Author: Olivia

I don’t like where I work, I want out of the culinary industry. I am an American with a work permit in Ireland; my permit states I must stay with my employer for a year or my permit ends and cannot be renewed…unless I am fired. In my understanding, if I quit I cannot work in Ireland, and if I am fired I can find any job I want rather than a special skills job which I needed to gain a permit in the first place (like chef work). I just want a decent paying, regular hours, weekends off job for once. I have never been fired before and I don’t want to leave a place in bad taste ever. What should I do?

Pretty much the title. For info, I work in Healthcare in the U.S. as awful a mess that is in and of itself. For the past 2 years I've specifically worked in kidney care dialysis for a company that rhymes with “Lavita” and in the past year it has gotten progressively more unbearable and it all comes down to labor costs. Our clinic is 2 people understaffed and have been since June 2022, but we have to cut labor costs. We have more patients than ever, but we need to cut the number of labor hours we use each day. The company brags in their shareholder meeting about making $120k profit PER EMPLOYEE PER QUARTER, but they cut our bonus structure for picking up extra shifts, and delay any annual raises or otherwise don't give them. We literally have no float nurses or techs in our district because they've all…

We got $80 dollar gift cards. I hope crows eat the executives eyes.

I work for an aging industry. I’m the youngest in my office by a couple decades at least, with majority at or around 65. The oldest colleague was in his 70’s, forced to retire due to health complications, and died 2 weeks later. I am constantly privy to conversations between these boomer men discussing when they’re going to call it quits and how they need to bring in fresh faces to take over. Even in our partnering companies, I see it there too. These guys will cackle about how they’re one bad customer away from retiring, talk about their chronic illnesses and dying colleagues, and then laugh because they have it good and may as well stay. Wouldn’t want to be bored. I want to scream. Not only do I believe they deserve to retire, they HAVE TO retire. They have to start seriously preparing the next generation to take…

Is it for people to not work anymore? How will society function if nobody works?

My job at an independent grocery store has just emailed us to download and join MYOB to track our work hours, rosters, payslips etc. What can anyone tell me about this app, how it tracks data, and if I should try and resist this change? Google just unloads sponsered links on me and I don't know what to trust.

Manager: I’m having a hard time finding recruits for xyz job My answer: if it’s relatively low paying, offer better pay. If you’re having a hard time finding qualified candidates, offer paid training. Create better work conditions. Manager: I need to make more sales My answer: work on updating your digital marketing strategies, update your sales training, and build better sales relationships with customers (build rapport). Work to better understand your customers and differentiate from competitors. Manager: our organization needs more donations My answer: look for more grant opportunities and analyze your donor base. Who are they and how are they finding out about your non-profit? Are they able to find out more online? Do they understand the unique aspects of your non-profit and the value of it? Manager: I need consistent sales that are efficient My answer: work on finding specific types of clients and create efficient processes. How…

I've thought about this for years and now it's finally here. At present, I still hear about a labour shortage but I personally think that will change with time as AI methods become implemented. The jobs generated by AI will not compensate for the ones lost, imo. What are your thoughts?