Author: Olivia

Guess I’m being monitored. I’ve been questioned today at my full-time job about my side-gig. No, it has nothing to do with my full-time job. I noticed upper management looking at my professional social media profile recently. I thought it was because I promote them on social when they ask, trying to give them more traction (I know, a mistake). I work on gigs through a third party site that states an inaccurate response time, based on the first time I ever responded to a gig months ago. They questioned if I was working on that while working my job. I don’t even take breaks during work (rarely do), and often skip lunch. Dedicate more than 40 hours a week towards it, taking on other team member roles, a growing list of responsibilities never addressed in my job description, training people, tackling upper-management projects, etc. Still was questioned on somehow…

Hi there, In the last two weeks my job has been going through a furlough process. Last week it was 58 people throughout the company & then as of today another 7 just from my team (almost half) were furloughed. I was lucky enough not to be one of them (yet.) I am obviously concerned & feel like I have a bullseye on my back. The company is being very hush hush about the entire thing & just basically refusing to address the elephant in the room but word travels fast amongst employees. Does anyone have any advice they can offer as to what I should do or what to expect? I’ve never worked for a company who has gone through a furlough process. I’ve already begun looking for other jobs just in case. But just wanting some insight on this from anyone who may have gone through this experience…

I work at major bottling company warehouse in the south. There’s no unions, it’s right to work state that can fire you over anything. I work mandatory 6 days a week, 8 hrs of hard labor and can barley afford my rent and food. I was charged a 200$ bill from a doctor visit that lasted 10 mins and shoved me out the door. My car payment is through the roof because of the city I work in, so I work to pay my car insurance and rent so I can continue working in the city. I can’t afford the time off work to go back to school or learn new skills, I have no hobbies and no friends. I don’t have parents I can fall back on to change direction. In May I’ll be 30 yrs old, and I have no other qualifications that can land me a better…