Author: Olivia

This might be more of a vent to be honest. Why does work feel like an endless loop? At least now more than ever for me. Working at Burger King, I enjoy the job but at times it feels draining and I just dread the shifts. But then for the amount of time I spend applying to other jobs on LinkedIn and Indeed, I never hear a response back. Working in retail has left me with the mindset of people pleasing for my employers even if it means burning myself out. I’ve got a bachelorette party this weekend and I work the very next day, but the idea of going in to work the next day fills me with dread. Part of me yearns to call out with “food poisoning” to give myself a chance to rest, relax, and jump back into job applications yet again. And yet, I don’t…

editing the question: why do SOME employers act like the only way to earn money is working for them? I'm writing from Germany but want to hear an American pov. I'm a registered nurse. What follows has happened to me only in so called Christian hospitals and Christian LTC communities: I'd go to work, see how people there work, point to things that people there do that need improvement or are outright stupid (like telling the manager about a coworker who yells at 11PM for 30 minutes while patients sleep, who does that?), get canned and humiliated with a personal promise not to ever work there again. With caritas (Germany) something similar happened: I play the guitar quite well and during Christmas the manager heard me singing and playing along. He then approached me to 'suggest' that I play for the seniors in that LTC institution. I told him I…

I find it extremely frustrating when a coworker just sends me my name without telling me right then and there what they need. Then, they’d bring up in work meetings that I do not respond to chat messages. I mean.. how difficult is it to tell someone right off the bat what you need without “waiting” for them to answer to your vague message? How do you tell people nicely that you don’t like it when they try to pull that off?

I am not sure this is the right subreddit to ask this in, but since this sub is dedicated to discussion about ending american work culture, and most people work for 3 big reasons (and multiple smaller ones) which is food, healthcare and shelter, i figure it might be okay. So, everybody is (rightfully) complaning about landlords. Most are awful, greedy people and the world would be better without that “job.” But i do wonder, how would we as a global society adress ending landlord/rent culture? Do we just allow our respective governments to take all houses and then charge us all rent based on a % of total income plus an additional wealth tax? Do we change rent to essentially be a private mortgage where the renter buys the house bit by bit with each rent payment? Do we limit the amount of houses a company or induvidual can…

when my manager went to check me out, she was like “you gotta be careful with that. i didn't, but i should have taken that tip off. you understand that right ?” when i went home that night, i looked it up, and since April 2021, it's actually illegal for an employer to confiscate tips. should i tell my GM about this ?