Author: Olivia

Context if needed. ​ I'm your average college drop out who couldn't make it there for one of many reasons. I guess that's not too important but it's been roughly 10 years since I graduated high school and the only work I've ever done mainly boils down to factory and warehouse stuff. ​ It was not too bad at first to be honest but the more wise I became to all the bullshit the more irritated I got and the more frustrating it became as well. ​ It used to be not a big deal for me to bounce from one job to the next but it's different now. Especially since there's people who need me to be able to pay the bills in my life now. ​ It's been different since the pandemic, I think, it wasn't until then that I stopped being able to hold a job for…

due to my medical conditions I was unable to finish my college degree so I cannot get hired at any normal office positions as most of it in my city require minimum undergrad degree. I don’t want to be NEET so I’m working at a second hand bookshop as cashier/mover/graphic designer/staff. As the title says I earn 20 yuan an hour, and in this city you need at least 5000 yuan a month to survive (without any kind of pensions). I’m currently living with my parents cuz I couldn’t afford to live alone. I work 6-9 hour a day about 15-20 days a month. It doesn’t sound much but my job HAS NO BREAK TIME. I have maximum 20 mins to finish my lunch and that’s it. I need to face costumers and do the heavy labor job at same time. People are not very kind here so the cashier…

Been working as a waitress for a month now and a few days ago our manager sends us a message saying from now on whenever we clock in he will correct the starting time to for example 9 am instead of 8:45 am like the shift is originally scheduled for. I was not happy with this because we have coworkers that came in 20 – 30 minutes earlier. They were not asked to come but we are often busy so extra help is not bad. I too have came in 10-15 mins earlier every day. I asked the older coworker to take it up with the manager and they concluded its not up to them but the company that hired us. Like a third party. I obviously called the third party company and asked if this is really true because in my first paycheck the earlier clock ins were accounted…

As the title says. I was in real bad need for a job, place seems fine so far. But the red flag i see is that in the contract it states that I won't be discussing my pay with my coworkers. Any thoughts and advice please? (Im in europe btw)

So 02/02/2023 I was called into office and was told that I am being suspended for 3 days and that to come back in 3 days . So on 02/07/2023 I Went back in and they had all my belonging and last pay check and was told I was being terminated , so afterwards on MyADP mobile app online to check my status it says my termination date was 02/02/2023 , so does that mean that they lied to me on 02/02/2023 saying that I wasn’t being fired and it was only “Suspension for 3 days “ . But than handed me me paper saying I was terminated on 02/07/2023 . I just want to know if theirs anything wrong with that which I believe there is , I just don’t know what it’s called And they told EDD I was terminated for attendance but that what they told me…

I watched this movie recently and I thought it was a sobering experience. I hope I never have to go through what Will Smith's character goes through in this film. The way this movie depicts extreme poverty is brutally honest and it made me feel grateful for what I have. However, I think this movie believes in the goodness of work to an extent that I just don't agree with. One review on wikipedia called it “the same old bootstraps story” and I totally see that. Will Smith works a 6 month unpaid internship, competing with other interns to become a stockbroker. He can only work 6 hours a day whereas the other interns work a full 9. Will Smith has voice over where he says that he increases his productivity by not drinking any water and not going to the bathroom, and I just don't think that part has…