Author: Olivia

Company has a tax write off office in the carribean. They are sending us there for a “team building week” but are requiring us to work while we are there. Am I wrong for being upset?

I just got two competing job offers, and the one I prefer is a housekeeping position at a hotel. They pay 15 an hour, with around 25 hours a week. I’m currently saving up over the summer for some pretty big life expenses as a college student, so while the pay is fine, I really can’t work that little. They also offered me great benefits for when school starts again- I’d be able to do the front desk position as well in the evenings, and do some homework. I really love this job, but I need to work at least 40 hours a week to make enough. Is there any good ways to convince them, or is it a lost cause? I got another job offer that pays the same but it’s night shift (so around 10:30-7am) and I would really prefer a daytime shift. I don’t know how to…

Literally nothing. They fire me ? I get unemployment. Comes out their pocket anyway. Gonna use it as a clutch if it gets to that but closing doors to open new ones.

I had surgery exactly two weeks ago and basically will not be able to drive for the next 8 weeks. My boss/work approved me working from home during this time as literally everything I do can be done remotely. However, I just got this email from my boss… “I know you’re unable to drive, but please let me know what day you can come in for a few hours next week.” She literally asked me to come in for a few hours next week after acknowledging I am unable to drive. And she also knows I live an hour+ from the office. I can’t even walk, let alone drive. Been using a knee scooter since the surgery. So fucking annoyed.

Hi guys, I would like a secure way (ie that the monitoring doesn't catch, if any) that teams is always online. I want to read books or study without Teams bothering me saying I'm away when I'm at the table. It's really bad to have to keep moving the mouse every 5 minutes, it takes away the total focus. Is leaving a weight on a key untraceable? I want to take advantage of downtime in a better way than staying on my cell phone. thanks

I recently started a new job. A few days in, my new boss tells me I have to sign a non-compete, which says I cannot work in another IT role for 10 years after I leave. The company does not do IT work for clients. I am the only IT person in the company and I do IT work internally, not for clients. They conveniently waited until I quit my previous job to tell me about this. Is this agreement even enforceable?

I just started a job at a new place (office job) been here around 4 months already. I’m young (F, early 20s) there’s only 3 other people roughly my age and the rest are a lot older. I have a boss who I mostly answer to, everyone else answers to a different boss. But there’s one guy who also works for my boss a lot too, he’s higher up than me but he’s a little younger. Even though we’re a few years apart, we don’t really have much in common. My boss randomly came up with the idea that if we meet our targets (only the three of us) we can have an “award”. I thought the award was gonna be bonus pay or something but nope, turns out if we hit the targets for the week we get to go either to drinks or a lunch, just the three…

I work in social work. I have been working in the field for over a decade. I had moved an hour plus from where I was working to be closer to my GF. I drove back and forth for a year or so but it wasn’t worth it financially anymore. I found and eventually interviewed for a job 20 mins from where I lived and honestly, fell ‘in love’ with the person who would be my direct boss. The interview was 2 hours long because we got sidetracked or distracted. She hired me on the spot because of my experience and personality alone. She told me she would need a ‘right hand’ and I would be it. I took a dollar pay cut but with the distance is actually be making more. Plus there was a sign on bonus after 90 days I start the job and there are a…

Really, how ? I've done a one-week internship in a DIY supermarket (supposed to be two weeks but i couldn't continue due to being the opposite of athletic and having to lift heavy objects). I hated it. Doing all these boring tasks all day long to get nothing out of it was terrible. And being treated expulsed mike shit didn't help. The manager said i was “indolent”. Now, i'm starting an one-month internship in a more “normal” convenience store (it's called “trafic”, i don't know if it exist in other countries.). After one day, i'm already bored. I've been at the cash register and filling the shelves around the store. It feels like everything is always the same and i hate it. Due to the location of the store, i have to wake up at 6 AM and i get back home at 8 PM, which is far too much…