrid schedule after 1 week of in-person onboarding. After completing the onboarding, my manager told me that I would have to be in-person for the next “several weeks”. I’ve already begun applying to new jobs, but I don’t understand how they can get away with tricking me like this.