Author: Olivia

What was the worst thing/most unprofessional thing your employer ever said or did to you?

I have been working there in the holiday time for some years now, so I already knew that they would just say 1-2 days in advance when I will start to work. But NOBODY told me the public pool with open a month later than usual this year. Since I said that I would only be able to work in june this year, and since it's so much later and I will probably not be able to work for just one week alone, I think they should have told me. Also since they called me and asked when I would be able to work.

It drains my energy. Then my parents take most of my wage to help finance their relatives in a remote village in India. I am uk based considering moving to Bali and working remotely there and cutting all ties.

I'm new here and not sure this is the right sub but I am definitely anti-work, anti-capitalist, just anti-corporate in general. I love my job, I'm a mental health therapist working in a day treatment program located within an elementary school. Rural Oregon, USA. This is the first job I've EVER had that I like and I am 54F. I've been here 4 years and I am very good at my job. About 6 months ago my agency said they were expanding into outpatient services, planned to hire 3 outpatient therapists, and offered me one of those jobs. I considered it, but decided to stay in day treatment. This may have been a BIG mistake. My boss had decided to close day treatment for the summer as most of my kids are “graduating” from treatment. I was told I could have an easy summer of planning for next year. My…

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My partner works for a large-ish company who was one of the many who laid off something like 15% of their work force a few months ago. They then told the remaining employees that they were restructuring the bonus framework, which would basically guarantee that no one would “qualify” for a bonus for two years. This is a field where quarterly bonuses are fairly substantial, so this is tantamount to a reduction in pay, even though their salaries remain the same. It's a bummer, but we felt fortunate that my partner had retained his job. Well… here we are looking at an upcoming vote to give the board of directors pay raises. READ THE ROOM, PEOPLE. Like, you can't wait until next year even? One kind of funny thing is that the company has recently moved to issuing more profit-sharing than cash bonuses, so many employees are going to be…

I went to an interview for a recruiting position. I have experience with recruiting and this is an house recruiter position, not an agency. I prefer in house recruiting because there is more structural with recruiting and compensation. I thought the interview was going great until I asked, “what are the days and hours for the position.” The managers demeanor changed and he seemed annoyed I even asked. The tension in the room became so thick, I could cut it with a knife. He answered, that I needed to be available for candidates whenever they reached out to me, wether it be 7-9 pm or Saturday/Sunday. That I could take weekdays off if I worked weekend, but I needed to let him first. If he’s acting like that now, I can already imagine me asking for Monday off when I worked weekends and him losing shit and demanding I keep…