Author: Olivia

A few weeks ago I saw a job post that I was interested in. Life got in the way, and I checked for the post again today and it was gone. Just for giggles, I called and asked if the position was still available. The person who answered the phone said the position was just filled. Oh well, I said thank you. She screamed, “But wait! We could keep your information on file…just in case!” “Okay, is there an email address I can send my credentials to?” “Well, we really like people to come in to fill out some forms. The hiring manager is here in the mornings, so mornings would be best.” I am interested in the job, and I’m a nice person, so I said okay. So, for a job that is no longer available, they want me to take time out of my day to come in…

Rant beginning in 3, 2, 1 Work for a $15 billion medtech company who decided to migrate out website to a new CMS. Part of this move required business units to move customer critical documents to another new system because they would be removed from the website when new CMS goes live. For MONTHS they were told the business units didn't have the resources to migrate in time. For months they were told it is critical to have these documents up. Response was always they will take it under advisement or not our problem (paraphrasing). New system goes live. shit hits the fan. BU and sector leadership get involved. Corporate team forced to fix issue. Fadt forward today. Just got off a call where that team just praised themselves for moving heaven and earth to fix the problem they created and basically told the BUs to get their acts together.…

I used to work full time at a prop house but after 6 months I had to leave because my boss was becoming increasingly impossible to work with. She would angrily text me hours after the shop closed if she wasn't happy about something to complain and then demand answers even when I was at home and had to work off memory of the day. And the days when she'd wait until I was in the shop to address an issue, she'd talk down to me like an idiot. She'd ask me last minute to stay late to help her pack her own rentals which she always left to the last day because, as she put it, she worked better under pressure. If she was upset with me she'd give me the silent treatment and be extra friendly to other stylists and staff. She was supposed to review a raise…

My boyfriends boss just denied his time off. A week ago he said it was because someone else was also taking that time off. The two coordinated together so that he would be there the days my boyfriend would be out (two days). Now today his boss says he’s a “key team member” and cannot take any time off until their no longer understaffed. They have never NOT been understaffed since he started working.

I put my 2 weeks notice in yesterday. I’m a systems engineer at a small company (about 600 employees). My company is known well for under paying staff badly, it is the main reason I am leaving. Fast forward to today… I was helping one of the Office Managers and had to copy a bunch of files from their personal network folder. When I was back at my desk I opened a few all at once by mistake and one was an excel export of all salaries company wide. It’s so much worse than I thought. Everyone except the few at the top (maybe 30 people) are getting ripped off. Those few at the top? They’re getting it MADE. I’m talking $550k/year for executives when a supervisor that works twice as many hours makes $60k/year. I want to share this info what don’t know how to do so. I don’t…

Nothing else lined up. Pay was shit. Mentally exhausting. Dickhead POS executives and dumbass management. Some people were aii tho. Perfect recipe for a shit company. Fuck these companies and brands: GMA Capelli BalletJewels Concept1 CedarStars AI Shields (They have a lot more but too tired to think)