Author: Olivia

I am needing to vent about this crazy fucking work schedule my work is forcing us to do. I work in customer service (WFH currently) for a company that helps with online security. I normally work Monday-Friday 7-3:30 and I love it. When I got hired back in November of 2021 we were required to work Saturdays which rotated between me and the other 2 customer service reps. In January of this year they temporarily paused Saturday shifts to see if it was worth it or not to have us work them. Well recently (this past February) they decided it’s worth it to make us work Saturdays but here’s the kicker- instead of working a full 8 hour shift they are making us work 8-12 Saturday and then the following week work 1 hour extra M-Thurs and then have Friday off. And we’re not even getting paid OT for working…

Can someone please explain to me why so many corporations need to have orientations that last literally hours, for minimum wage jobs? I hate them more than anything. Especially when the majority isn't talking about a mutual relationship, but the company history and the mission and all that other bullshit I don't care about. I got hired at a CVS and had to go to not one, but two four hour orientation sessions on Saturday. Of course it was at a completely different location from the store I was hired at, and there was no OTJ. After those two Saturdays, I had to go to MY store and complete like 12 more hours of computer based learning before I could even start work; as a cashier. I've been running a register since I was 15, and I'm in my 30s. That was by far the worst. Aldi did the same…

anytime someone orders who i know works a minimum wage job i dont charge them. simple as that.

So, after 6 years the place I work at is shutting down our location due to them mis-managing, micromanaging, and generally doing literally everything they should not have done. We had a sister location close a few years ago after they did the same thing to them and decided to double down on my location. But I digress. On Monday (yesterday, February 28th) they informed us that as of this Friday we are closing permanently. Some will stay on another month or so to pack everything up. We had one-on-ones to discuss our individual final day. I was told flat out my last day is this Friday the 4th. I have made plans out of state with family to look at another area's job market. I have heard from two separate people today that they were told I am here until the middle of next month. I have also heard…

I was standing outside my company's HR office, waiting for my supervisor when I overheard a conversation that really put a fine point on the title of this post. HR Rep. 1: …they were saying that the teachers need a comfortable retirement. But you know what? That's not my problem. If the teachers didn't prepare for retirement, it's not my job to fix it. HR Rep. 2: Tch, right? Oh, you know what's even more ridiculous? This one guy asked for an insane amount of money. He wants a 50% raise! Can you believe it? HR Rep. 1: What? How much does he want? HR Rep. 2: He was making 29k, and now he wants 60k. [scoffs] I still can't believe he asked for that. There's no way we're giving him 60k. HR Rep. 1: Jesus… What is wrong with these people? HR Rep. 2: I don't know, man. My…

I've been on a job hunt since October of last year. In that time, I've wasted untold hours with companies who were either not serious about filling the position the listed, or just outright have lied to me about “having an offer prepared” Without exaggeration, I have now talked to 4 different companies that all followed up after interviews saying that they “had an offer prepared and were excited to move forward if I was still interested” Each time I replied “thats fantastic! Please send me a copy of the offer in writing and I'll review it by CoB.” (Read: an offer is legally binding if and only if its in paper, so unless a company sends you a written offer, they don't have an offer for you) With the most recent instance happening last week, ive now had 4 individual companies pull this bullshit on me over the last…