Author: Olivia

I’m thinking of calling in sick tomorrow because I wanna watch a game that I’ve been looking forward to for a few months. I requested a leave for the day but didn’t get it. Now I’m considering taking a sick leave so that I can enjoy the game. A part of me feels guilty for doing it. Is it okay for me to do this? Just in need of some reassurance that this is okay. Thank you. Edit: any creative excuses to miss a day’s work are welcome!

So, I’m a low-level shift lead at a small corporate restaurant franchise. It kinda sucks, but is accommodating enough for me while I’m in school. Plus everyone at our store is amazing, even if the corporate idiots aren’t. So recently an order came down from on high that no Overtime is allowed for any Kitchen staff members or disciplinary action will be taken against the managers or shift leads. Is that something that is allowed? It’s pretty difficult to control the hours of other people, and I think it’s at the very least a shitty thing to do. Thank you in advance for your answers.

Hey guys, I want to see if I can get some advice on this. Sorry it turned into a little bit of a rant. I was fired last April (due to management enforcing new policies without communicating them and while repeatedly changing them) and took a couple weeks off before looking for a new job. The job hunt lasted longer than I planned, even though I was only applying for food service/ retail jobs (as much as don't want to.) I finally started at a well known pizza place on Wednesday, and already I hate it. My first day instead of being properly trained, I was immediately thrown onto the make line during the dinner rush, under a lot of pressure. It was a little better over the next two days, but more or less the same. I did get a small tour of the place, but other than that…

I currently work as an at home advisor for Apple starting back in March of this year. Being able to work from home and having flexible hours/days is nice but it’s not worth my mental health. I already had anxiety before but it’s 10x worse now, I’ve resorted back to smoking weed hourly just to not off myself. My very first call I ever took ended in tears, the pay is alright but definitely not worth the effort we’re supposed to put in. I’m still a college student and I know I’d be mission impossible to find a flexible remote job that pays $20+ and because of that I’ve been feeling trapped in this job that crushes my soul. My mind has gone to a dark place because of this and I just really need help 🙁

I grew up on a farm where shoveling shit and building things was a necessity. Most employers know this about me being an engineer with no degree we have to constantly explain how we got here and why we deserve a seat at the table. Why is it when I have these conversations they always try and relate. One guy said he grew up on a corn farm and shucked corn for money to pay for food. A few quick googles on this guy uncovered that he went to Harvard and so did his dad and his dads dad. Not only that but the guy was 40 years old. No 40 year old hand shucked corn as a kid. My mom is 80 and was on the tail end of the cotton industry as a kid working as a falconer. Do they really think I’m that dumb? It didn’t take…

In CA, we're about to get the usual avalanche of ballot propaganda… And the first one is AB1228. The “vote no” push is already on, saying it will subject fast food franchisees to interference from the chains…but saying nothing about what's in the bill. So I looked it up… Guess what? The bill holds the chains responsible (and subject to separate legal action) for the misbehavior for it's franchisees! Specifically calls out wage theft, as well as other violations. Vote yes!