Author: Olivia

I work retail in Illinois. The general store manager decided 2 hours before my shift that she is out of labor hours and she needs to cut my shift. I have 3 jobs and my time is not free. Can I report her for this or are there no protection laws for employees?

I feel like a lot of people went through the same thing I did and had their manager spring on some serious negative feedback on them that really stressed them out. A friend reached out to ask for advice so I thought I'd share some of what I did here. This is specifically in the context of a Western corporate job so I welcome additional advice 😀 (No need to follow the steps in this order, though that is how I did it) If you have work friends, reach out to them to see if you can verify any of the claims made by your manager. Don't mention that you felt blindsided by these claims until AFTER you receive feedback. Consider the wider context at the company. Looking back, I realized a lot of people were being promoted because they were well liked by upper management, not necessarily because they…

Crazy wind last night damaged my car, not drivable to work today (Big Red Box Store). Called in, leader suggested I Uber/Lyft or find a friend. Gave a very “they're busy and we need you, Ill just assume you'll figure something out unless you tell me otherwise” kind of guilt trip. The ride is 30 mins, I don't have anyone who could or would drive me. The old me would have just got an Uber, but I called back and let the leader know that nope, sorry, not feasible for me to come in. She was not happy but, hey. My team is solid and they can handle it. Thank y'all for reminding me of my self-worth :')

I started working full time for my current employer on Jan. 20, 2020. The employee handbook given to me at the time said I would be given and additional 40 hours PTO after three years with no caveats listed, I still have this copy, so I thought it would be applied this past January. When it wasn't I reached out to HR thinking it was a simple mistake. Nope. Turns out they grant additional PTO to employees on January 1 the year after their anniversary, no matter when that is. I followed up asking if a person started Dec. 30 and another Jan. 2, would the second need to work an additional year to get the same benefit? Their response was, ” this is the policy”…. I even asked where this was written and they linked me to an obscure “PTO FAQ” page buried on their company SharePoint page. Thankfully,…

I’m the supervisor of a coffee shop on a college campus. We are run by a third party company. We have a sister store on campus that we work closely with. The supervisor at the other store recently told their employees that working with me would make them want to kill themselves. I went to the head of HR on our campus to handle the matter. They spoke with both of us separately about the issue and afterward I was told by HR “hopefully you both can work it out amongst yourselves”. I don’t feel like anything was actually done and I’m not sure where to go from here? Should I let it go or pursue the issue further?