Author: Olivia

This was a few years back. I was a teacher in a rural public school. When my husband received his graduation date we learned it fell on the last school day before Christmas break. The district doesn’t allow days before breaks to be requested off because of the tendency for everyone to want that day off to hit the vacation road earlier. With my request I stated the reason, assured administration that I could come in until noon and have everything set up for the Christmas party to be covered by my para and a few volunteer parents. Keep in mind, that many of the kids leave school early that day or don’t even come. I was told absolutely not and that I was expected to be there at the cost of missing a hard earned family event. I have a chronic pain disease that I just work through most…

Ever since my workplace took away our telework, i’ve been taking a half day every Wednesday. From exercising to going to the local spa to relax.

I started working at a furniture store about a month ago. It seems like coworkers are going out of their way to avoid me. It’s literally like when I go to any area of the store everyone leaves, I didn’t realize it at first but after 2 or 3 weeks I noticed this. I think it might be my fault because I have social anxiety so I don’t know how start conversations, other people have to start talking to me for me to feel comfortable so maybe I give off a vibe that I don’t want to be bothered by accident.

I don’t understand how some people can be so bad at managing. Why can’t you be nice, understanding, and humanistic? I don’t understand why I am needed at beck and call for an hourly wage that will only pay for a sub on my lunch break. Why so mean?

I work as a nurse for a large company. We are allowed 3 sick days or unplanned absences per 12 month period (this is taken out of our PTO as it is all lumped together). After 4 days you receive a write up, after 7 days you are considered for termination. For reference, I work in a large city in the US. Isn’t this shameful? How is it for you?

Schedules are made a week in advance. Put in PTO request 3 weeks ago. Boss told me I need to come in Friday after it has already been approved a week ago. What should I do?