Author: Olivia

I wish that headline was a joke. Let me add some context (TLDR at end). I work pretty much a sales position, where I travel across a region and give presentations. That's all I do (I'm considered hourly part-time), so I'm at home if I'm not scheduled or picking up extra supplies from the office. I received a text from our HR person this afternoon about an hour before I was planning on leaving for my gig today asking if I can come to the office in (at that point) 55 minutes for a “meeting”. I live 42 minutes away from our main office and was not dressed for work at that point. I asked what the purpose of this urgent meeting was; they replied “to discuss your roles and positions with [company]”. Instant panic, right? Obviously I'm getting fired at this meeting. So I tell them I can be…

I work 7am-7pm, the earliest I will ever leave is 7:30, the norm is 8:00-8:30. The latest was 10:00 because the the night shift called in sick. We rotate every 2 weeks day shift and night shift. 3 days on. 2 off. This is the expectation where I work, and beyond that we are understaffed so each person does the work of a team of 2-3. It's grueling, unforgiving, and demeaning. There's no training and the environment is trial by fire. I've looked for other work, had several interviews external and internal, and I only got one bite internally. The catch is I need to wait 2 months until they can replace me, and I train my replacement. I am absolutely miserable, but need to get through it, on the other end is 8-5. But goddammit this is no way to live. For context I work in a packaging and…

Seriously, how do you work the same job, day in day out, every week? I suffer with my health and really struggle to work full time. I’m really struggling for cash though and I just don’t know what to do. Maybe picking up a few jobs of less hours each is the way to go? My anxiety and mental health get bad if I’m doing the same thing every day. I hope this is the right place to post? I encourage any venting off in the comments about full time work!

And just because he's a human, A man would like a little bite to eat. He wants no pointless politics That gives no bread or meat. ​ So left, two, three! So left, two, three! To the work that we must do! March on in the Workers' United Front, For you are a worker, too! ​ And just because he's human, A man needs a household to stay. The words and books won't keep him warm, Nor the trenches of the fray. ​ So left, two, three! So left, two, three! To the work that we must do! March on in the Workers' United Front, For you are a worker, too! ​ And just because he's human, He doesn't need a pistol to his head. He wants no servants under him, No master overhead. ​ So left, two, three! So left, two, three! To the work that we must do!…

I just recently started a new job. First red flag, is that they “can never find good workers” coming from the people that work there. But the way this part time job works is you come in on the scheduled days and sometimes they don’t need workers because we’re “slow” that day. Surprise surprise, the days they always cut like 3-4 people, we always end up getting fucking slammed. the whole work environment is a mess because there’s only a few of us busting our ass and the supervisors get pissed because we can’t work as fast. my question is why the fuck do companies think it’s a good idea to not have employees stay so things go more smoothly. they’d rather have us get fucked and work at a fast pace the whole time so they can save money by not paying people.

Is it unreasonable to ask for a 2 hour screen recorded test for a jnr. web dev job? Having trouble getting around to doing it by the end of the week. Due to some anxiety

EDIT: Sorry I'm dumb and formatted the original bad so I'm reposting. I work for a company that is moving states and being laid off at the end of the month. Due to a non compete though I feel like I'm now blocked from working in the same industry for another company. I expressed interest in travel for the current company but I feel like they kept us in the dark and after trying for a few months they finally say they didn't have a position for me. I then found a new company is about to start the same thing and I even interviewed with them and felt confident I would get the job but after reviewing my paperwork looks like I am on a non compete for 2 years. I understand not wanting to possibly have company info leak to a competitor but I feel like now I…