Author: Olivia

Very early 2000s I worked for a place that paid a lowish basic but very good commission. Good earners were on over £60k/pa which was mega money in your twenties in those days. Unfortunately it was an insane work environment, the last of the boiler room inspired sales environments where the manager would walk round and ask why you weren’t on the phone or how many times you’d got up to go to the toilet. The interview process was four x three hour interviews. You had to do general knowledge quizzes, role plays, tell a joke, sing a song. Basically prove you had no inhibitions and were in it for the money. Work was Monday to Thursday 0800-1730 but you had to stay behind voluntarily for at least another 2 hrs to set yourself up for the next day. On Friday you could leave at 1730 unless it was your…

I work in a very small private healthcare setting, 36hrs / week meaning in California, we don’t get jack in terms of benefits. We get a total of 24 sick hours to use at our dispense annually and thats it. We have 90% of federal holidays off ( paid ) and besides that we have 0 ( ZERO ) other benefits. I will reach 1 year of employment at the end of October which is my timeline for this job, and Ideally I should not leave anytime before then due to diminishing chances at my next job if I am not employed for at least a year. I used up all my sick hours already this year, its only 24 the WHOLE YEAR. I submitted a request for days off in November, unpaid, and 5 days here and there towards the end of the year as well. My employer straight…

I am more senior than my co-worker and I can say that I have a good understanding of our work flows. My co-worker sends me direct messages almost everyday saying the things that are already obvious and are known. Am I the asshole for feeling this way? It makes me ask myself, am I doing something for this person to think that he needs to inform me of something obvious? Or reiterate something that has already been said? I was also given the role of managing our tasks, but he rarely follows them and usually do things his own way. What should I do?

So for some context: I’ve only been working there since early March. I get along well with all my colleagues and have only had one sick day which was from covid. I’d already handed in my notice (I’m just done with hospitality for a while) and this Thursday was originally meant to be my last day but I agreed to push it back to Sunday 3rd June to help them out. I’d come in to the cafe on Saturday with my mum as I’d been meaning to show her how great the food is, and yeah- to make the most of my staff discount ! The next day I had a 9-5 shift but I was slightly worried as it’s deadline season at uni so I’ve got a lot of essays due. I text the work group chat to ask if anyone finishing earlier would be willing to swap so…