Author: Olivia

I build between 50-60 pieces of furniture by hand, every day. I smashed my finger today so hard I'll probably lose my fingernail. Friday I stapled through another finger. I'm tired all the time. My whole body hurts. I have no insurance, no paid time off. I'm burnt out, mentally and physically. I'm 34. This can't be it. I physically cannot do it much longer. If I'm hurt and can't work, my family is ruined. I have 2 teenage sons, a car payment, rent… My life is constant stress and physical pain. I want to give up but I can't. My boys need me. I'm so sorry for the pity party, but I feel so overwhelmed today.

I work in a corporate office job with hybrid Work From Home schedule since Covid. Recently they forced us to go back into office fully so we can experience the “work culture”. I refused and they are now threatening to fire me. Should I change my pronoun so they may not be able to fire me due to discrimination issue?

I feel like I don’t get the respect or recognition i deserve. If that sounds prideful, I do take pride in my work ethic and I also expect others to “work” when they are on the clock…but when I see corners being cut and just overall laziness. I am disheartened and motivation drops to ZERO

Hi everyone. So sorry but I’m just not sure where else I can turn to ask for advice. My employer just dropped papers on me and my husband both, saying that we are being terminated. For dates at the beginning of April. We both took a week off (using our PAID sick days) and they’re telling us now that we are required to get doctors notes for these dates. They told us before that it was fine. We took off because our employer switched health insurances. My husband was unable to get his ADHD medication, and I was unable to get my insulin for that week. He had to switch his medication, which made him sick. I finally got mine again, and it made me incredibly sick when I took it again. Now, they’re telling me they need doctors notes. I never went to the doctor. We were struggling to…

I feel to give some perspective i should say first that i have 6 years of experience working on the line and 4 years of culinary school. I recently resigned from a position due to uncontrollable family related issues and have been looking constantly ,since resigning, for a job with indeed. the area I live in is very tourism based and I don't feel iv got a leg to stand on when it comes to establishing boundaries with these reasteraunts, iv been refused what I feel is reasonable acomidation (siting to take weight of my knee iv had surgery) and told by local labor attorneys i don't have a case, Or at lease not one they saw as worth there time. If anyone has advice or a similar experience they would be able to share i would greatly appreciate it. This whole situation has left me feeling defenseless

It’s that time of the year again where high school/university students like myself flock to snag a decent summer job. I worked at a local grocery store last summer so I figured that I’d apply to the same place this and that having work experience at the same location would give me an extra foot in the door, but I guess not. My application just got rejected. I always thought that jobs didn’t want to train their employees if they didn’t have to, and were more likely to hire returning employee applications but I guess not? I have also been under the impression that it’s always better to have your University/degree(s) listed on your resume, and that those with it stood better chances then those without. But apparently my store is now prioritising hiring high schoolers without a full degree. So Again, I guess I was wrong. And it’s not…

For the profit, by any means necessary. Fuck the corporate world.