Author: Olivia

No reason or explanation for the decision to non-renew my contract. I was probationary status, first year in this district, and they legally don’t have to give me a reason for firing me. All of my observations by the principal were outstanding. He even offered me a recommendation letter- but I’m also forbidden from ever working in the district again. Never heard even a whisper of criticism. How will I make it till June?!?! Would you quit now or teach through the rest of the academic year? I swear the district manipulates teachers to stay using the emotions of “it’s not fair to leave the children mid year, they’re innocent.”

My “boss” came out of the kitchen today demanding I move my car. I was extremely confused because it’s the same spot I’ve been parking in for over a year now. He turns to a bunch of customers at the bar with a smug “watch this” face and says “because your boss told you to move your car”. I outright reminded him that I’m parked in a public spot and unless he suddenly got the rules of his authority changed I’m going to keep parking wherever the hell I want as long as it’s legal. His argument is that customers should be able to park closer and that we lowly employees can park 2 blocks away in the public lot even today during a heavy downpour. Not a chance.

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I've been struggling with my feelings about the heartbreaking (?) Story about a CEO underling getting fired. A part of me thinks these people should be the first to go to the back of the line if our society ever restructured itself. I've been unemployed, under paid and worked absurdly hard my whole life, and the vanguard of that experience was always somebody like him making sure I never had enough. What goes around finally came around and my well of sympathy has run completely dry. I'm not a vindictive person by nature, it hurts me to wish I'll will on somebody else, and I feel conflicted about it now even. I'm just not ready to forgive.

I do not have an excessive amount of hours and it's company wide. We just had a small round of layoffs and now this. Has anyone gone through something similar and what came next? P.S. I'm a working chump

i’ve been in two jobs since the past two years. i cannot handle stress plus very little attention to details and get things messed up. (i work with numbers and deadlines). my first company was very toxic. my second company is very supportive and positive. but one thing that does not change: how incompetent and messy i am. should i just not consider a career at all? how do i live?

So after I was hired by my company a month ago, they told me that they would start interviewing people and that anyone currently within our circle who can find a viable candidate would be rewarded a $3,000 bonus. My first thought would be to help poach some former coworkers that I had a good relationship with from a previous job with a toxic boss. But recently our receptionist told me that even though the company was still open to interviews, they're not currently looking to hire more people. They're simply holding interviews to “test the waters”. I thought to myself this place is really trying to waste other people's time. A part of me is slightly offended because I knew what it was like to struggle after interview after interview, getting rejections and while hearing the trending buzzword “nobody wants to work anymore”. Now that I have a job…