Author: Olivia

I (27M) work for a non-profit in land conservation. It is a very small organization and I am one of just a few employees. I have 3 advanced degrees in varying subjects. As I finished school I began looking for jobs “in my field” and applied all over. Eventually got hired by this place. I literally moved across the country for the job (3000+ miles). At the time I was feeling lost and needed a change of pace as I was dealing with the some other existential problems in my life. The good: I feel good about my job— it aligns with my morals. I live in a very beautiful place and get to spend time outdoors for work. The bad: I get paid $23 an hour (it was $22 before I negotiated for some commute reimbursement), am part time and the commute to my work is quite costly in…

I suppose I should start this by stating that I'm a political science major. I fully intend to use my voice and it began when I realized that my supervisor had acted with haste in regards to a piece of mail that I received. Mind you, everyone got this letter. It was from the CEO of the company thanking people for their participation at an event. Granted, I wasn't really assisting anyone that day. I was doing my job and picking up the slack while other members of my team went out to play direct roles. But everyone received the letter but for some reason, they didn't feel as though I should have received it. They Took it. They threw it away without allowing me to actually read the thing (granted, a collegue of mine let me read theirs) and it was as I thought, a broad letter thanking everyone…

I currently work for a small family business where the father owns the company and his daughter is my manager. I've been there for one year and I am blown away by how much she gets away with and the amount of problems she causes. She misses deadlines left and right, she spirals a lot so it is impossible to have a productive conversation with her, and she is constantly MIA on her remote days (and when I finally do hear from her, it's at 4:30pm, when my workday is ending). It boggles my mind. She invents imaginary hurdles that make our lives harder, but if she doesn't have things done her way (which she deems the “proper” way), she loses her mind. She's so dead set in following these ancient/broken procedures that she's created that she would rather miss deadlines than skip any singular step in her process. It's…

I work a desk job, 12 hour shifts, sometimes 14. Although my job has minimal physical movement, I am exhausted everyday. Mentally , emotionally, and yes, physically. I am 26 years old but feel like I’m in my 40’s. I used to love moving around and being active , working out every day and feeling my youth. Now I workout 3 times a week sometimes, with nowhere near the same energy, I have gained an insane amount of weight , I’m depressed, im frustrated, I hate my job. I chose money over my preferred lifestyle and I paid for it gravely. I feel stuck and in a rut I have never ever felt before..

Posting from my xxx alt account for anonymity. I am a senior manager of a company I helped build. Over the past few years we went from being a market leader to struggling to meet our bills. There's been a lot of mistakes, trying to pivot into markets we weren't familiar with etc etc, but it all boils down to the directors megalomania and her greed. My disgruntlement comes from a new venture the director started, about 2 years ago I mentioned that this is going to be a resource heavy project and we should consider selling the initial company we had to both fund the new venture and to ensure we have the staff to execute it. She didn't want to let go of a profitable company, though gave no regard to her staff who she's over working and underpaying, me included. Then a bad hire proceeded to run…

Hi! I was hoping to get some coaching for my (first) yearly review coming up. I work as a technician in multi-specialty ophthalmology office. I entered as entry level, I only had 2 years of optometry (just vision exams vs medical issues) experience and was awe struck by the $5 bump from a box office to such a high end office and didn't think to negotiate at the time. I'm expecting to be offered 50 whole cents extra an hour and I have half an ovary to tell my boss to keep such a disrespectful offer. I live in Florida (Tampa Bay) and our minimum wage is on schedule to go to $15 within the next couple of years (entry level techs get paid $17) so I know I want to ask what steps the company is going to take to ensure I'm not making only $2-3 more than minimum…