Author: Olivia

My boss & my manager said i should let it go as they’d already warned him & he’d stopped now. But I still feel unsafe living in the same house with him (we live with some other staffs). Also, when i see his face, it reminds me of the shitty things he said to me. My boss said i should be professional, not letting personal things affect the work. My boss seems not to understand as she said that the harasser wanna flirt with me but coming too strong. BUT ACTUALLY, IT’S NOT ANYTHING CLOSE TO FLIRTING, IT’S SEXUAL HARASSMENT. Now, he’s changed his behaviour at work, such as being more unhelpful to get me working harder. My manager can see this too. She’s told my boss to fire him (for him being lazier, not sexually harassing me), but my boss feels pity for him as he’s likely not to…

I work the overnight shift with someone and and they literally bring in a blanket and pillows, recline the futon and will sleep sometimes most of the shift. They watch TV in the common area, where we are the whole night. The issue happens when I sit down after everything is done and nod off, they will crank the volume on the TV, I'm assuming to try and wake me up. We're not supposed to sleep, but there's an understanding amongst all the staff that some sleep is ok. I've asked them to turn the volume down but they say it's loud because I was snoring. Think it's kinda BS that they can sleep but are forcing me to stay up. Thoughts?

I’ve come across an idea that I’m sure isn’t original, but I’m looking to start a discourse. What’s stopping you from forming a “club” with your friends and handing yourselves fake awards? Say you’re a Sale’s rep and you want to stand out a little more, you can have your friends awards you “Sales Rep of the year” or “Best Salesman” or “Most Sales” type or awards to just slap on the resume. And when asked about it in an interview, it’s very easy to just say “I was awarded by my peers for my excellent performance.” You can even name the club something extravagant to make it sound legit; “Salesmen of the Valley” or “Western Salesmen Group” or whatever. Just a fake fraternity that you can give meaning to.

Why is it that employers get pissed or outright deny your time off if you don’t give extensive notice beforehand, but I can be called in literally on the same day and be expected to come in? A lot of the time it’s outright impossible to plan some things weeks ahead which forces you to either use one of your limited sick days or risk getting denied for time off.

I know this is going to sound very dramatic to a lot of people since most people love their birthday and want others to aknowledge it, but I'm hoping at least someone here will understand. I don't celebrate my birthday and ever since I was a child, I have always felt extremely sad during that time. There are several reasons for this, but the bottom line is it's an incredibly personal and vulnerable time for me. I consider the exact date of my birthday an extremely intimate information that I wouldn't even disclose to very good friends. Unfortunately, I was recently required to fill out my personal information (personal address and date of birth) and send it by e-mail to two people in the company for work-related purposes. And unfortunately, this coincidentally happened close to my birthday. I already felt quite vulnerable sending out my information by e-mail, but I…