Author: Olivia

Title says it all. Got hired for an after school teaching position promised 10-14 hours, worked there for 8 months. Showed up every day, never asked for time off, genuinely tried harder than I’ve ever tried at a job. Like I tried so fucking hard at this job and it was never good enough. Was told last Monday that I was being reduced to 6 hours and not to come in on Tuesday. Then, on Thursday I learned that they just gave my hours to my coworker. I assumed they were trying to get me to quit so I quit immediately after my shift. To my surprise, my supervisor was like shocked ? With my hours reduced to 6, I would’ve only made 700$ a month. So sad that I had to quit but I really feel like they just didn’t want me there.

I am still somewhat early in my “career”, but when I get interviewed, I almost hear someone nitpick about my internships and how I have had to change companies a couple of times. I was working on call with a freelancer as my supervisor for a year, then went on to transition to office jobs, where they were either contractual or short term internships. I didn't think of leaving as a bad thing. Most of it was just to look for more experience to get better at my job or the contract just ends. Worst cases it was because the employer was visibly abusive. But somehow, because of my naturally short internships that I took to gain experience are now used against me in job interviews to justify paying me $20/hr. which ain't bad but not great. Considering I have a 5 year degree. The only time I want to…

I unfortunately cannot find the link at all or I would love to share with everyone. Long story short, Google News had an article about The Little Mermaid remake and of course there were some upset folks. One person says that basically it's a communist plot to have the 1% in control while the rest are slaves to bankrupt America cause they'll just keep printing out money. I'm like, you just described capitalism. I get that propaganda is a mother fucker, but you just fucking described all the bailouts we give corporations and how the vast majority are living today, but it's somehow communism? Just what in the fuck? I don't get how some people are so ignorant, and to be honest maybe it's a good thing.

Never sign a contract for a gym. I feel more clean bartending.

One of our new seniors was bullied out of the team in his first week here (to a promotion in another department, bless him). And my boss reassured me that he would find a replacement ASAP, but hasn’t done so since. Meanwhile it’s been up to me to pick up the additional workload. When I followed up with my boss a few months later he said that there were no plans to hire anyone, but to send me candidates if I knew some. So I did, I found excellent candidates basically begging to work here, and shared them with my boss and the unit VP, who ghosted me, and it’s never been spoken about since. I’m sure they’re content to save the extra cash and reallocate it to their year end bonuses. Is this even worth bringing up to him again?

Hey people. For those sick of bad employers and shitty pay there is a way out. There is a national shortage of EMT's. EMT's typically earn $30+ an hour. It only takes 3 months to get certified and costs on average $1500 for the certification. There are even scholarships offered. EMTs are trained to provide basic emergency care to patients outside hospitals and ensure their transportation to a hospital or healthcare facility. Help your community and become an EMT!

I was one person working a job that should have at least been 3 or 4. I was supposed to be in charge of that department but my direct manager allowed 3 people with zero knowledge of my system over run my area and refuse to follow my plan, which was in writing, posted and emailed. They undid 3 years of work. I got in trouble for what the other people did. I was effectively prevented from doing my job due to their actions. Then I got in trouble. It's so stupid it's funny. On to the next one I guess. At least they called it a lay off lol.

So I had a really hard time in my life I had started a business with a friend of mine and worked my ass off over 2 years. I was killing myself doing 16 hour days while he was running it like an unsuccessful ponzu scheme. I ended up walking away with nothing and am still trying to get repaid for debts in my name. Moving on I got a job as a driver needed something without stress to detox from my small business implosion. I have been working there for about 4 months and I feel like I have doing pretty good. The pay isn’t great it’s 40k salary paid every 2 weeks but week 1 I work about 35-40 hours and week 2 is more like 45. I figured I would ask for a raise in a month or 2. Well on Friday another driver/owner lost it at…

My dad constantly gives me advice about working, and there's something he keeps telling me that doesn't sit right with me. He tells me about the time he worked at a car dealership as a janitor or whatever they called it back then. He says that he would do more work than he was asked to while the other janitors would do only what they were told to do, and to reward him his boss gave him a raise (my dad doesn't remember how much) and took him to dinner with his family once. I don't know how to tell him this would never in a million years happen with 99% of companies today. “You do more work than you were asked to? Congratulations, here's your minimum wage, get back to work peasant.” Pretty sure this was in the 1980s btw