Author: Olivia

About a year ago, I (24m) got promoted to being manager of a department in the company I work for in a small country. At the time I was excited for the opportunity and challenge to tackle something new. A year later, I absolutely hate it. I hate being responsible for other persons mistakes and inefficiencies. I hate having to continually follow up with staff about completing their duties. We're all adults, we know what we have to do. Why can't they just do their jobs without me having to ask all the time? I hate that I spend a big chunk of my time in meetings and answering emails instead of dealing with my actual workload. I hate having to figure out how to shuffle things when a person calls in sick. I hate that I now have to “present” myself in a certain way because I'm a role…

So about a month ago, I took a job as a personal care attendant supervisor for old and disabled people. I’ve done this kind of work before, so I knew going in that part of being a supervisor would include “On Call”which would basically be responding to emergencies after hours. During the interview I asked how the on-call work, the person who interviewed me, the owner, insisted that on-call rotates, which I agreed with. No biggie. Turns out there are other problems with the place: the company basically it’s a shit show, people calling in left and right, people clocking in and leaving, no actual schedule, condescending mean boss who’s not only mean, but incompetent, she’s the changing the rules left and right, then denying they ever were the way the straw that broke the camels back for me is on-call. I’ve worked this kind of job before and with…

My mom told me that I hated being a baby because even in infancy, I despised relying on other people for anything. I’ve been extremely driven my whole life to provide myself with a sense of security that I never derived from anyone or anything else. It worked. With little to no help or support, I make 75k a year, I live in a beautiful home and I can (more or less) afford anything I want or need while also saving money. I’M FUCKING DROWNING. I manage 4 condominium buildings and I’m literally on call 24/7 (including vacations and PTO – which I work through anyways because there is nobody to fill in for me if I don’t). I would say that 80% of the people I speak with are angry, 10% are livid and 10% are patient or kind. I have nearly cried when I’ve been thanked for the…

i’m beyond irritated and overwhelmed by her constant berating and hostility. All she does is badger me and claim that i am wrong but when i provide the clarification she gets defensive. Today is the first day that she actually said i had an attitude when explaining something but really i have a monotone voice and it was 7pm at that point. she did this with another team member in the call and it was absolutely done on purpose because i can’t complain since i already quit and my last day is this week. She’s lashing out against me because i resigned and it is so unprofessional. i am so happy to leave this place and i hope that no one has to go through this. it truly is one of the worst work experiences of my life and i have no plans except that i simply want them to…

I think I posted on this group before about how my boss bullies and belittles me. So basically, I work with this company remotely, and my main job with them happens to be later in the day. I am also currently a full-time student on my last semester right now so I’m pretty busy with exams and papers and all that stuff. But last semester, I found myself with a lot of free time, so I agreed when my company wanted me to help out in some projects. I started by helping out with little jobs but quickly thrust into a more staple and demanding kind of role, where now I’m expected to do most of the work, be on top of every fucking thing, and apparently make sure that other departments involved do their jobs. The leader of the project and also unfortunately, of the company makes me report…

Employers aren’t going to increase wages if you stop tipping. Make a thousand posts against it. Write hundreds of op-eds about it. The ONLY, yes ONLY, outcome is unfavorable to you, the idiot thinking you can win against greed. They won’t increase wages across the board for these industries. If enough of you convince people to stop, the workers will quit. The owners will either increase the prices to offset SOME of the profit loss of the reduced labor force or they will replace dine-in options/capacities. You are the only one screwed here. These companies are already making profits hand over fists. If you don’t want to tip then don’t, but the countless posts about tipping does nothing but screw over innocent workers. Do you think they are the ones adding tips to every facet of the goods and services exchange? No. They are not. You can not stop greed…