Author: Olivia

I work 8am-4:30pm. 4:30pm because of the unpaid 30 min lunch. However, I would like to leave 30 mins earlier to beat awful traffic. Thoughts?

but when I approached my manager about this I was reprimanded due to me accusing someone by name… even though his name was on the mail in his drawer of fun. Work blows.

Drinking, drugs, working out, video Games, nothing takes away the existential dread of knowing you have a finite amount of time on Earth and most of your time and energy is spent at a job that only enriches the owner and his lackeys

I gave in my resignation letter after 6 years. I knew for months I had to make a departure. Without giving too many details, I work at a school. My reason for leaving was mainly the pay (along with other gripes). I worked hourly and my pay has not increased in 3 years. My check has been the same exact amount since 2020. If I want more, I have to put in hours and they usually make you jump through hoops to get a few extra hours. My job has also started to include tasks that aren't mine. I work in a teaching capacity, but I have also worked as an IT specialist, graphic designer, workshop host, and state exam administrator. I knew it was time to go when I started leaving work early and generally just became uninterested in my tasks. I felt overworked, used, and unappreciated. My supervisor…

Long story short: I’m a teacher at a private school. The school tried not paying me and contesting my online hours (we are already grossly underpaid, btw), then they misclassified me as an independent contractor instead of an employee so that i am not covered by employment laws and so they can avoid taxes. I went after them in every way possible, from making claims with the federal government to the provincial government. I threatened to hit their wallet. As someone who can’t afford a lawyer, I used every free resource available to me. All the meanwhile I was still working for them, while not getting paid, because i was advised to continue working if I wanted to have this fight. After two months of struggle and them financially draining me, I finally got the call. They gave me my money and correctly classified me, and told me July 18…