Author: Olivia

I’m working in a company just over a year and I’ve expressed to my manager on what my goals are. I have told him that I really want to move out of the position I am in and go for a position that will lead me to my goal. Recently, two new positions have come available in the team. One of them lines up perfectly with what i’m looking for. The other one does not. I told him that I don’t want to apply for the one that doesn’t align with my skills (based on the description) however he is pushing me to go for it and telling me that I might not get the other one. The problem is that I don’t want to go for something that I don’t have much experience in. The other position is so much more attractive. I don’t want to piss him off…

Remember when all the out of touch business owner, boomers and brain washed conservatives were crying about how no one wanted to work anymore? I think it’s time to normalize this phrase. “No one wants to pay anymore.” Don’t even apply to a job that wont pay a living wage. For too long the standard of living has been in free fall because companies refuse raise wages to match inflation and productivity. If no one wants to pay workers what their worth then they deserve derision and public consequences. We need collective action, naming, shaming, and boycotting of any business that won’t pay it’s workers properly. At the end of the day we are all in this sinking ship together.

My job is an environment where the workload cannot be finished within paid hours. Some of my co-workers take it home with them to finish… My boss even suggested to me that I do it as well!! I'm completely disgusted to be honest. One of my co workers spoke with me about how shes considering doing it at home too and I told her she should not as it takes time away from her kids. We are literally paid minimum wage as well, I just say I'm not paid enough to take this job home with me. I think this makes my boss snappy with me as she knows I'm not going to cave in. I just hate working with such a passion, it feels endless

My boss claims that when we have an issue with a coworker, we should provide written feedback to the coworker. I feel that this pits people against each other and verbal feedback should be given and the boss should provide the written feedback. I feel we have a bullying colleague on our team. I have given them verbal feedback. I stepped in deep doo doo when after the bully escalated an item to myself and a colleague’s (John) boss claiming John made a mistake when the mistake was actually the bully's mistake. I complained to my boss who told me to put feedback in writing. I sent this written feedback to my boss and it ended up in front of HR. Now my boss is providing corrective feedback to me because it turns out John’s boss actually asked the bully to write the feedback to John. My boss said that…