Author: Olivia

I have been trying to get volunteering experiences (office assistance/front desk related) in order to explore other career fields. I was a teacher and don’t plan to continue anymore due to obvious reasons. However, a few of the volunteering work (hospitals/ non-profits) require me to send in a work resume, live-scan, info form for new volunteers, and participate in an interview…This process sounds like a regular paying job? Also, I once apply to be a hospice volunteer and I was informed to pay them a fee in order to do so… To me, this whole process doesn’t make sense since I’m doing free work for these organizations and they are asking too much from me. Anyone had similar experiences when transitioning career?

So at the beginning of the year we had an official schedule of events going to be going on for the entire year (I work at a business/conference center). Anyway my best friend got engaged last year and told me that he wanted me to be his best man but not to worry on the traditional best man things because he knew I had a busy schedule. Anyway flash forward to 3 months later (this would be in February) and he gave me the details on when and where he wants to do his bachelor party (it’s across the country). I look at my schedule and it’s a few weeks before his wedding and it’s the same exact weekend that my job is hosting a training seminar of new recruits (roughly 180 people). So what did I do? I put in a formal request to be off for that weekend…

I worked for this guy installing windows and doors for a year. I live in Arizona so the summers are brutal. Basically he already has a couple guys that have been there forever and the other two positions are a revolving door because he doesn’t pay well, it’s hot as hell, and the two revolving door guys have to do all the heavy lifting. So I finally quit after getting in an argument last Friday because I was two stories high on scaffolding and i couldn’t reach the top window so I had to put a workbench on the scaffolding plank to grind out the window and I thought why am I risking my life for people that don’t appreciate it. And oh yeah no one told me and the other guy that we weren’t working Monday so we showed up to work and no one was there.

I currently work at a low paying/minimum wage job that I'm considering quitting. Because I work at night, my manager isn't around at all, and I don't have the chance to hand in a two weeks notice letter. Would it be unprofessional to send it over email and them notify him by text, or should I just sick it up and give him said notice in the day? This job has mistreated me for months now and I'm sick of it. Should I mention this if I'm asked why I'm quitting? Should I just quit without said two weeks?

My facial hair grows rather wiry. My previous employer would complain about the fact I shaved infrequently (I have extreme sensitivity to shaving). During these conversations, they would sometimes ‘joke’ about my facial hair making me look like ‘a terrorist’. I didn’t think much of it at the time but looking back it infuriates me.