Author: Olivia

Any advice on working with a co-worker who keeps trying to outsmart me, and it not working? Latest example is her trying to act like she knows more about video formats than me. I asked for video in 1080i format in an email, to which she then CC’d a bunch of people in a reply that said, “You mean you want this in 16×9? You should say that from the beginning in language everyone understands.” I sent a reply explaining that 1) 1080i is in 16×9, and 2) 16×9 is an aspect ratio and not a video resolution. I require the video resolution, not the ratio. She kept trying to double down though, and it was painful trying to explain video editing to her. One of many examples of her trying and failing to outsmart me.

We work as housekeepers in an Australian hotel, and our boss has implemented a new policy requiring us to surrender our mobile phones at the beginning of each shift and place them in a box at the reception desk. The rationale is that if someone needs to reach us during the day, they can call the reception number, and a message will be relayed to us. Personally, I only use my phone to check the time during my shift, as it's necessary for recording the start and finish times when cleaning rooms. So far, I haven't been reprimanded for my phone usage. While I respect and adhere to the “no phone usage” rule, I'm unsure if it's fair to ask us to hand in our phones. It feels like I'm being asked to prioritize vacuuming over being readily available in case of an emergency (even though the chances of such…

I see a lot of comments across subreddirs jump to the conclusion of “that's a red flag” “id quit right away” “report to xyz”, but I wonder whether the person receiving that advice would be better off if they follow that advice and quit that job. I have spent my career quitting on companies where I felt the work culture was toxic. Many, many employers later, I realized every company has its problems, and they all do a number on me mentally. Recently with the current job market, I find myself without a secure job for the first time in my career. I think about all the times I could have put up with a job, suck it up and take the paycheck. Have I been I too headstrong leading to my current financial predicament? For our own mental health, I agree with a lot of the advice on here,…

I am mostly just venting about the BS that is pay. In the area I live in, in 1965, manufacturing workers made about ($106 a week) $400 dollars a month, about $2.30 an hour. Rougly $4800 a year. Adjusted for inflation, that's above (about $1024 a week) $4000 a month, and $100 something an hour. Somewhere near 208K a year! People working the same jobs in my area, are getting paid less than their ancestors, for essentially the same job. And somehow younger generations are “lazy”, when they refuse to do more than their job asks of them, or flat out refuses to do anything but the BARE MINIMUM required to keep a job? While getting paid almost 860% less than their grandfathers/grand mothers? Yes, the number got bigger, but the spending power got shrunk to the size of a pinhead.

I have seen several posts here where a company rejects a resignation. Are there really bosses so incredibly thick-headed that they don't realize they can't force you to work at a job you don't want? The thirteenth amendment to the US constitution reads: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. How could anybody be so stupid as to not know this?

So I work for a design agency in California. They have me classified as a 1099 NEC but they choose the projects I work on, expect me to be available during their business hours, and I have to request time off. Is it worth trying to sue them? I don't give af about losing my job at this point as I'm already on my way out the door.

I just started a new job and I found out 30 minutes before one of my shifts that my grandma was hospitalized in grave condition. I called out of work, explaining that I needed to fly out and visit my dying grandmother and one of my supervisors had the audacity to tell me I will be getting a point for calling out on short notice. I went anyway. My grandma passed a day after I arrived at the hospital but I got to say goodbye and see her one last time for which I am so grateful. I’m now grieving my loss. My company apparently doesn’t offer bereavement but I honestly don’t care, I just need time off, paid or not. They’ve been super cryptic about me returning for work/taking additional time off for the funeral. What do they expect me to do? Say, “you know what, the profits of…

I requested PTO at my job for a month to travel and see family after being severely burnt out (while covering for my manager while she was out on maternity leave), and she denied it saying that it would be “too long”. So now I’m still going for a month, but only got two weeks approved and have to work during my vacation for two weeks. So ridiculous it makes my blood boil