Author: Olivia

So I have been at this company for almost 2 months now. I work with autistic children and I am entry level. I have worked with kids for many years as a camp counselor but not with this population. When I started the job they told me I need a certain certification for the role and they would provide me with the free 40-hour course work. When I first started it was hard but it was mostly just adjusting to the role and the kids. I guess in the beginning of starting there they have to do competence exams on you. So after my first week of training, I start working with the kids which was stressful. The third week they start the competence exams on me. They basically are testing on how well I pair with the kids and how well I’m doing with the work(we basically teach them…

For reference this is in Texas. This next paragraph is all going to be background about my work situation. I work as a bartender, but the bar is inside of a corporate office. Only people who work in that corporate office are allowed at the bar. It is still a full bar though. When I applied for the job, the pay was set at $21/hour. This is the ONLY reason I took the job as it is a 40 minute commute but the pay would cover my gas. We do also get tips, but I was told the pay was set so high because people didn't tip often. I have been getting a sizeable amount in tips but I don't know if this is the norm or not as I've only been there about three months. The bar is also a full kitchen and we have a coffee bar too.…

What do you do when your gut tells you you’re being paid less than everyone else?

This is a long one… sorry… I’m not technically a manager but our departments second-in-charge has been out of work for surgery and chemotherapy, during that time (and prior too) the department manager has been on a power trip. Not only did she show no care or remorse for his situation, but she has also spent the entire time belittling, demeaning, confronting, bullying and even sexually harassing the staff. Before he took his time off, he himself had planned to express our concerns since he was the only outside perspective or new set of eyes we had, but he had no shifts with her before he went. As a result it meant that one of us temp in-charges needed to step up. Luckily we work in a larger company and we have a store manager, so I had planned to document everything and bring that evidence to them. However, store…

It makes 0 sense to me. Like before I even get my first paycheck I’m out like 15 bucks? Not to mention if they require shoes.. those are an extra like 60.

I was always the one being overworked and staying late. While my lazy coworker got a week long approved vacation, I got my half day off request rescinded at midnight last night because they randomly decided I needed to work all night on Friday and on a Saturday (that was unpaid overtime). Beyond that, management was getting super toxic and started yelling at the entire staff regularly due to financial problems at the company. I'm very happy now. I sent in my resignation this morning and moved on.

See alot of posts with things like “gave my boss my life, and got fired”, “I was a loyal wage slave for years, and they fired me”. I am here to let you know a very wee known secret: Companies are NOT your friend. Companies will NEVER have loyalty to you UNLESS you are the owner of the Company! Even if your family member owns the Company, that is no guarantee they will treat you right! To a Company you are an easily replaceable RESOURCE. Period. The only way you should treat an Employer is as someone who pays you for doing ‘X’. You should never do more than ‘X’ amount of work! Companies will promise anything to get more out of you. Do NOT fall for it! Any promises a company gives you, actually ANY conversations between your Employer and you, get documentation! Boss, or Company, says anything to…

Apologies in advance for this being a place for me to vent, but here's my situation: I was hired to work as a home assistance specialist, when I was hired the job was WFM (which was a huge draw for me) but as you can expect it quickly became hybrid and then 3 days in office. I came from a previous employer that had me working as a SPOC and had an assigned pipeline. Expectations were that we were hired to handle our clients, treat them well and take care of our assigned cases. This newer (about a year since I started) job treats the department as a SPOC. No one has assigned accounts or pipelines, we just have to take inbound calls and call out on lists we're sent. For me, this has become a much bigger pain point than I expected. For example, at my old job my…

I work as an architectural technician and have recently moved to a new location to be with my partner. I knew there was not a lot of work before I moved but the recession has really slumped. One interview went great, very friendly and looked like great work. At the end of the interview they requested a concept plan as a part of the trial, this is 30+ hours work. I know some firms do this trial as a test to see your quality of work but I have already provided her a number of files of my work and I know that I’m very good at my job so this feels like a slab in the face. I desperately need the job so I have to exploit myself and in the end potentially will not even get the job.