Author: Olivia

What in the WORLD is up with managers who think they don’t need to like check with you before just putting a meeting on your calendar? My job is in a hospital, where I’m supposed to mostly be going out and talking one on one with patients in their rooms. I left the office at 10:30 to attend rounds and speak with patients. I returned at 12:30 with the intention of eating lunch and then doing some desk work. My boss comes in and says that she wants to talk about some paperwork I filled out. I said sure, I’m eating lunch but when lunch is over, I’ll come to your office. She said “it’s on your calendar.” It definitely was not on my calendar when I left at 10:30. But I log in and sure enough, at 1pm there’s a calendar invite for a meeting. It was sheer dumb…

I’m a hostess at a decently popular downtown restaurant, it’s my weekend job on top of my 9-5. When hired 6 months ago I really needed the extra money but now it’s so I can go back to school in 5 months and take less student loans. It’s my first ever restaurant job, and by my third shift I was the only hostess. I did that for months, I worked upwards of an extra 20 hours a weekend as the only host and had only two days off a month at most. They finally hired another 4 hosts in the last couple months and I’m lead. I’ve trained them really well and we have a good team finally. I told them I needed to take Sundays off, my life and house is falling apart because I’ve spent the last six months working 60-65 hours a week and having not even…

You would be amazed at the information you can find! From lawsuits to citations and more. Everyone reading this deserves better and deserves transparency.

A few years ago I was burnt out working for AT&T and I heard a lot of positive things about a very popular glasses retailer. They had a high rating on Glassdoor and reviews overall said company culture was great and inclusive and they pay you to volunteer at a charity of your choosing, reimburse you with a health stipend (gym/yoga/mental health etc.) Provide snacks / groceries for every store. You get free glasses every 3 months and 1 free exam per year. A stake in the company. Benefits. 401k. A good amount of PTO. The company overall seemed very concerned with their employees and when I started it felt great. Fast forward to the company going public and since then every benefit is being reduced or taken away completely. They’ve cut hours for part timers company wide, people who were promised 25-32 hours per week are now getting 8-15…

Whether you’re union or not. Whether you work for UPS or not. If you support the strike, you are: Unselfish. You put your wants below the needs of others. Fair. You believe working people deserve more than they’re getting. Working. You might know what it’s like to be marginalized or exploited. Reasonable. You see through the pro-corporate narrative. Human. Just wanted to say that for those supporting the imminent UPS strike. We realize we live in an era where most of us have to go to battle with corporations just to be heard. Let’s hope this creates a ripple effect worldwide.

Im a contractor who works outdoors at customers houses without supervision. Aside from me it is just my crew lead and I but recently my boss has hired another guy to work with us but he's a big slacker. He weaponizes incompetance and knows how to do the work well but chooses to walk slow and half ass all his jobs. Soon enough our paperwork will show we arent getting any more work done with an extra so that will come on my crew lead and I here soon. He was also directly hired from personally knowing the boss and my boss isnt the best at understanding tricky situations, so Im afraid he might side with the slacker if I bring this up. Also this is a temporary Summer job for him so chances are he wont get fired if hes going to be here for a short time. What…