Author: Olivia

Long story short I’m a new employee at a business, been here for about 2 weeks. My department has 10 full time employees including myself. Since before I was even hired my now boss has been a pain in the ass to the point I’m ready to quit. First, my manager would not respond to emails promptly during the hiring process. I had to actually call other departments in order to get into contact with her to confirm time sensitive information and emails that had been sitting in her inbox for days. I had to just show up the morning of the tentative interview day I proposed because she didn’t respond to two emails and a phone call in a weeks time. I was told the position would hold a regular schedule of 9am to 5pm or 1pm to 9pm. I have only been scheduled for alternating time slots starting…

OK maybe working at two companies my whole life I missed something. I worked at one company for 22 years got laid off before pandemic, took me almost 4 years to find a new job with similar salary, now for the past 14 months I have the most horrible boss in the word st my new company. I am applying for jobs on LinkedIn and went for an easy apply and one of the questions was are you gay, straight, hetero, Trans or bi? I have never seen that question come up, just like race, wtf? They have quotas to hit on race now they are tracking sexuality??? This is absolutely new and shocking for me…..what could be next? Not sure I want to know….

So, just listening to local news and Department of Education is trying to get colleges to stop asking about student’s criminal history. What they are failing to disclose is that really is moot: if a person gets an advanced degree but has a criminal record, it is all too likely they will be screened out of any meaningful opportunities after graduation, unless they have a personal network connection that can allow them to bypass screening/background checks. Good luck paying back that student debt.

I have a high paying job in operations at an investment banking firm (middle level management but doing everything you can think of). I've been putting in 70+ hours each week for over a year, putting up with extremely incompetent and untrustworthy management, toxic work environment, largely incompetent colleagues(barring a few), terrible systems and processes. I tried to change things, I tried to do some good. Instead I ended up always bailing someone or something out, cleaning up other people's messes. I got recognition and support from a lot of unexpected people except from my own management when I slogged for 18-20 hours a day finding solutions to critical problems. I'm DONE. I've finally sent in my resignation today. I will start teaching myself how to relax and find something a bit more palatable. Meanwhile I have also started therapy today, I will focus on my hobbies and in making…

Employer- we can’t find enough workers! We are short staffed Workers/applicants- well pay more so we can actually afford rent to live in these expensive areas (which is basically everywhere now) Employer- let’s not get carried away now, we have a free pizza day!

We were told a few weeks ago we were gonna be working overtime the week of Memorial Day, ending Thursday. After cancelling it yesterday, they just sent this out today reinstating it. Mandatory overtime should be illegal, and last minute notices like this should also be illegal.

Work work.

I have had this problem since my first job. The idea of having to go to work just fills me with constant dread. Having a job feels like a constant dark cloud hanging over everything. Even when I have leisure time, vacation, etc., I can't fully enjoy anything knowing I have to go back to work. I have tried therapy, career counseling, antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and anxiety meds, and none of it has touched this in the slightest. I have tried endless meds and combos of them. It feels like I live in a world that was not made for me because I don't enjoy anything about adult life. I am a ten year old trapped in a 30 year old body. I enjoy playing with toys with my sister and living in our fantasy world in my free time. I am also asexual. It seems to me that…

I’m pissed. I need a place to just rant and get this shit of my chest. I work at a multi billion dollar corporation, been with them for about a year and have been consistently #1-2 performer since hiring. I’ve taken on multiple special projects, assisted high level team members, and even helped unannounced projects and benefited everyone i’ve worked with greatly. Today was my performance review. You know what they offered me? 25 CENTS I’m pissed. After being strung along for so long being promised this and that, the reality hit me like a ton of bricks. They had the audacity to even say “oh in another 6 months” yada yada yada. They wonder why the have a high turnover rate, they wonder why no one wants to work. Because they’ve created an environment where hardwork does not pay off.