Author: Olivia

How do you mentally survive your longass notice period? All I want to do is up and leave this place! but 4 week NP (just about 1 week in right now) has me going crazy already. Not going to get walked out, that would have happened already 🙁 Background: Been working for this engineering company for the last (almost) 9 years, workplace agreement requires 4 weeks notice. I've been in talks for the last 2 months about a potential new job opportunity in the Events Industry – and I finally took it! I don't start until July though – with my 4 week notice period before I leave I feel like I'm just already doing the barest of bare minimum and going insane watching the clock already…and I'm only on day 4 of 20! I've written the training documents, organized the handover training to my successor…my heart just isn't in…

How many different examples could I give of artist throwing in in our face how corrupt and fucked up things truly are. Its a bread crumb trail so to speak.

So I had worked for this particular company pre-pandemic, and when I was there food in the galley was free for the crew. First day I’m getting retrained/having a refresh and the other deckhand, the captain, and I had a little more than a pack of hotdogs all together and I had three myself. Zero issues. Day two im with another deckhand and the dock manager who’s just below the regular manager. I’m not eating to eat but if I’m hungry I’m grabbing something to snack on which isn’t unusual, and I got two buns ready but there was only a single hotdog so I literally cut it in half and used both so I didnt waste anything. We finish up and I’m sent to another boat and I get a text from the manager asking me to call so I call and he asks me about using the galley…

I was hired for a contractor job at a factory. We clean. We're supposed to be there for 8 hours with a 30m lunch break. But usually, we leave as early as 10:30 am (2 hours) and tell the accountant to punch us in for the full day. He’s been doing this for about a year now, and the team has a good reputation around the factory. Just recently learned this was illegal if done in such high quantities. What should I do? Should I stick around for a few months then get out? Or run like Hell?

I do not care anymore. My job is minimum wage and I didn't sign anything upon hiring. I don't have a schedule and my boss has falsely promised one but it's been 8 months, it's never happening. Last time I asked him about it he told me that I needed to be better at my job yet he trusts me enough to open, operate and close his store alone. He will not give me his email address because he “doesn't use it very often” which I find hard to believe since he runs a business. The most notice I get on average is the night before. He will belittle and intimidate his staff if they don't give him the results he wants. I'm so tired. I already have another job lined up and they actually have the decency to give me a proper schedule as well as some appreciation and…