Author: Olivia

I work in IT. I am 50 and mid level in a department of 8. Pay is fair, hours are long. Ahead of me are three others that are the most negative people ever. They are entrenched and will never advance or leave. My chances to move above them are slim no matter what because of seniority rules. Question: I have an opportunity to self study into another skill set that is kinda related. Probably won't be used more than a couple times a year. No chance to turn this into more $ or benefits. I am thinking “what's the point?” Thoughts?

For context, I am a server at a Mexican restaurant in California. Its a local spot that’s been around for decades and has a strong base of regulars. It’s a fairly easy job and I rarely have any major problems, that is until a few days ago. A new customer came in and was unhappy with his experience, so he decided to take a photo of me and my coworker without our knowledge and post it on Yelp. There is now a one star review of our restaurant up on yelp with a picture of me and a long description of how I am a “loser” that “should have been fired yesterday”. The best part is I didnt even do anything to him, it was a normal interaction and he got his food no problem. He literally only did that to embarrass and publicly humiliate me. My boss sided with…

We went into bankruptcy and everything would have been fine if the owner would have done everything he needed to do. We had the money to pay the bills but it was “perfect storm” of things he didn’t want to deal with. And when you have a hearing and tell the judge “you don’t know what you are talking about” it’s not something you actually want to keep. But don’t worry about all the thousands of workers that believed the lies that “we are doing the best we can to stay open”

I started a new job last month. Though the office buildings are only a few blocks from each other, to briefly compare: Old job * WFH 3 days, in-office 2 days * Moderate interaction with the public * Otherwise, general office work * Trusted to work independently 50% of the time but also had collaborative and team projects the other 50% * Some phone calls/emails from the public New job * In-office 5 days per week * Constant phone calls from the public * All of my calls have to be on speaker phone (“for training”), which makes it extremely difficult to hear anything or help anyone * Constant appointments and drop-ins that I do not schedule or know about but am expected to drop everything and take on immediately * There's no actual training, it's just my team members telling me what to do. Which would be fine, except…

I started a new job last month. Though the office buildings are only a few blocks from each other, to briefly compare: Old job * WFH 3 days, in-office 2 days * Moderate interaction with the public * Otherwise, general office work * Trusted to work independently 50% of the time but also had collaborative and team projects the other 50% * Some phone calls/emails from the public New job * In-office 5 days per week * Constant phone calls from the public * All of my calls have to be on speaker phone (“for training”), which makes it extremely difficult to hear anything or help anyone * Constant appointments and drop-ins that I do not schedule or know about but am expected to drop everything and take on immediately * There's no actual training, it's just my team members telling me what to do. Which would be fine, except…

Just what the headline says. I straight up can't find a satisfying answer online. They often just say that a CEO basically just makes big decisions and is the top of the hierarchy. That's not a job description though.

Just what the headline says. I straight up can't find a satisfying answer online. They often just say that a CEO basically just makes big decisions and is the top of the hierarchy. That's not a job description though.

For context I’m a pharmacy tech (22F) and have been working at this pharmacy for nearly 4 years since I was 18. This happened two days ago. I saw that a doctor sent in a medication for a child that was really expensive and we didn’t have it in stock, so I called the phone number on the prescription and the mother picked up. It’s not a common medication, and the cash price for a one month supply said over $4,000, so I wanted to call to inform the family. Me: Hey I noticed your doctor sent in a prescription for your son and I just wanted to let you know it’s really expensive and we don’t have it, would you like me to call the doctor and ask for something else? Mother: Why are you leading with the price? I was confused so I said: I’m sorry? Mom: So…